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NOTES ON SHEOPSHIEE PLANTS. 

 By William E. Beckwith. 



(Concluded from p. 346.) 



Filago (jermanica, L. — Often abundant on reclaimed heaths and 

 moors, where the soil is light and poor. 



F. minima, Fries. — Plentiful about Hawkstone ; near Redhill, 

 Shrewsbury ; and on Charlton Hill. 



GnaphaUum sylvaticum, L. — Base of the Wrekin above Aston, in 

 open woods at Hawkstone, and on Shawbury Heath. 



Senecio aquaticus, Huds. — This plant, the 6'. erraticus of Leigh- 

 ton's ' Flora,' is not uncommon by the sides of pools and streams. 



Bidens cerniia, L. — Pool near Upton Magna ; banks of the 

 Severn, near Leighton : and in ditches on the Wealdmoors, near 

 Kinnersley. 



Inula Helenium, L. — In fields on Cound Moor, near Mosterley ; 

 in a small wood by the brook above Shineton. 



I. Conyza, DC. — Frequent about the foot of Tentree Hill, and 

 in Wyre Forest. 



Solidago Virga-aurea, L. — Frequent in woods near Coalbrook- 

 dale ; about Highley ; and in Wyre Forest. 



Eupatorium cannabinum, L. — Not uncommon by pools and 

 streams ; often very abundant in wet j^laces near coal-pits. 



Leontodon hispidus, L. — Frequent in hilly pastures; rather 

 common on the limestone about Much W^enlock. 



Picris hieracioides, L. — Frequent on sandy or gravelly banks ; 

 plentiful about Little Wenlock, Wroxeter, Cressage, Shineton, and 

 in Wyre Forest. 



Sonchus arvensis, L. — I have found the tall marsh form of this 

 sowthistle on the Wealdmoors near Wellington, and by Colemere 

 Mere. This is probably the plant recorded as S. palustris by Mr. 

 Lees in Leighton's 'Flora.' 



Campanula glomerata, L. — Frequent on Wenlock Edge, near 

 Presthope Station. 



Vaccinium Vitis-idcea, L. — Mr. Serjeantson has found this plant 

 on the Longmynds near Church Stretton. 



Vinca major, L. — Naturalized in hedges about the Bank Farm, 

 near Shrewsbury. 



Chlora perfoliata, L. — Plentiful along Wenlock Edge ; may also 

 be found about Buildwas, Highley, and near Hawkstone. 



Gentiana Amarella, L. — Plentiful about the Hatch limeworks, 

 near the Wrekin ; and along Wenlock Edge. 



Menyanthes trifoliata, L. — Abundant round Fennymere and 

 Marton pools, near Baschurch. 



Atropa Belladoyina, L. — About the ruins of Lilleshall Abbey. 



Verbascum Thapsus, L. — Frequent on rocks, in gravel-pits, and 

 on sandy banks. 



F. Blattaria, L. — By the road from Cressage to Cound Moor. 



Linaria Elatine, Mill. — Fields along Wenlock Edge, and on 

 Shawbury Heath. 



