24 INTRODUCTION. 



middle part of Craig Brithen, a lofty trappoid hill 

 in Montgomeryshire, on the borders of Shropshire, 

 but in considerable plenty there. Great quantities 

 of Veronica spicata and Tiybrida grow on the same 

 mountain. Also the singular tall- stalked variety of 

 Mouse-ear Hawkweed, termed peleterianum. 



Coioneaster vulgaris, on the ledges of some limestone 

 rocks on the Great Orme's Head, Caernarvonshire, 

 looking inland, above a farm-house, called Tan y 

 Coed. This is about 600ft. high, and seems as if 

 anciently it had been much frequented by birds. 



Pyrus domestic, one tree only in a very decrepid 

 state, in Wyre Forest, "Worcestershire. Wyre, or 

 Bewdley as it is now called, is the relic of a British 

 aboriginal forest, and Pyrola minor as well as Epi- 

 pactis ensifolia grow near the old Sorb-tree, which 

 was first noticed in the time of RAT. 



JBunium Bulbocastanum, confined entirely to the chalk 

 marl of Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, and Cambridge. 

 Discovered by the Rev. W. H. COLEHAN, in 1835. 



Libanotis montana, peculiar to the chalky pastures of 

 Cambridgeshire . 



PTiysospermwni Cornubiense, only found in bushy fields 

 about Bodmin, in Cornwall, and on the borders of 

 Devonshire. 



Cornus suecica, on the Cheviot hills, Northumberland. 



Cnicus tuberosus, only observed in thickets on the 

 Great Ridge, "Wiltshire Downs. 



Calamintlia sylvatica, peculiar to woods in the Isle of 

 "Wight, where it was discovered by Dr. BEOMFIELD, 

 who has admirably elucidated the flora of that 

 beautiful and favoured spot, in the pages of Mr. 

 NEWMAN'S monthly publication, The Phytologist. 



