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to the lover of landscape and to the botanist. The rocks at 
Gordale Scar and Malham Cove, rising several hundred 
feet perpendicular, are probably not to be equalled in Eng- 
land. The mountains are of great elevation : Ingleborough 
2368 feet, Pennigent 2281 feet, Great Whernside 2309 
feet. West Simon-Seat 1593 feet, Beamsley Rock 1310 
feet, Spode Hill Bank 1223 feet, Sutton Crag 1161 feet 
Many of the summits of the higher parts of these moun- 
tains are covered with sandstone, producing ling and other 
plants common on that soil. The undisturbed woods, par- 
ticularly about Bolton Abbey, afford a rich harvest for the 
botanist. Here trees of great age, and immense magnitude, 
may be seen literally covered with a profusion of crypto- 
gamous plants, resembling a garden in miniature ; Lichens 
hang in festoons from the branches, whilst the bark is hid- 
den from view by innumerable mosses, on which vegetate 
Hepaticse and Filices. The plants upon or near Ingle- 
borough are, Rubus chamsemorus, Actaea spicata, Sedum 
villosum, Sesleria coerulea, Poa glauca, Festuca vivipara, 
Primula farinosa, Polemonium coeruleum, Ophrys cordata, 
Serapias longifolia, Rhodiola rosea, Convallaria polygona- 
tum, Saxifraga stellaris, oppositifolia ; Thalictrum minus, 
Draba muralis, T hlaspi arvense, Cochlearia officinalis, Gera- 
nium sylvaticum, sanguineum, Gnaphalium dioicum, Solida 
virgo aurea 7, Serapias ensifolia, and rubra. In the district 
are found, Chara hispida, Galium boreale, Viola lutea, 
Gentiana campestris, Ornithogalum luteum, Convallaria 
multiflora, Epilobium alpinum, Polygonum viviparum, 
Saxifraga aizoides, hypnoides, Stellaria nemorum, Arena- 
ria verna, Fotentilla aurea, Geum rivale, Dryas octopetala, 
Actaea spicata, Thalictrum minus, majus, Trollius euro- 
paeus, Draba incana, muralis, Thlaspi alpestre, Cochlearia 
officinalis, Cardamine impatiens, Turritis hu'suta, Gera- 
nium phaeum, sylvaticum, sanguineum, Hieracium palu- 
