28 BOTANICAL WALKS ROUND DERBY. 



which also grows at Drakelowe and Repton Rocks, the Marsh 

 Violet {Viola paliistris, Lin.), and the Wood Horsetail [Equiseiuiii 

 sylvaticum, Lin.), with its gracefully branched fronds, the barren 

 one being longer and more branched than the fertile one. In 

 the lane leading from this wood to Little Eaton are to be found 

 a small but beautiful grass (Aira cixryophylle, Lin.), and the 

 Buck's-horn Plantain {Plantago Coronopiis, Lin.), both of which 

 grow upon sand. 



Not far from this wood and lane are the ruins of Horsley 

 Castle, round which are to be found about Easter thousands of 

 the Lent Lily [Narcissus Pseudo-narcissus, Lin.), a plant which 

 abounds in the valley of the Derwent between Cromford and 

 Ambergate. 



The neighbourhood of Spondon and Ockbrook will well repay 

 a botanist. At Locko Park he will find the Nodding Bur-marigold 

 {Bidens cernua, Lin.), and the Spiked Water Milfoil {Myriophyllum 

 spicatum, Lin.) ; whilst in the lane between this place and 

 Spondon he will meet with the Bastard Stone — Parsley {Sison 

 anioniuni, Lin.), and in the canal at Spondon two Pondweeds 

 [Potamogeton perfoliatus, Lin., and P. zostercefolius, Schuni.) ; the 

 Arrow-head {Sagittaria sagittifolia, Lin.), and the Flowering Rush 

 {Bertunius umbellatus, Lin.), which, after all, is not a rush ; at 

 Ockbrook, the Spurge Laurel {Daphne laureola, Liti.), and the 

 Horned Pond-weed [Zannichellia palustris) ; whilst between 

 Ockbrook and Dale Abbey he will see in July the sweet- 

 scented Orchis {Habenaria conopsea, Benih.), and in the woods of 

 Dale, the Tuberous Vetchling, with its tubeious roots {Lathyrus 

 macrorrhizus Winim.), the elegant grass Milium effusion, Lin., 

 and the Wood Speedwell ( Veronica niontana, Lin.). 



Returning to Derby by way of Chaddesden, the Water Chick- 

 weed {Stellar ia aquatica. Scop.) was one day seen by me in a 

 damp but small plantation — a plant of not unfrequent occurrence 

 in various damp places about Derby ; whilst in the meadows 

 between the Derwent and the Nottingham Canal, Crocus 

 nudiflorus, Lin., used to be found in abundance. 



Another rare plant in South Derbyshire is the Autumnal 



