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gardens about Llandudno, and will, no doubt, soon rapidly 
spread over the rocks and form a very beautiful addition to 
the wild flowers. 
Hieracium ccesium (Fries). I feel rather diffident in 
saying much about the genus Hieracium, it is now split up 
into such a number of species that it requires a botanist to 
remodel all his ideas if they were formed some years ago 
The species I now exhibit, and which agrees the nearest 
with the figure and description in “ English Botany,” grows 
on the highest rocks on the south of the Great Ormes Head; 
the leaves are, however, maculate, and beneath of a rich 
purple, when growing on its native rocks ; when trans- 
planted to my garden, in Cheshire, in two years the macu- 
lated leaf becomes plain and the underside green, and then 
agrees with caesium, showing how variable it is and how 
dependent on the limestone and sea breezes for its rich 
colours. 
Hypochceris maculata. This handsome species was in 
full bloom this year the first week in June, and, owing to 
the dry season, the specimens were more manageable and 
easy to get into ordinary sized papers. 
Hyoscyamus niger. This is always to be found near 
Llandudno, on waste ground and near the sea, but this year 
it was in profusion in many places. I noticed some stray 
pigs eating the young shoots, but whether or not the plant 
agreed with them I cannot say; it was very common near 
several farm yards. 
Orabanche major, now called rapum , and 0. hederoe. 
The former of these I met with in abundance on the slopes 
leading to Conway Bay, near Began wy Castle ; the latter is 
about Conway Castle, on the ivy, but in the greatest 
luxuriance near the natural arch on the back of the Little 
Ormes Head. 
