Localities. — On moist alpine rocks, very rare. — Cumberland ; Castle ; and 
near the Church at Beweastle: Hutchinson, in B. G. — On Helvellyn: 
N. B. G. — Lancashire; In Brearcliff near Burnley: Merrett. — WALKS. 
Caernarvonshire ; On the highest rocks of Snowdonia, as Clogwyn y Garnedd ; 
Iscolion duon, fcc. : Ray. Rocks of Crib y Ddescil and Cwm Idwel, in places 
scarcely accessible: Mr. Griffith. — SCOTLAND. Argyleshire ; Glenor- 
chy ; Ben Arthur, by Arroquhar: W. Borrer, Esq. in FI. Scot. — Dumfries- 
shire ; Near Moffat; and in a deep gulley at the foot of White Coom Edge, 
Annandale: Dr. Walker. — Forfarshire ; Rocks on the left side of Glen Dole, 
and other parts of the Clova Mountains: Mr. II. C. Watson, in N. B. G. — 
Inverness-shire ; In Skye ; and on mountains in the Isle of Rum : FI. Scot. — 
Perthshire; BenLedi; near the summit of Ben Lawers ; Craig Calliach ; and 
Schroine ach Lochen : N. B. G. In Glen Lyon: Lightfoot. — Ross- shire ; 
Observed in this county by the Rev. G. Gordon. — Sterlingshire ; On Ben 
Lomond: N. J. Winch, Esq. — Sutherland ; Ben Hope; and hills near Inch- 
nadamff : N. B. G. — IRELAND. County of Kerry ; Cliffs near the summit 
of Brandon Mountain: 1804; Mr. Mackay. 
Perennial. — Flowers in July and August. 
Root somewhat woody, tough ; blackish on the outside. Stems 
simple, from 3 inches to a foot high, upright, round, leafy, striated, 
cottony. Leaves very various in length and breadth, usually egg- 
shaped, inclining to heart-shaped ; sometimes strap-spear-shaped, 
always more or less toothed ; nearly smooth, and of a fine green 
on the upper side ; white and cottony on the under ; the lower 
leaves on longish, channelled petioles , upper ones almost sessile. 
Flowers few, in a terminal, corymbose, or umbellate, tuft, very 
handsome. Involucrvm (fig. 1.) somewhat downy, its scales tipped 
with purple or brown. Florets (fig. 2.) pink, with blue anthers. 
Pappus (see figs. 2 & 3.) as long as the florets, elegantly feathered. 
This plant is a native of the high mountains of Lapland, Norway, 
Austria, Switzerland, Silesia, and Siberia. Johnson, the editor 
of Gerarde’s Herbal, appears to have been the first who dis- 
covered it in Britain ; he is said to have found it on Snowdon, and 
some other high mountains in Wales, previous to 1641. 
It is subject to much variation, especially in the form of the 
leaves, occasioned, probably, by local accidents. 
Oh ! — they’re fair ! 
Most wonderful and lovely are they all, — 
From our own daisy “ crimson-tipped,” that greets 
Our English childhood with its lowly look, 
To the proud giants of the western world, 
And govgeous denizens of either Ind, 
Towering in Nature’s majesty and might. 
And lifting their radiant heads to hail 
The sun— their monarch — as he burns above. 
Who docs not love them t 
From the Parterre. 
