MR. W. H. BURRELL ON GOODYERA REPENS. 45 
vegetation is not likely to be introduced entangled in the 
roots, though it might come in the litter, or with more 
valuable ornamental trees which travel with a ball of earth. 
To test this opinion I wrote to three firms of nurserymen in 
Dumfries, Elgin, and Kilmarnock, who are directly concerned 
in Scotch fir culture, and they were good enough to answer 
a series of questions. They agree that : — All Scotch fir, in 
commerce, is raised from seed in nurseries which are kept 
more or less clean from weeds. Goodyera is not known as 
a common weed in their respective districts and has never 
been known to occur in their nurseries. Ordinary planting 
sizes are despatched with clean roots. The packing usually 
employed is straw, but in some cases bracken, heather and 
moss are collected from the woods and used in a dry state to 
prevent heating in transit. 
I am the more inclined to suggest it being native, because 
during recent years several plants, chiefly cryptogams, have 
come under notice, which have emphasized the well-known 
fact that Norfolk possesses physical and climatic conditions 
more or less favourable to upland or more northern plants, 
and have driven home the question from time to time as to 
whether we have the relics of a very ancient flora lingering 
here and there. For instance : — 
Ulota Ludwigii , Brid. A moss found at Aylmerton in 1907. 
Distribution in Great Britain : West Sussex, East Norfolk, 
Merioneth, Stirling, West and Mid Perth, Forfar, South 
Aberdeen, Argyll. Widely distributed in Germany, more 
especially in mountainous woods. 
Bryum mamillatum , Lindb. A moss found at Hunstanton 
in 1902, previously only recorded from the Baltic. 
Hylocomium loreum, B. & S. A moss found at Blickling, 
1909. Although recorded from 94 out of Watson’s 112 vice 
counties, it is an upland plant, hardly to be expected in 
Norfolk at 150 feet O.D. The following descriptions of its 
habitats indicate its favourite stations 
“ Damp, sub- Alpine woods.” — Braithwaite. 
“ Principally sub-Alpine.” — Dixon. 
“ In woods, especially in mountainous districts.” — Wilson. 
