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MR. W. H. BURRELL ON GOODYERA REPENS. 
“In Gebirgswaldungen sehr haufig. In der Ebene 
ausserst selten (in Baden kein Fundort bekannt ”) — Herzog. 
Die Laubm Badens. 
“In gebirgigen Gegenden des Gebietes sehr verbreitet ; 
in der norddeutschen Tiefebene zersfreut. Mit Sicherheit 
zuerst durch Dillenius aus England als Hypnum loreum 
montanum bekannt.”— Limpricht Die Laubm Deutschland s, 
&c. 
M ertensia maritiina at Blakeney and Enophorum vagi natum 
recorded by Kirby Trimmer from half a dozen stations may 
be mentioned as phanerogams which are somewhat abnormally 
placed in Norfolk. 
How came these plants here, and more especially how came 
Goodyera to be in their company ? Were they brought by the 
forces of nature in comparatively recent times, or have they 
maintained themselves here from a more remote period 
while their companions have spread northwards ? The 
question may perhaps never be definitely settled, but 
a paragraph from Clement Reid’s ‘ Origin of the British 
Flora,’ expresses the probability : “ New plants are rarely 
introduced at the present day, merely because all the species 
occurring within a reasonable distance have already had 
their chance, and those that were suited to our climate 
established themselves long ago. The modern introductions 
are mainly weeds of cultivation that cannot compete with the 
native plants on uncultivated ground, or are species from 
distant lands.” 
If Goodyera is able to establish itself on unbroken moorland 
in competition with heather and can maintain itself in a strong 
colony for twenty years, its claim to be considered native is 
at least worth consideration. 
