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guisli this curious plant from G. wbanum, and the 

 hairy iipper joint of the awn is very remarkable and 

 discriminative. The foliage, however, seems almost 

 exactly intermediate between urbanum and rivale, but 

 is much less coarser than in the former, and does not 

 exhibit such prominent veins. The stipules are 

 smaller, not so wide, with fewer but more deeply 

 indented teeth. On the whole it has much the aspect 

 of a hybrid. 



Many other rare or remarkable plants are to be 

 found in the interesting vicinity of this romantic 

 brook, where Dr. SEWABD first noticed Hypericum 

 dubium as a British plant. Here I have gathered the 

 Lungwort or Jerusalem Cowslip (Pulmonaria officina- 

 lis), Rosa rubiginosa, Dame's Violet (Sesperis matro- 

 nalis), Mentka rotundifolia, Butterfly Orchis (Habe- 

 naria chlorantha) , Pyramidal Orchis (0. pyramidalis), 

 its red flowers presenting a lovely spectacle, Fragrant 

 Gymnadenia (G. conopsea), Bee Orchis (Opkrys api- 

 fera), Broad-leaYed Helleborine (Epipactis latifolia), 

 and the rarer and elegant Marsh Helleborine (IZpi- 

 pactis palustris). Nearer to Tedstone the banks of 

 the brook rise to a commanding height, shadowy with 

 lofty trees, and their faces encrusted with travertine. 

 Near the Hoar Stone a bubbling spring helps to 

 clothe the rocks with the most vivid verdure, while 

 the receding broken ravine shows a waterfall, neglected 

 and unknown indeed, but equal in beauty to many of 

 higher pretensions. Such are a sample of the scenes 

 unveiled to the botanical explorer only within the 

 compass of a day's walk. In returning to "Worcester 

 we crossed the river Teme by a curious old bridge 

 near Ham Castle, which now nourishes on its walls in 



