52 Plants observed during a Tour 



esting establishment, which we much regretted being unable 

 to take more than a very cursory view of. 



June 5. and 6. The- roadside between Witney and North- 

 leach was adorned with the magnificent Cnicus eriophorus ; 

 and, just at the entrance of Great Malvern, we noticed some 

 bushes of Sambuctis nigra /3 (fructu albo, the white^berried), 

 but too near some cottages to be considered wild. On the 

 walls and roof of the fine old abbey church we gathered 

 Grammitis Ceterach, and Sedum reflexum ; and, on a rock 

 above the village, Cotyledon Umbilicus. On the hills, we 

 could meet with no plant rarer than Mce'nchza ereeta; but 

 took fcbfew insects, the best of which was Elater ciipreus. 

 #%ca^^&j*& ( 'grows 'among the ruins at Little Malvern 

 church, but has apparently escaped from an adjoining plant- 

 ation^-i(pMeb loom* attt»mnale seems 5 to be common in hieadows 

 and orchards about^L/Klbtiryii'^uiofu xi ni nommoonu Jon ai 

 X't&fodfo' f^k'WXardlthrough Ludlow, Bishop's Castlej«knd 

 Wel^k^o^ilt^fOdwe^try^oaffbwd^ us nothii^iiriwe^K^ear 

 laMitfW? 'by* tfce roads^> isi**nvertf large btraskf-efl Fyrm 

 torminalis; and, on banks, Pumaria capreolata, Zepidium 

 SiMthiY, and iftmunculus parviflorus occur in abundance, and 

 appear to b6 common in the counties of Hereford and Salop. 

 .Myosotis sylvatica is frequent about Bishop's Castle. 



June 8.' At Llangollen, we visited the ruins of Castle 

 Dinas Bran for the purpose of ascertaining whether the va- 

 riety of Pyrus ^4 v ria formerly mistaken for P. pinnatifida 

 (Morbus hybrida Lin.) still grows there. In a meadow, 

 through which the footpath from Llangollen passes, we ga- 

 thered a few specimens of 0rnith6gakim umbeliatum ; and, 

 On the hill, Sedum anglicum, Myosotis collina, and Ficia 

 angustifoiia. We also took Anomala horticola, and E'later 

 cupretls ; which latter was abundant. Our search for the 

 Pprus w^s long unsuccessful; but at length we discovered a 

 single bush of it growing in an almost inaccessible part of the 

 external wall, and with some difficulty obtained a specimen. 

 It differs from the common state of P. AYm, in the leaves 

 being more deeply toothed or lobed, and, as Sir J. E. Smith 

 justly remarks, not truly pinnatifid. It is certainly not P. 

 pinnatafida ; but it appears almost equally distinct from P. 

 ^ria. To me it seems to come nearest to P. edulis or inter- 

 media. I am, however, not at present prepared to offer a 

 decided opinion on the subject. On various parts of the 

 ruins we found Hutchins/tf petrae'a, Cist6pteris dentata ? and 

 the beautiful spotted-leaved variety of PTieracium murorum, 

 not uncommon; also 7eesdah'a nudicaulis, sparingly. A steep 

 limestone declivity, oir the left of the road just after leaving 

 Llangollen, was completely covered with Polypodium calca- 



