240 BOTANY OF SELBORNE. 



paign fields, cannot but furnisli an ample flora. The deep 

 rocky lanes abound with fl,lices, and the pastures and moist 

 woods \nt\\ fungi. If in any branch of botany we may seem 

 to be wanting, it must be in the large aquatic plants, which 

 are not to be expected on a spot far removed from rivers, and 

 lying up amidst the hill-country at the spring-heads. To 

 enumerate all the plants that have been discovered within 

 our limits, would be a needless work ; but a short list of 

 the more rare, and the spots where they are to be found, may 

 neither be unacceptable nor unentertaining. 



Helleborus fcetidus, stinking hellebore, bear's-foot, or 

 setterwort — all over the Highwood and Coney croft-hanger ; 

 this continues a great branching plant the winter through, 

 blossoming about January, and is very ornamental in shady 

 walks and shrubberies. The good women give the leaves 

 powdered to children troubled with worms ; but it is a violent 

 remedy, and ought to be administered with caution. 



Heilehorus viridis, green hellebore — in the deep stony lane, 

 on the left hand just before the turning to Norton farm, and 

 at the top of Middle Dorton under the edge ; this plant dies 

 Qown to the ground early in autumn, and springs again about 

 February, flowering almost as soon as it appears above ground. 



Vaccinium oxycoccus, creeping bilberries, or cranberries — 

 in the bogs of Bin's pond; 



Vaccinium myrtillus, whortle, or bilberries — on the dry 

 hillocks of "Wolmer Forest ; 



Drosera rotundifolia, round-leaved sundew — ^in the bogs 

 of Bin's-pond ; 



Drosera longifolia* long-leaved sundew — in the bogs of 

 Bin's-pond. 



Gomarum palustre, purple comarum, or marsh cinque-foil 

 — in the bogs of Bin's-pond. 



Hypericum androsamum, Tutsan, St. John's wort — in the 

 stony, hoEow lanes ; 



Vi?ica minor, less periwinkle — in Selborne-hanger and 

 Shrub-wood ; 



Monatropa hypopitJiys, yellow monotropa, or bird's-nest — 

 in Selborne-hanger under the shady beeches, to whose roots 

 it seems to be parasitical — at the north-west end of the 

 Hanger ; 



* Should this not have been DroRcra Anglica? — W.J 



