26 REMARKABLE PLANTS FOUND GROWING 



wincle ; near the back of Church's steam carriage manufactory, in 

 the lane leading to Alum Rock, Upper Saltley. — (C. V., Linn.) 



Order, GENTiACEiU. — Chlora perfoliata, Perfoliate Yellow- 

 wort ; the grounds about Dudley Castle. — (C. VIII., Linn.) 



Order, Boraginaceje. — Echium vuls^arCj Viper's Bugloss ; plen- 

 tiful on the ruins of Dudley Castle. Symphytum officinale^ Com- 

 mon Comfrey ; near the Aqueduct in the Erdington road, near the 

 gate of Perry Barr Park. /3. S. patens^ Purple Comfrey, a bank 

 behind Perry Barr Park. Lycopsis arvensis, Small Lycopsis ; a 

 bank at Castle Bromwich ; at Saltley, corner of the road to Castle 

 Brorawich. Myosotis versicolor, Variegated Scorpion-grass ; a dry 

 bank at Nechell's Green, near Aston. Cynoglossum officinale, Com- 

 mon Houndstongue ; a bank at Castle Bromwich. 



Order, SoLANACEiE. — Alropa belladonna. Deadly Dwale ; left 

 hand side of the court yard of Dudley Castle, close to the wall, 

 August 3, 1835. July 26, 1836, I found the only two plants I 

 know of, cut off close to the root, but fresh shoots were springing 

 from the old stems. Verbascum thapsns, Great Mullein ; Sand well 

 Park. V. nigrum. Dark Mullein ; plentiful in a lane leading from 

 Tower Hill farm, Perry Barr, into the old Walsall road. — (C. V., 

 Linn.) 



Order, Scrophulariaceje. — Digitalis purpurea. Purple Fox- 

 glove; banks at Castle Bromwich. Linella* cymbalaria. Ivy- 

 leaved Toad-flax ; on the ruins of the keep at Dudley Castle. Me- 

 lampyrum pratense, Yellow Cow- wheat ; Sutton Park, near the 

 Waggon road. Bartsia odontites, Red Bartsia, and a variety with 

 white flowers ; Green Lanes, near Small Heath turnpike. — (C. 

 XIV., Linn.) — Veronica montana, Mountain Speedwell; a shady 

 bank on the right of the road from Saltley to Stichford, nearly 

 opposite Mr. Marshall's, at Alum Rock. V. scutellata. Narrow- 

 leaved Speedwell ; on the bog below Coleshill Pool. V. anagallis, 

 Water Speedwell ; swampy ground near the bridge at Yardley. 

 V. officinalis. Common Speedwell ; a bank in the Harborne road, 

 nearly opposite the lane leading to the Botanic Garden. V. arven- 

 sis, Wall Speedwell ; Birmingham Heath, near the new church. — 

 V. agrestis. Procumbent Speedwell, and V. hedenfolia, Ivy-leaved 

 Speedwell, are both common on the new soil of the rail-road em- 

 bankment at Saltley. I collected three more species, all of very 

 common occurrence. — (C. II., Linn.) 



• Linaria was engaged in Ornithology long before the introduction of the 

 term into Botany. — Eds. 



