12 KAMBLES OF A NATURALIST 



Fig, 2. — Zooecia of F. foluicea magnified. 

 ,, 3. — 5, ,, 8. reptans ,, 



,, 4. — ,, 5, -B. avicularia ,, 

 ,, 5. — Crisia cornuta ; natural size, 5a ; Zooecia magnified. 



Plate II. 



,, 6. — Crisia denticulata, natural size 

 ,, 7. — Zooecia of C. ehurnia, magnified. 



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8. — Bowerhankia imbricata, natural size. 

 9. — Calycles of S. rugosa, magnified. 

 10. — Zooecia of E. chelata, magnified. 



All drawn by Mrs. A. S. Pennington. 



IRaniblee of a maturaliet near Hmberlci^. 



By Miss A. M. Charlesworth. 



IT is a real pleasure to me to recall the few happy weeks of my 

 visit to Amberley, by describing the various flora and fauna 

 found during my stay in the neighbourhood. The first rare 

 flower that I found at Amberley was the Anemone puhatilla. It 

 is very locally distributed, growing only on limestone soils and in 

 exposed places where the wind can blow freely round it. I think 

 it by far the most beautiful of our spring flowers ; its rich purple 

 contrasts so well with the bright yellow of its stamens, and it is 

 covered externally by long silky hairs. There is a legend that 

 this flower only grows where Danish blood was spilt. From 

 such names as " Woeful-Dane-bottom," one might certainly con- 

 clude that fierce battles may have been fought with the Danes 

 in the neighbourhood of Minchinhampton. This anemone is 

 called the " Pasque flower," as it is in bloom about Easter-tide. 

 I will relate a curious little incident connected with it. I was 

 talking to the owner of one of the most beautiful gardens near 

 Amberley about the wild flowers I had found, and amongst 



