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the neighbourhood of large towns. 
Further, Niirnberg prohibited the 
gathering of a rare water-lily {Nym- 
phaea alba var. semiapertd) growing 
in a town-pond. Wunsiedel saved the 
habitat of the little luminous moss, 
Schistostega osmimdacea. 
The Landshut Natural History 
Society has preserved the remainder of 
a heath formation, by actual purchase. 
The Royal Botanical Society of Re- 
gensburg bought a tract of land with 
Draba aizoides and other rare plants 
of the Frankische Jura in the Gold- 
berg near Pettendorf. Again, a gyp- 
seous hill near Windheim, with a 
characteristic pontic flora, was pur- 
chased by the Niirnberg Botanical 
Society. This vegetation possesses 
the following species : — Stipa pennata, 
S. capillata, Phleum Boehmeri^ Koeleria 
cristata, Poa btclbosa var. badensiSy 
Festuca sulcata, Carex montanay C. hu- 
c. 
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