4 BOTANICAL WAI^KS ROLTND DERP.Y. 



{Linn.), var. viridis [Sibth.), the Greater Skull Cap, Scutellaria 

 gakriculata {Liii/i.), and the Great Horse-tail, Equisetmn niaxintum 

 {Liiui.), a plant which I had not before seen in the county. In 

 or near the village of Muggington I came upon the following 

 plants : The Traveller's Joy, Clematis Viialba (Linn.), a plant 

 not before met with in Derbyshire, but here probably a garden 

 escape ; Rubns riisticanus {Merc), a well-marked species, easily 

 recognisable by the narrow leaflets of the barren stems, which 

 are densely felted; Stachys ambigua [Lifin.), the Common 

 Hop, HiDiiuliis Lupulus {Linn.), the White Willow, Salix 

 alba {Linn.), and the Rough Brome Grass, Brounis asper 

 {Murr.). 



On the opposite side of Derby I visited several localities where 

 in former years I had met with various plants, in the hope of 

 seeing these again, and of discovering others which I had not 

 previously seen. Early in April, on going to the Nottingham 

 Road Cemetery by a path across the fields which I had not 

 formerly known, my attention was drawn to an old Osier-bed, and 

 as I was anxious to ascertain if a Willow was growing there which 

 I had seen in Miller's Dale, Salix nndulnta {Ghrli), I made my 

 way to this place, and found a Willow in flower which I had not 

 before seen in South Derbyshire. When I had obtained the 

 leaves of it in July its species could be determined, and it turned 

 out to be Salix rubra {FLuds.), var. Forbyana [Smith], a shrub 

 which, I believe, is extensively cultivated for basket-making. 

 The canal-side from the Cemetery to Borrowash affords rich 

 hunting ground. Here in July may be found the Flowering Rush, 

 Butomus utnbellatus {Linn.), with its purple fliowers, which, after 

 all, is not a rush, and the Arrow Head, Sagittaria saggitifolia 

 {Linn.), but these I did not see on this visit. But the plants 

 which I did see were : one of the Water Cresses, which grows 

 abundantly both here and on the banks of the River Derwent, 

 Nasturtium amphibium (R. Br.), Withering's Bed Straw, Galium 

 palustre {L.), var. Witheringii {Sm.), the leaves of which have 

 hooked bristles, the Hairy Hawk-bit, Leontodon hispidus {Linn.), 

 the Goal's Beard, Tragopogon pratensis {Linn.), var. mitius {Mill), 



