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common, near the east entrance of Parham park, &c. &c. “ Hol- 
lingbury hill : Mr. Borrer. Mountainous pastures near Stone- 
land : Rev. Mr. Bale.” — Botanisfs Guide. 
Warwickshire. — Mr. G. W. Perry has observed it in War- 
wickshire ; Mr. Murcott has observed it on heathy ground near 
the upper part of Coleshill bog, on the Stonebridge side. 
Westmoreland. — Mr. Pinder has found it in Westmoreland ; 
Mr. Hindson has gathered it at Rigmaden. 
Wiltshire. — Mr. Babington informs me he observed it near 
Bath, within the limits of Wiltshire. Alderbury common : Dr. 
Maton.” — Botanisfs Guide. 
Worcestershire. — Mr. Lees gives me Abberly hill as a loca- 
lity, on the authority of Mrs. Phipps Onslow, from whom he 
has received a specimen. I have seen specimens from Overs- 
ley hill, about a mile from Alcester. “ On the south side of 
Breedon hill, in many places : Nash. On coal-pit banks near 
Stourbridge : Mr. W. Hill.” — Botanisfs Guide. 
Yorkshire. — Mr. Babington informs he has found it on 
Cronckley fell ; Mr. Pinder that it is abundant near Preston, 
Kippar, Leeds, Brightside, and Sheffield ; Mr. Tatham that it 
is common, and in some places — as Tarnfield pasture — very 
abundant near Settle ; Mr. S. Gibson finds it at Midgley moor ; 
Mr. Watson has received it from the neighbourhood of Halifax, 
where, according to Bolton, a variety occurs with leaves shaped 
like a lady’s fan when fully expanded, divided by narrow sec- 
tions running almost down to the base, into four or five lobes, 
which are deeply crenated at their extremity ; Mr. Hardy says 
it is widely distributed in the Sheffield district ; Mr. Spruce has 
given, chiefly on the authority of Mr. Backhouse, the following 
localities, — Ganthorpe near Castle-Howard, Coneysthorpe, Ter- 
rington car, Knavesmire near York, wood near Earswick and 
Low Harrogate ; Mr. Baines, in his ^ Flora of Yorkshire,’ 
gives Airy holme near Hovingham, Moor-riggs in Teesdale, Co- 
therstone fell, Hambleton hills, Whitby, vicinity of Knaresbo- 
rough, of Richmond, &c. ; and in the ‘ Botanist’s Guide ’ we 
find Leeds, Copgrove, Ripon, Richmond race-course, Scawton, 
&c. &c., recorded as localities. 
In Scotland it seems a plant of by no means uncommon 
