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has been said to grow in Derwent Lake; but its existence there
may be doubted. Water-Cress, Nasturtium officinale, is
common in springs and ditches in calcareous soils, but has been
rare among the lakes, till increased by planting.
Meadows subject to lake floods are covered chiefly with the
various species of Carex, along with the many headed
Cotton-grass, Eriophorum angustifolium; the single headed
Cotton-grass, Eriophorum vaginatum, in Ullock Moss near
Keswick; on the boggy parts of mountains it is called Moss-crops,
and is the early spring food of sheep. Carex paniculata,
in Crabtree-how wood.
Buckbean, Menyanthes trifoliata, Comarum palustre,
Juncus filiformis, and Juncus uliginosus, on the
isthmus near Derwent Lake; the last named on shore is a low
creeping plant, but when rooted under water it shoots up leaves
like hairs to the length of a foot or more.
Saxifraga aizoides in watery places, on Barrow Side, near
Keswick; granulata in drier ground, near the same place,
and at Mayburgh; hypnoides near Thirlmere, Kirkstone, and
Long Sleddale; stellaris near the summits of Skiddaw and
Helvellyn; tridactylites at Applethwaite Underskiddaw, and
Penruddock. Saxifraga oppositifolia has been observed by
S. C. Watson, Esq. near Great End Crag, in Borrowdale. Golden
Saxifrage, Chrysosplenium oppositifolium, common near
springs, and at Scale Force.
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