Botany of the neighbourhood of Tring. 39 



Vinca major. Hedge-banks ; Barley End, near Ashridge. 



Gentiana verna. Chalky meadows between Tring and Aston Clinton. 



Convallaria multijiora. Beech woods above Aston Hill. 



Chlora perfoliata. Chalk banks; road-side between Tring and Aston 



Clinton. 

 Paris quadrifolia. Abundant in the woods near Albury, on the borders 



of Northchurch Common. 

 Monotropa Hypopitys. Beech woods above Aston Hill. 

 Pyrola minor. Woods south west of Tring, in abundance. 

 Rubus idceus. Beech woods around Tring. 

 Fragaria elatior. Woods near Wigginton Common. 

 Aquilegia vulgaris. Hedges and woods near the Aylesbury road. 

 Anemone Pulsatilla. Most abundant on the chalky downs between Tring 



and Aldbury. 

 Melampyrum cristatum. Wood near Northchurch Common. 

 Antirrhinum minus. Hilly meadows under the beech woods. 

 Turritis hirsuta. Woody glen at the bottom of Aston Hill. 

 Vicia sylvatica. Beech woods above Aston Hill, festooning the trees in 



the utmost luxuriance. 

 Hippocrepis comosa. Road-sides; most abundant. 

 Prenanthes muralis. Beech woods west of Tring. 

 Cineraria integrifolia. Abundant on the downs to the north of Tring. 

 Epipactis grandijiora. ] 



latifolia. I Beech woods around Tring. 



Nidus avis.) 



Htmin^moZrcJds. } Chalk y mead ? ws at Barle y End > near Ashridge. 



Ophrys muscifera. Borders of meadows and woods near Tring Park. 



■ apifera. Meadows between Wigginton and the London road. 



Orchis conopsea. } Very luxuriant and abundant on all the chalk banks 



pyramidalis. j by Tring, Aston Clinton, and Ivinghoe. 



ustulata. Chalk banks at the bottom of Aston Hill, and on the 



downs between Tring and Ivinghoe Hill. 



militaris. Chalk banks bordering on the beech woods to the west 

 of Tring. As this splendid Orchis has been frequently confounded 

 with the Orchis fusca, and the O. tephrosanthos, I have given a fi- 

 gure of each, by which I think it will be readily distinguished from 

 its congeners. 



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Orchis tephrosanthos. O. fusca. O. militaris. 



A few years since the Orchis militaris was found in great 

 abundance in many places around Tring, particularly in the 

 hilly meadows which intersect the beech woods to the south 

 west of the town ; but now it is as rare as it was formerly 

 abundant. And it is to be regretted that the avidity of col- 



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