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bees obtain a great portion of their honey: a variety is
sometimes observed with white flowers. Erica cinerea grows
in places more rocky, and remains longer in blossom; E.
tetralix, in Ullock-moss and Gosforth; Silene inflata,
near Ambleside; S. maritima, near Derwent Lake; and Mr.
Watson has observed S. acaulis near Great End Crag.
Thrift, or Sea Gilliflower, Statice Armeria, in salt
marshes, and near the top of Scawfell. Rhodiola rosea, and
Oxyria reniformis, in the rocks of Helvellyn, Scawfell,
and Raven Scar.
The large, early flowering Furze or Whin, Ulex europaeus,
is too common in the neighbourhood of Keswick; a smaller kind,
Ulex nanus, blossoming in autumn, is more prevalent
between Pooley Bridge and Askham, in Buttermere, and Wasdale; at
Bolton Wood near Gosforth, intermixed with the large blossomed
heath, it gives an appearance of richness to land otherwise
barren.
The common Juniper, Juniperus communis, erroneously called
Savin, grows on the mountain between Wythburn and Borrowdale, on
Place Fell, Loughrigg Fell, and most plentifully in the pastures
between Windermere and Coniston.
The least Willow, Salix herbacea, on the summit of
Skiddaw, on Saddleback, Helvellyn, and the mountains between
Derwent and Crummock Lake.
Cinquefoil Lady's Mantle, Alchemilla alpina, on the
mountain between Borrowdale and Buttermere, and at the foot of
Wanthwaite Crags
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