Fell, tm> water; Alston Aloof, and Cross Fell : N. B. G .—Detbysh. On lead- 
mine hillocks ; on Masson, (a high mountain near Matlock.) plentiful : Mr. O. 
.Tkwitt. See Matlock Comj>anion . pp.2(j& 27. Between Bakewell and Castle- 
ton : Mr. J. Woods, jun. Middleton Dale; and Crich: Mr. Coke. Near 
Matlock Bath; on Peveril Castle, and neighbouiing lime-rocks: Mr. H. C. 
Watson, in N. B. G. — Durham ; IJpon the Wolds near Cauldron Snout, Tces- 
dale ; on the Moors in Weardale ; and on Cronkley Fell . Teesdale : N. J. Winch, 
Esq. Herefordsh. In the northern parts of the county : Dcnccmb.— Northum- 
berland; On old mine heaps in Allendale : N.J. Winch, Esq. On the hanks 
of Tyne, near Crow-hall : Mr. J. Thompson. On Spindlestone Craigs: Mr. R. 
Embleton, in FI. of Berw. p.294 .—Somersetsh. Mendip Hills: Maton. — 
Westmoreland ; About Kendal : Hudson. On some craggy ground about half- 
way between Bitkdale and Dufson (Dufton?): N. B. G. — Yorksh. Mountains 
about Settle ; and upon Hinklehaugh : Teesdale. Near Palely Biidge by Bipon ; 
and in Wensley Dale, common: Mr. Brunton. Near Scarborough: Travis. 
In great abundance all the way from Richmond through Wensleydale to the 
mountains; on the top of Pennighant; and at 2000 feet on Cronkley Fell. — 
WALES. Brecknocksh. Cader Arthur, 3 miles from Brecon: Evens, in B. G. 
— Caernarvonsh . Rocks on Snowdon : Mr. H. C. Watson, inN.B G. Near 
Elanberris ; Mr. Griffith Rocks near Twll du ; and on Clogwyn y Garnedd : 
Binolf.y. Cwm Idwell ; Llandudno ; and Little Ormeshead : Mag. Eat. Hist. 
— Denbighsh. Mine hillocks, not common: Bowman, in N. B. G. — Flintsh. 
Between Holywell and St Asaph, on the rubbish of mines: Mr. Griffith. 
Hilly parts of Whiteford parish : Pennant. Abundant on mine hillocks W. of 
Holywell: J. E. Bowman, in N. B. G. — SCOTLAND. Berwicksh. On St. 
A bb’s-head, plentiful ; and in a deep glen about a mile south of Fastcastle : 
Rev. A. Baiiid. Spindlestone Craigs: FI. Berw. — Edinburghsh. Plentiful on 
Salisbury Craigs and Arthur's Seat, and occasionally on the Pentland Hills: Mr. 
11. C. Watson, in N. B. G. King’s Park ; and Blackford Hill : Mr. Maugiian. 
— Lanarksh. Dry gravelly places on the north bank of ihe Canal between Caldar 
and Kirkintilloch : N. B. G—Perthsh. Mael Dun-crosk, a very small distance 
from Craig Calliach ; where, at nearlv the same elevation, A. rubella occurs, 
but not A. verna : Bot. Misc. — IRELAND. County of Derry ; Tiap rocks 
on Magilligon. — Coitnty of Clare ; Between I.unenagh Castle and Kilferna. — 
Island of Arran ; Mack FI. Hibern. 
Perennial. — Flowers in May and June. 
Root somewhat woody, branching, and fibrous. Steins very nu- 
merous, tufted, ascending, from 3 to o inches high, spreading, round, 
or somewhat angular, leafy, slightly pubescent and vicid ; bearing 
terminal, few-flowered panicles. Leaves numerous, short, smooth, 
3-ribbed beneath, with blunt points, connate at the base ; lower 
ones crowded, often incurved ; upper ones distinct. Bracteas small 
and short, 3-ribbed. Floiver-statks often clothed with spreading, 
glandular hairs. Calyx hairy, of 5, egg-shaped, pointed sepals, 
membranous at the margins, each with 3, equal, distant ribs. Co- 
rolla white ; petals inversely egg-shaped, longer than the calyx. 
Capsule cylindrical, of 3 valves, longer than the calyx. Seeds com- 
pressed, rough. 
Sir J. E. Smith observes, that some rather larger or smaller 
specimens, not to be called varieties, have been occasionally mis- 
taken for A. saxalilis, juniperina, or laricifolia, of Linnt.us ; all 
very different from this, and from each other, and hitherto not found 
wild in Britain. 
It has been remarked by the Rev. Pike Jones, in his “ Botanical Tour,” pp. 20 
and 21, that this plant has the peculiar power of resisting the poisonous effects of 
the metallic oxides which usually pervade the refuse heaps thrown out from lead- 
mines, and is found to flourish in such situations, usually destructive to vegetable 
life. See S»i. Engl. FI. and With. Bot. Arr. 7th edition. 
