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Epilobium alpinum. Mountain Willowherb; on the moist rocks about Buckbarrow well.
Equisetum hyemale. Rough Horsetail, or Shave-grass; on the side of the rivulet between Shap and Anna well.
--- limosum. Smooth Horsetail; in Lonsdale.
Eriophorum vaginatum. Hare's-tail Rush, or Moss Crops; in mosses and boggy places frequent.
Festuca ovena β vivipara. Grass upon Grass; on the mountains.
--- rubra. Purple Fescue Grass; on mountainous heaths and pastures.
Fontinalis pennata. Feathered Water Moss; on trunks of trees between Troutbeck and Ambleside.
Fumaria claviculata. Climbing Fumitory; on the side of a ditch near Kendal castle.
Galanthus nivalis. Snowdrop; in orchards.
Galium boreale. Crosswort Madder; in mountainous meadows: near Kirkby Lonsdale above the bridge, Orton, Winander meer, and elsewhere.
--- pusillum. Least Ladies Bedstraw; on mountains near Kendal.
Gestiana campestris. Dwarf Vernal Gentian; in mountainous pastures: about Kendal.
--- Pneumonanthe. Marsh Gentian, or Calathian Violet; in moist meadows near Milthorp, and at Foulshey.
Geranium moschatum. Musked Crane's-bill, or Muscovy; in dry meadows and pastures everywhere.
--- sanguineum. Bloudy Cranes-bill; on the side of the foot path leading from Kendal to Barrowfield.
--- sylvaticum. Mountain Cranes-bill; in bushy places and mountainous pastures frequent, found with a variegated flower, in Old Deer park, near Thornthwaite.
Geum rivale. (flore peno.) Water Avens, with a double flower, at Great Strickland.
Gnaphalium dioicum. Mountain Cudweed, or Cat's-foot; in dry mountainous pastures: near Scoot Style, near Kendal.
Hedysarum Onobrychis. Cockshead, or Saint Foin; in chalky meadows and pastures: at Sizergh and Old Hall.
Hesperis inodorata. Unsavory Dame's Violet; on the banks of the rivers about Dalehead and Gresmere.
Hieracium auricula. Narrow-leaved Hawkweed; on Dale head.
--- dubium. Mouse-ear Hawkweed; on Fairfield hill, near Rydal.
--- murorum. French or Golden Lungwort; in woods, and on walls and banks of fields: at Scoot Style, near Kendal.
--- murorum γ. A variety of the last; about Bucklebarrow well in Lonsdale.
--- murorum δ. Another variety; on the rocks by the rivulet between Shap and Annawell.
--- paludosum. Succory leaved Hawkweed; at Bucklebarrow well.
--- sabaudum. Broad leaved bushy Hawkweed; in woods and hedges: at Kendal.
--- sabaudum β. A variety of the last; near Ulswater lake.
Hippocrepis comosa. Tufted Horse-shoe Vetch; on the edge of the Scar near Kendal between Scoot Style and Honybee Yate.
Hippuris vulgaris. Mare's-tail, or Female Horsetail; in the lakes on Brigstear moss, plentifully, and in Holme mill-dam, Burton.
Hypericum Androsoemum. Tutsan, or Park leaves; in Lady Holm, Winander meer.
Hypericum elodes. Marsh St. Peterswort; in rotten and spongy marshes: at Kendal.
Hypnum pennatum. Nova Species. J. Dickson Fasciculus Plantarum Cryptogamicarum Britanniae: on trunks of trees in woods between Ttroutbeck and Ambleside.
Impatiens Noli me tangere. Quick in the Hand, or Touch me not; on the banks of Winander meer, near Rydal hall, and elsewhere.
Juncus filiformis. Least soft Rush; on turfy mountains: near Ambleside.
Jungermannia cilaris. Fern Jungermannia; in woods and wet heaths, and near rivulets, everywhere.
--- nemorosa. Wood Lichenastrum; in woods and shady places.
Juniperis communis β. A variety of Common Juniper; on the tops of mountains.
Inula Helenium. Elecampane; in moist meadows and pastures.
Lathraea Squamaria. Toothwort; in a field below Scoot Style, near a footpath leading to Barrowfield, and in bushy places below Conzicscar, near Kendal.
Lichen aphtosus. Thrush Lichen; in woody and stoney places; and on rocks.
--- crassus. Thick Lichen; on rocks and mountainous heaths.
--- furfuraceus. Branny Liverwort; on trunks of trees.
--- fuscus. Brown Lichen; on rocks and great stones.
--- herbaceus. Green Lichen; on stones and on trunks and about the roots of trees.
--- islandicus δ. A variety of Eryngo-leaved Liverwort; on the tops of mountains.
--- pubescens. Pubescent Lichen; on rocks and stoney places everywhere.
Leonorus Cardiaca. Motherwort; on rubbish and in hedges; about Kendal.
Linum perenne. Perennial Blue Flax; in meadows and pastures of a chalky soil: at Crosby Ravensworth, and between Shap and Threapland.
Lobelia Dortmanna. Water Gladiole; in Ulswater and Winander meer, plentifully.
Lycopodium alpinum. Mountain Club-moss; on mountainous heaths.
--- Selago. First Club-moss; -ditto.-
Lysimachia tenella. Purple Moneywort; on bogs.
Marrubium vulgare. White Horehound; by highway sides on rubbish.
Melica montana. Mountain Melic-grass; in mountainous groves, frequent.
Menyanthes trifoliata. Buckbean, or Marsh Trefoil; in marshes and watery places.
Myosotis scorpoides β. A variety of Mouse-ear Scorpion-grass; in dry meadows: at Buckbarrow scar.
Narcissus Pseudo Narcissus. Wild English Daffodil; in woods and hedges: at Great Strickland.
Narthecium Ossifragum. Lancashire Asphodel or Bastard Asphodel; in wet grounds.
Oenanthe crocata. Hemlock Dropwort; in ditches at Kendal.
Ophioglossum vulgatum. Adders-tongue; in moist
meadows
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