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foot-path into Garrison Lane. Of the Genus Rammculus I found 

 nine species, few of them rare in this neighbourhood : — Ranuncu- 

 lus Jlammula, Lesser Crowfoot ; ditches in Garrison Lane, and 

 Coleshill Pool. R. hederaceus, Ivy-leaved Crowfoot ; old gardens 

 near the Pershore road ; meadows near Vaughton's Hole. This 

 plant, though rare in some localities, is very common around Bir- 

 mingham. 



Order, NYMPHiEACEJE. — Nuphar lutea, Yellow Nuphar ; in a 

 lane leading from Nechell's Green to Wash wood Heath. 



Order, PAPAVERACEiE. — Papaver dubium, Smooth-headed Pop- 

 py ; a bank near Aston Church. Chelidonium majus, Common 

 Celandine ; a bank near Perry Barr Park. — (Class XHI., Linn.) 



Order, Fumariace^e. — Corydalis lutea, Yellow Corydalis ; an 

 old wall in Edgbaston Lane. Fumaria officinalis. Common Fumi- 

 tory ; bank at Aston, and Nechell's Green. — (C. XVII., Linn.) 



Order, CRUciFERiE. — Nasturtium terrestre. Marsh Cress ; bank 

 of the stream near Duddeston Mill. N. amphibium. Amphibious 

 Cress ; canal near the Aqueduct, Erdington road. Arabis thaliana. 

 Common Araby ; a dry bank at Saltley. Cardamine amara, Bitter 

 Lady's-smock ; edge of a stream in a meadow near Moseley Park. 

 C hirsuta, Hairy Lady's-smock ; bank in Garrison Lane, near the 

 Brick-kilns. C. pratensis, Meadow Lady's-smock ; ditches near the 

 same place. Lepidum campestre, Mithridate Pepperwort ; a bank 

 at Washwood Heath, also near Castle Bromwich. — (C. XV., Linn.) 



Order, RESEDACEiE. — Reseda luteola, Dyer's Rocket ; plentiful 

 among the coal pits, near the road-side between Oldbury and Dud- 

 ley._-(C. XL, Linn.) 



Order, Polygalace^. — Polygala vulgaris. Common Milk- 

 wort ; Coleshill Bog.— (C. XVII., Linn.) 



Order, Silenace^. — Silene inflata. Bladder Campion; Erd- 

 ington road; Saltley, common. 



Order, Alsinace^e. — Arenaria rubra. Purple Sand-wort ; road 

 side near Bordesley Green ; canal bridge at Aston. A. serpyllifolia. 

 Thyme-leaved Sandwort ; a dry bank at Aston. A. trinervis. Plan- 

 tain-leaved Sandwort ; a shady lane near the Rail-road at Alum 

 Rock, Upper Saltley. Ceraslium aquaticum. Water Chickweed ; 

 on rubbish near Moseley Park. — (C. X., Linn.) 



Order, Malvace^ — Malva moschata, Musk Mallow ; Edg- 

 baston Lane, opposite the gates of Moseley Park : not rare around 

 Birmingham. — (C. XVI., Linn.) 



Order, HYPERicACEiE. — Hypericum pulchrum. Upright St.- 

 John's-Wort ; a meadow neai* Moseley Park. H. quadrangidum, 



