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SOME OF THE RARER PLANTS OP EPPING FOREST. 



Flowering Plants. 



(From the Lists of Mr. Walter Beeves and others.) 



Myosurus minimus. Mouse-tail. 



Ranunculus auricomus. Goldielocks. 



Jxnnnnculus sceJeratus. Celery-leaved 

 Ranunculus. 



Arahis perfoliata. Glabrous Rock-cress. 



Senehiera didyma. Lesser Swine 's-cress. 



Teesdalianudicaulis. Common Teesdalia. 



Diayithus Armeria. Deptford Pink. 



Gerastium quaterneUum. Erect Mouse- 

 ear Chickweed. 



Hypericum humifusum. Trailing St. 

 John's Wort. 



Hypericum indchrum. Slender St. John's 

 Wort. 



Hypericum elodes. Marsh St. John's 

 Wort. 



Oxalis acetosella. Wood Sorrel. 



PotentiUa ar<ientea. Hoary Cinquefoil. 



*Chrysosplenium a Jterrii folium. Alter- 

 nate-leaved Golden Saxifrage. 



*ChrysospIenium oppositifoUum. Oppo- 

 site-leaved Golden Saxifrage. 



* Parnassia jyalustris . Grass of Parnassus. 



*Drosera rotundifolia. Round-leaved 

 Sundew. 



Dipsacus pilosus. Small Teasel. 



*Oxycoccos palustre. Red Cranberry. 



*Menyantlies trifoliata. Buck-bean. 



*Utricidaria vulgaris. Bladderwort. 



*Anagallis tenella. Bog Pimpernel. 



*Hottonia palustris. Water Violet. 



Viscum album. Mistletoe. 



Bog or marsh plants. 



CRYPTOGAMIC PLANTS— The Ferns of Epping Forest. 



(From Mr. James English's List.) 



Pteris aquilina. Brake Fern. 



Lomaria spicant. Hard Fern. 



Athyrium Filix-fccmina. Lady Fern. 



Scolopendrium vulgare. Hart's-tongue. 



*Polysticlmm_ aculeatum. Prickly-shield 

 Fern. 



*Polystichum angulare. Soft Prickly- 

 shield Fern. 



Lastrea Filix-mas. Male Fern. 



Lastrea spinulosa. Crested-buckler Fern. 



Lastrea spinulosa, var. dilitata. Broad- 

 buckler Fern. 



*Lastrea Thelypteris. Marsh - buckler 

 Fern. 



*Lastrea Oreopteris. Mountain-buckler 

 Fern. 



Polypodium vulgare. Polypody. 



* Species thus marked are supposed to be extinct in the Forest, but are likely to 

 occur again. In addition to those above named, the following species are men- 

 tioned in Gibson's "Flora of Essex:" — Axplennm ruta-muraria (Wall Rue Spleen- 

 wort), Osmunda regalis (Osmund Royal), OpMoglossum vulgatum (Common Adder's 

 Tongue), &c., &c. 



