IN THE VICINITY OF BIRMINGHAM. SO 



Order, CAPRiPOLiACEiE. — Viburnum opulus, Common Guelder; 

 Coleshill Bog— (C. V., Linn.) 



Order, RuBiACEiE. — Of the genus Galium I found six species : 

 — Galium mollugo, Hedge Bedstraw ; a bank near Sandwell Park. 

 G. saxalile, Heath Bedstraw ; Castle Bromwich Heath. G. cru- 

 ciatum, Crosswort Bedstraw ; a meadow at Saltley, near the rail- 

 road. G. verum, G. palustre, and G. aparine ; the other three 

 species are common. — (C. IV., Linn.) 



Order, VALERiANACEiE. — Valerian ella oliioria (Fedia, Eng. 

 Fl.J, Corn Salad ; a lane near Aston Church. Valeriana dioica. 

 Marsh Valerian ; a meadow about five hundred yards beyond 

 Vaughton's Hole, crossed by a foot-path to Moseley Park. V, offi- 

 cinalis, Common Valerian, variety A of the English Flora ; on a 

 high bank at Sturchley-street, near King's Norton. — (C. III., Linn.) 



Order, CoMPOsiTiE. — Centaurea scabiosa, Greater Knapweed; 

 border of a wheat-field at Perry Barr. Carduus nutans. Musk 

 Thistle ; banks at Aston and Nechell's Green. C. pratensis, Mea- 

 dow Thistle ; the bog below Coleshill Pool. C. eriophorus, 

 Wooly-headed Thistle ; grounds near Dudley Castle. Tragopo- 

 gon pratensis, Yellow Goat's-beard ; new road to King's Nor- 

 ton, three miles from Birmingham. Lactuca muralis fPrenanthes, 

 Eng. Flora), Ivy-leaved Wall-lettuce; back of Church's steam 

 carriage manufactory, Bordesley Green. Hieracium sabaudum, 

 Broad-leaved Hawk weed ; a bank at Bordesley Green. H. umbel- 

 latum. Narrow-leaved Hawkweed ; abundant in a lane leading 

 from the Bee Hive tavern to the Golden Cross ; not rare around 

 Birmingham. Conyza squarrosa. Ploughman's Spikenard; near 

 Dudley Castle. Tanacetum vulgare. Wild Tansy ; banks of the 

 Tame, near Hamstead JMill. Senecio sylvaticus, Mountain Ground- 

 sel ; a high bank in Garrison Lane. — (C. XIX., Linn.) 



Order, Campanulace^e. — Jasione montana, Annual Sheep's- 

 bit ; near Sutton Wood, also in a lane at Aston leading to the 

 Golden Cross. Campanula trachelium. Nettle-leaved Bell-flower ; 

 plentiful in the shady lanes between Perry Barr and Great Barr. — 

 C patula. Spreading Bell-flower ; along the right bank of the 

 turnpike road between Well's Green and Elmdon, five and a half 

 miles from Birmingham, in profusion ; I have found it no where 

 else in this neighbourhood. — (C. V., Linn.) 



Order Ericace^. — Erica telralix. Cross-leaved Heath ; Coles- 

 hill Bog, Sutton Coldfield.— (C. Vllt., Linn.) 



Order, Apocynacb^. — Vinca major, Greater Periwincle; road 

 from Castle Bromwich to Coleshill Heath. V. minor, Lesser Peri- 



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