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Elm-brook, 



Bishop's 



Hangman's 



F. major. Hedge between Ingate- 

 stone and Buttsbury, an escape. 



Cuscuta Trifolii. Cloverfields, 

 Buttsbury ; frequently too abundant. 



Orobanche Bapum. Buttsbury, 

 1857-58. 



Myosotis versicolor. Bank near 

 Bun well. 



Hhinanthus crista-galli. Meadows, 

 Buttsbury, sparingly ; abundant 

 about Runwell. 



Lamlum Galeohdolon. Hedges 

 near Stock, plentiful. 



Stachys Betonica. Hangman's 

 Wood. 



Veronica montana. Hangman's 

 Wood, abundant, said to be not 

 common " in the county." 



Primula vulgaris. Most abundant 

 about Buttsbury, &c. 



P. veris. Buttsbury, very spar- 

 ingly- 



Listera ovata. Hangman's Wood, 

 &c. 



Lysimachianemorum. About Stock ; 

 and in Hangman's Wood. 



Anagallis ccerulea. Once seen near 

 Eunwell. 



Orchis Morio. Meadows near 

 Ingatestone and Margaretting. 



Some of the local plant-names 

 Morio is called ** Cuckoos," but this name is applied indiscriminately. 

 Stellaria Holostea is very appropriately named " Snap-crackers ;" and 

 Veronica Chamcedrys, " Cat's-eye." Anthriscus sylvestris, and most of the 

 hedge UmhelUferce, own to the elegant cognomen of " Cow-mumble ;" and 

 other examples might be given. 



0. mascula. Woods and meadows, 

 Buttsbury. 



O. maculata. Brett's Wood, Butts- 

 bury ; and near Brentwood. 



Hottoniapalustris. Pond inWhite's 

 Wood, where it has been recently 

 destroyed. 



Epipactis. Two examples of a 

 species of this genus were noticed 

 in June last in Hangman's Wood : 

 They were probably E. lalifolia, but 

 were in too young a state for positive 

 determination. 



Iris pseud-acorus. 

 Buttsbury. 



Convallaria majalis 

 Wood, Stock. 



Luzida sylvatica. 

 Wood, &c. 



Equisetum Telmateia. About Run- 

 well. 



Polypodium vulgare ; — Polystichum 

 aculeatum. Hedgebanks, Butts- 

 bury, &c. 



Asplenium Adiantum-nigrum. Bank 

 near Stock. 



A» Tricliomanes. Bank, near 

 Stock. Miss Hardy. 



Blechnum boreale. Wood, near 

 Stock, abundantly. 



are rather extraordinary. Orchis 



