208 NOTES ON WILD PLANTS. 
family to 15; (including 2 or 3, which I believe 
are now lost); the cruciform family to 12; the 
pink family (caryophylleac) to 17; the leguminous or. 
papilionaceous family to 21; the rose family 
rosaceae to 17. This number is very uncertain, 
owing to the very various opinions of botanists 
as to the number of species of bramble [rubus]. | 
The umbelliferous (or parsley) family to 19; the 
madder family (stellatae) to 8; the compound 
flowered plants (compositae) to 42; the borage 
family to 7, or perhaps 8; the snap-dragon family 
(scrophularineae) to 18; the mint family (labiatae) 
to 21; the dock (or buckwheat) family (polygoneae) 
to 11; the goosefoot family (chenopodeae) to 5 ; and 
most of the remainder to one or two each. 
The neighbourhood of Bury St. Edmund’s was 
formerly (in the latter part of last century and the 
early years of the present) rather celebrated for 
its botanical riches; and many interesting plants 
found in the neighbouring parishes by Sir Thomas 
Cullum and others are recorded in the books of 
that time. It is probable that several of these are 
no longer to be found in the places where they 
were formerly noted; but still it is true that the 
botanical wealth of the whole district is not to 
be judged by that of Barton. In Pakenham, 
Rougham, Thurston, Hengrave, Culford, West 
Stow, Lackford, Hawstead, Ickworth, and various 
other parishes within ten miles of Bury, very many 
plants are to be found which are wanting here. 
As I said at first, this comparative poverty 
