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Lathyriis Nissolia L. Cainhoe, July, 1845, W. C. Herb. Clop- 

 hiU, 1888, C. C.—L. sylvestris. Cainlioe, 184e5, W. C. Herb. Green 

 Lane, Flitwick. 



Orobiis tuberosiis L. Aspley Wood, 1844, W. G. Herb. 



Poterium muricatum Spach. Abundant on railway-banks south 

 of Luton. See Journ. Bot. 1876. 



Biihi. The following have been named by Mr. J. G. Baker, to 

 whom my best thanks are due for his unwearied courtesy : — Rubus 

 discolor W. & N. Common near Luton. — Var. pubigerus. Heath 

 and Keach. — E. leiicostachys Sm. Luton Hoo. Pepperstock. Cad- 

 dington. — R. dumetorum Weihe. Dunstable Eoad, under fir-trees. 

 — R. Radida Weihe. Luton Hoo. — R. diversifolius Lindl. Dallow 

 Lane. — R. pallidus Weihe. Luton Hoo. — R. Koehleri var. pallidiis 

 Bab., non W. &N. Badger Dell Wood. — R. coryliifolius. Frequent 

 near Luton, Barton Hills. 



Rosa canina L., var. lutetiana Leman. Near Luton. — Var. 

 sphcerica Gren. A form near this, Limbury. — Var. between hitetiana 

 Leman and dumalis Bechst. Limbury. — Var. urbica Leman. 

 Limbury. 



CratcEcjus oxyacantJioides Thuill. Near Warden Hills. 



Pyriis Pyraster L. Flitwick Marsh. — P. Mains L., var. acerba 

 DC. Sundon. Brammingham. — Var. mitis. Sundon. Dunstable. 



Peplis Portula L. Dried-up pool, Luton Hoo, 1885, J. Gatt. 



Myriophyllum verticillatum L. Eidgmount, C. G. — M. alterni- 

 folium DC. Pond, field, Pepperstock. Erroneously recorded as 

 verticillatum in 1883 list. 



Ribes nigrum L. Doubtfully indigenous. In a spinney by the 

 River Lea, Leagrave. Moist wood, Luton Hoo. 



Centaurea solstitialis L. A casual. Biscot. 



Achillea Ptarmica L. Tingrith Park, Twidell. 



Artemisia Absinthium L. Cainhoe, W. G. Herb., 1842. 



Senecio erucifolius L. Gravenhurst, G. C, 1888. 



Bidens tripartita L. Flitwick, near Luton. 



(Gentiana campestris L. Recorded by Abbot for Barton Hills ; 

 there is, however, no specimen in his herbarium (see Journ. Bot. 

 1881, p. 43). No observer has recently found G. campestris in 

 Beds., although tetramerous forms of Amarella are frequent.) 



Guscuta Epithymum Murr. On clover, &c., near Luton, Biscot, 

 Southill, Heath and Reach. 



Orobanche major L. Aspley, 1844, W. G. Herb, — 0. minor L. 

 Ampthill. Flitwick. Harlington. 



Lamium incisum Willd. A garden weed, Luton. 



Lithospermum officinale L. Clophill, 1844, W. G. Herb. 



Pinguicula vidgaris L. Pegsdon, Pollard. Streatley Hills, on 

 a chalk-hill side with a N.E. aspect, G. G. Plentiful in one spot 

 some seasons, Totternhoe Mead, W. (}. Smith; but this station was 

 brought under cultivation in 1888, hence it is now probably extinct. 



Utricidaria vidgaris L. In a ditch near Bedford, A. Ransom, 

 1888. An interesting re-discovery of a rare Beds, plant. First 

 found in the county by T. Vaux, circa 1800. 



tSamolm Valerandi L. Gravenhurst, 1844, W. G. Herb. 



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