BOTANICAL WALKS ROUND DERBY. 27 



(/?. auricomus, Lin.) is to be met with, a plant which is easily 

 distinguished by its long-stalked, almost circular root-leaves, and 

 small flowers on a long stem. And close to Borrowash Railway 

 Station I found another species of this genus, the " Celery -leaved 

 Crow-foot" {R, sceleratus, Ltn.), with its celery-like leaves. 



The Water Crow-foots, with their white flowers, are to be 

 found widely dispersed over the district. The largest of them, 

 with white starry flowers [Rammculus Jluitans, Lin.) is to be 

 found in the Derwent, just above Darley Mills ; whilst a smaller 

 one {jR. peltatus, Schrk.) occurs in ponds ; R. circinnatus, Sibth. 

 at Repton ; whilst R. hederaceus, Lin., the Ivy-leaved Crow-foot, 

 is of frequent occurrence. 



Morley and Breadsall Moor will delight the botanist. In the 

 lane near Morley Church he will find the Barbery [Berberis 

 vulgaris, Lin.), a shrub which also grows near Boulton Church ; 

 whilst in the Rectory grounds he will see the Dusky Geranium 

 {Geranium Pliaum, Lin.), for the knowledge of which I am 

 indebted to my old friend Mr. Whittaker, of Morley. On 

 Breadsall Moor, in the clay pits, are to be found the Water 

 Violet {Hottonia palustris, Lin.), a plant which I gathered in the 

 old bed of the Derwent near the London Road ; the true Forget- 

 me-nol \Myosotis palustris, Lin., var strigulosa, Reichb.), and the 

 variety of the Marsh Horsetail, with its head on a peduncle 

 {Equisetum limosum, Lin., var fluviatile, Lin.) ; whilst on the 

 Moor itself, the Marsh Pennywort {Hydrocotyle vulgaris, Lin.), the 

 small Lousewort, with its pink flowers {Fedicularis sylvaiica, Lin.), 

 the Marsh Speedwell, with flesh-coloured flowers on long stalks 

 {Veronica scutellata, Lin.), and the Marsh Speedwell {V. officinalis, 

 Lin.), are to be met with. The Bird's-eye Speedwell ( V. 

 Chamcedrys, Lin.) is to be found on all the banks, enlivening 

 them with its bright blue flowers. On this common, as well as 

 upon all others, the Marsh Sedges are of common occurrence, 

 such as Carix ovalis, Good. ; C. echinata, Murr. ; C. remota, Liu. : 

 C. panicea, Lin. ; and C.flava, Lin. 



Near Breadsall Moor is a wood called Horsley Car. Here is 

 to be found the Black Alder {Rhamnus Frangula, Lin.), a shrub 



