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SALTBURN. 



is apparently wanting in the district), Orchis inascula (the only 

 orchid seen), Iris foetidissiina (a patch of this rare plant seen growing 

 in the glen ; not in flower, however, at this early season), Asperida 

 odorata, Primus padus. Large masses of Allium ursituun and Sciha 

 nutans were growing under the trees in the woods, in some places 

 almost to the exclusion of all other vegetation. Owing to the long 

 continuance of easterly winds, vegetation has been much retarded 

 this spring, and only a few of the earliest flowering grasses were met 

 with in bloom, including J/^'/zVfZ unifiora^ Bronius mollis, Anfhoxant/iu»i 

 odoratuui, Alopecurus pratensis, Poa a?i?iua, Loliuni peremie. The 

 common Hart's-tongue {Scolopendriuui vuloare) was the only fern 

 observed. The finely-wooded glens of the district, however, must be 

 the homes of some of the rarer British ferns, which would be met 

 with during the autumnal months. 



The district is particularly rich in ^Mosses and He|>atics; a ramble, 

 however, of a few hours down one valley is quite inadequate to gain 

 much knowledge of the plants of the country in this branch of botany. 

 Fortunately, Mr. R. Barnes is a good bryologist, and having resided 

 some few years at Saltburn, has searched some portions of the country 

 well during the past two years, and he has succeeded in gathering 

 some of our rarest British mosses. The following list includes such 

 as he has kindly sent specimens of from his collections, all obtained 

 by him in the surrounding neighbourhood : — 



Mosses. 



CainpylosidiiDii saxicola W. ^: M., T/vV/z^ij-Av;////// (rr/V////////^ Bruch, Easing- 



Kilton Wood. ton Gill. 



Eiicladiiiui verticiliatiiin L. , Rushpool. Trichostonium tophaceiun Brid., P2asing- 

 Potiia lanceolata Dicks., near ]\Iarske ton Gill. 



Mill. Trichostouniiii Uttorale Mitt., Kiiton 



M)iiiim siibglobosmnli.&i S. .Codhill Bog. Wood. 



Didy))Lodo)i jlexif alius Dicks., Easby rtychiviiitrinni polyphylhini Dicks., 



Moor. Slape Wath. 



Bartrainia ithyphylla Brid.. Spanghorn. Ditrichnin /lo/noiiialho/i Hedw., High 

 Andrecza petrophila Ehrh., High Cliff, Clift". 



GuisboToiigh. Dilriciiu))! pJexicauU Schwg. , Hunt Cliff. 



Brachyodns irichodesXs .^^l..yL\\%hY>oo\. Racouiiirinni acicitlare L. , Moorsholm 

 Gyvinosto)}iu})i /^//^/t'Schrad. , Easington. Mill. 



Barbula aloides Koch, ]\Iarske Mill. Cr/Z/c^'/v^-//;//;/ j^rxfl'/z/^'Brid. ,Marske Mill. 

 Dichodontiiiin pelhicidiiuil^., do. Grthotrichum rividare Turn., Kiiton 



Do. var. serratuDi^ Kiiton Glen. Beck. 

 Z>/Vrfl://t'//rt; .s-(///r7mur7 Schrad., High Cliff. Schistoste^a osDuinlacca Dicks., near 

 Dicranella scJirebeid Hedw. var. data. Guisborough. 



Kiiton Glen, Fissideiis viridn/iis Wils., Saltburn. 



Bicranel/a rufesce/is Turn., Kiiton Glen. Fissidens exilis Hedw., Saltburn. 

 Dicraiiniii fusccscens Turn., near Guis- Fissidens crassipes\\\\'i.,\d\\&\\.o\\'^QzV. 



l)orough. Fissidens iiicurviis Schwg., Saltburn. 



Ficranuin palusfre Bx\(\., Codhill laog. Sphagniivi pmbriatn»iW\\i>., Lounsdale. 



Xatur.^Hst, 



