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neighbourhood I came upon a rock covered with the Tunbridge fern ( Hymenophyl- 
lum Tunbridgense). Long may both of these flourish in their secret nooks unhar- 
rassed by the knives and spuds of collectors, or worse still hawkers of fern baskets 
at popular places of resort, for as many ages as have passed since they first began 
to live their hidden life on Herefordshire rocks and woods ! 
I class together next certain local plants upon which a good deal of further 
information is needed, before their distribution in Herefordshire can be said to be 
adequately known. 
Myosurus minimus was first recorded from Herefordshire by Duncomb in 
1804. It has been once found since by the Rev. R. Blight, in the neighbourhood 
of Bredwardine in 1869, and I have not heard of its discovery since. I should be 
thankful for any further information about this as a Herefordshire plant, especially 
if accompanied by specimens. 
Sagina ciliata would still appear from the records to be of great rarity in 
Herefordshire. It was first recorded from Coppet Hill, in the Ross district, in 
1853, by Mr. Purchas: and not again found until 1875, when it appeared in a clover 
field in King’s Capel. It had probably been introduced with seed in this station, 
but it was still there in 1878. In 1879 I found it on a wall-top in 8. Weonards, 
where it has appeared in small quantities each year since. Last year I found a 
specimen or two on Coppet Hill again, verifying Mr. Purchas’ old station. It 
surely ought to be found in other neighbourhoods besides that of Ross, and es- 
pecially upon the dry slopes and rocks of the Malvern Hills, if the botanists who 
have an opportunity of minute investigation there would be at pains to distinguish 
it from the common S. apetala, to which it bears so close a resemblance. 
Sagina subulata is recorded from dry gravelly spots on the Malvern Hills by 
Mr. Lees (Malvern Botany); I should be very thankful for specimens, of which I 
have never seen any. It is unrecorded for any other parts. 
Cerastium semidecandrum is quite a rarity. I have specimens of Mr. Purchas’ 
collection from Coppet Hill, and Mr. Lingwood met with it near Mordiford. 
Mr. Lees reports it from the Malvern Hills; and I notice it in order to request 
the Malvern botanists to keep a look out for it in their district, within the Here- 
fordshire boundary, and to be kind enough, when it is found, to furnish me with 
specimens, as it is a little uncertain at present whether Mr. Lees found it in 
Worcestershire or Herefordshire. 
Cerastium tetrandrum. This is still rarer; the only record as yet in the 
county being an old one of Mr. Purchas (who has kindly given the specimen to the 
County Herbarium) from rubbish at the lime kilns, Great Doward. 
Barbarea intermedia. This rare Winter-cress seems anything but rare in our 
county. I only learned to distinguish it last year (though the thick short points of 
its pods distinguish it easily enough from B. vulgaris, and their direction from B. 
preecox) but I have since found it in at least six localities in the 8. Weonards and 
Ross districts, and in one in the Hereford district. In my own neighbourhood it 
appears to be the common field and dry land Barbarea, while vulgaris occupies the 
stream banks, and the rare stricta, those of stagnant ditches. I hope botanists 
will turn their attention to it, in order to settle its real distribution in the county. 
