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The Naturalist. 



In the same region I was also pleased to find Tolygala alpestris, 

 P. vulgaris, var. alpesh'is, Koch., P. mlgarh, var. grandiflora 1 (Bab. 

 Man. Ed. 7.) — by far the most showy of British Milkworts. I have 

 seen the same plant on the cliffs of the Glyder Fawr, in the Snowdon 

 district : also on crags surrounding the grand, but little visited, Llyn 

 Dulyn, on the east of Carwedd Llewelyn range, where the cliffs drop 

 nearly perpendicular for 1000 feet into the lake. This plant seems a 

 true Alpine, and is, so far as I have seen, found only on the moist 

 ledges of lofty precipitous cliffs. If identical with the Connemara 

 plant, which grows down nearly to the sea level, it may be only a var. 

 of P. vulgaris ; I doubt this being the case, but hope to cultivate them 

 both. 



I also noticed the rare Hieraciiim cinerascens (Jord.), a species nearly 

 allied to H. pallidum, with which it is associated ; n. GotJiicum, 

 sparingly, and H. argenteum, on lofty humid cliffs. Leonurus Cardiaca, 

 (L.) was met with near Towyn. Veronica spicata, near Barmouth and 

 Aberdovey. Dianthus deltoides, cliffs at Barmouth. 



I also noticed Orobanche Hederoe, Lathyrus sylvestris, in great pro- 

 fusion and very showy ; Ruhia peregrina, Asplenium lanceolatum, 

 Erythrea latifolia and its var. alba., E. pulcJiella, and E. littoralls. The 

 last named is, to my fancy, by far the prettiest of the tribe, its 

 vivid rosy pink flowers, expanding well, and forming a compact mass, 

 are charming. 



Yovh, Aiogust, 1877. 



EECENT MOSS DISCOVERIES IN WEST YORKSHIRE. 



By F. Arnold Lees, F.L.S. 



On the eve of publication of a first Moss Flora with any pretension 

 to completeness, the following particulars as to the names, localities, 

 and discoverers of those species (15 in number) which will appear 

 for the first time as constituents in the flora, may not be uninteresting. 

 They may serve as additional encouragement to the botanically-inclined 

 members of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, to follow out the 

 course indicated by their president in his opening address. To the 

 lower forms of vegetable life, to the algae, fungi, &c.,in preference to 

 the higher, must their energies be chiefly directed. The distribution 

 of the phanerogamia is fairly well known, and not a great deal remains 



