240 PLANTS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF 



Kirtlington parish to the west, accompanied by a belt of wet 

 meadow land ; and to the east, near the village of Weston, is 

 a very interesting locality called " the Peat-pits," a boggy 

 tract of very limited extent. Limestone is found at a few feet 

 below the surface of the soil in all the elevated parts of the 

 neighbourhood. Oldbury, w T hich occurs several times as a lo- 

 cality, is a portion of Sir G. Dashwood's park at Kirtlington, 

 adjoining the church-yard. 



Salvia pratensis, Linn. This rare plant occurs sparingly in the Green Lane 

 as it is called, leading from Kirtlington to the western extremity of 

 Lord Jersey's Park at Middleton. The plants grow close by the road 

 side, in that part of the lane immediately under Lord Jersey's park, but 

 at a distance from gardens or buildings. This lane is generally sup- 

 posed to be the remains of an old Roman road, and the surface of the 

 soil has probably been undisturbed for ages. • 



Fedia dentata, Vahl. Grows abundantly in the corn fields near the loca- 

 lity for Salvia pratensis. 



Schoznus nigricans, Linn. Common in the boggy parts of the Peat-pits at 

 Weston. 



Festuca Myurus, Linn. This grass, so often confounded with Fes. bro- 

 moides, is common about the village of Kirtlington, where it reaches 

 from 15 to 18 inches in height, in rich soils. 



Avena pubescens, Linn. In dry pastures and by road-sides to the south- 

 west of the village. 



Brachypodium pinnatum, Beauv. Abundant about some shallow stone- 

 pits at the commencement of the Common through which the road 

 passes from Middleton to Hayford, near Lord, Jersey's park. 



Potamogeton pectinatus, Linn. In the great pond in Kirtlington park. 



Myosotis ccespitosa, Schultz. An interesting variety, with the corolla of 

 a pure white, occurs on the banks of the great pond in Kirtlington 

 park. The colour of the flower of this variety remains constant under 

 cultivation. 



Campanula hybrida, Linn. Common in the corn-fields to the west of the 

 village of Kirtlington, especially near the Washford stone-pits. 



Ribes rubrum, Linn. A few plants grow in the drier parts of the Peat-pits 

 at Weston. 



CEnanthe peucedanifolia, Poll. Common in the Peat-pits at Weston. — 

 This is surely a good species; the want of the universal involucre, and 

 the linear radical leaflets, leaving the difference of locality out of the 

 question, distinguish it from CEn. pimpinelloides, Linn., and these dif- 

 ferences I find constant, after examining a great many specimens from 

 this locality as well as from others. 



Silaus pratensis, Besser. Abundant in Oldbury and the parts of the park 

 adjoining. 



Sambucus Ebulus, Linn. In the copse at the boundary of Kirtlington 

 park through which the foot-way passes from Kirtlington to Weston. 

 Also by the gate at the entrance to the Peat-pits from Stonehouse farm. 



Parnassia palustris, Linn. Occurs sparingly in the Peat-pits to the north 

 of the little stream which runs through them. 



Berberis vulgaris, Linn. A few bushes of this plant occur in the hedges 

 at the lower part of Oldbury ; and it abounds in the hedges of the lane 

 leading from Stonehouse farm to the Peat-pits. 



Hyacinth us non-scriptus, Linn. A variety with delicate pink flowers grows 



