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by the cattle, quantities of the maritime plant Buda media (Lepigonum) 

 may be noticed ; a deeper ditch shows Scfrpw.s maritimus, Zannichellia 

 pedunculata, and Tolypella glomerafa. The pastures are studded with 

 Oenanthe Lachenalii, Carex distans, C. disticha, Chara vulgari&, var. longi- 

 bradeafa, Agrostis alba, var. coarctata, Ranunculus trichophyllus, Orchis 

 latifolia, and Hordeum nodosum ; there is also a large growth of Juncus 

 Gerardi and Scirpus Caricis. Other plants of the vicinity are Sagina 

 nodosa. CaUitriche obtusangula, and Carex axillaris. 



The country about Blewbury, in addition to many plants previously 

 mentioned, has afforded Anemone Pulsatilla, Fumaria densiflora, F. Vail- 

 lantiif F. parvijlora, Papaver hybridum, Oenanthe crocata, Valerianella rimosa, 

 Crepis biennis, C. taraxacifolia, Lythrtim Hyssopifolia, Senecio campestris, 

 Orchis ustulata, Gyrostachis autumnalis, Galeopsis speciosa, Salvia Verhenaca, 

 Linaria repens, Carum segetum, Juniperus communis, Taxus baccata, Allium 

 rineale, Op)hrys muscifera, 0. apifera, Campanula glomerata, Bromus inter- 

 ruptus, Scolopendrium, &c. 



In addition to the foregoing, many other plants have been found in 

 the Ock district ; a few of the more local species may be mentioned — 

 Delphinium Ajacis, Berberis, Chelidonium, Famaria confusa, F. capreolata. 

 Sisymbrium Sophia, Camelina, Isatis, Blplotaxis muralis, Lepidium campestre, 

 L. Draba, Saponaria Vaccaria, Arenaria tenuifolia, Geranium pyrenaicum, 

 Ulex Gallii, Mclilotus arvensis, M. alba, Lotus tenuis, Agrimonia odorata, 

 Rubus Babingtonii, R. carpinifolius, Sedum album, Valerianella carinata, 

 Filago spathulata, Artemisia Absinthium, Senecio squcdidus, S. crassifolius, 

 Arctium nemorosum, A. intermedium., Carduus pxjcnocephaliis, var., Boronicam 

 Pardalianches, Cuscuta Trifolii, Hyoscyamus niger, Verbascum Lychnitis, 

 Orobanche elatior, Mentha longifolia, M. piperita, Marrubium vulgare, Larnium 

 hybridum, Chenopodium Vulvaria, C. urbicum, C. ficifolium., C. murale, 

 C. hybridum, C. opulifolium, Rumex pulcher, Viscum album, Galanthus, Tulipa 

 sylvestris, Colchicum,, Setaria viridis, Bromus arvensis, Brachypodium pinnatum, 

 Ceterach officinarum, Botrychium. 



The more noticeable absentees are Nartheciwn, which was extirpated 

 about a century ago, Scutellaria minor, Millegran% Radiola, Hypericum 

 elodes, Scirpus caespifosus, Geum rivale, and Cerastium quaternellum. 



3. The Pang. This small but very interesting district, of which 

 a considerable portion is more than 300 feet above the sea, and is 

 wholly situate on the Cretaceous and Eocene measures, has the following 

 boundaries. On the north it is separated from the Ock district, as 

 already described, by a line drawn from Mongewell-on-Thames, where 

 the river is 100 feet above the sea, to King Standing Hill, with an 

 elevation of 391 feet, and thence to Lowbury, which is 585 feet high ; 

 from this point it rurls along the '■ Ridgeway ' as far as the cross roads, 

 one mile east of East Ilsley. At the cross roads the districts of the 

 Ock and the Pang are met by that of the Kennet, the boundaries of 



