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lirooks, &e. Linum cathartiaim is not mentioned in Purchas's Flora as grow- 

 ing in this district, bnt may be found in a field not far from Broxwood. The 

 Orphine (Sednm Telephium) and Wall-pepper (Sedum acre) have been found 

 here, and Sedum reflexum grows on the Stanner rocks near Kington. The 

 large family of Umbelliferoe are not well represented here. The only members 

 of any variety that grow here are the marsh Pennywort (Hydrocotyle vulgaris), 

 the procumbent Helosciad (Helosciadium nodiflorum) marked 70, the Bastard 

 Stone Parsley (Sison Amomum) marked .50, and the Fool's Parsley (^thusa 

 Cynapium, 70). Among the Stellatce, Galium Mollugo, the Hedge Galium 

 (()0), Asperula odorata, the sweet Woodruff, growing on the tramway at 

 Kington, and the Field Madder, Sherardia arvensis (80), may be mentioned. 

 Several of the St. John's Wort tribe grow here abundantly ; Hypericum 

 quadrangulum, humifusum, pulchrum, may be mentioned as the less common 

 kinds. The common Buckthorn (Rhamnus catharticus) is of frequent occur- 

 rence. The Compositre grow very plentifully, all the common kinds being 

 found here ; the only ones worth naming are Gnaphalium Sylvaticum (80), 

 Tanacetum viilgare (60), and Arctium Lappa Campanula latifolia (50), and 

 C. Trachelium, the nettle-leaved Campanula, both grow in Lyonshall-park, 

 and Campanula patula (25) is very coramon. 



The Lucem Dodder Cuscuta Hassiaca was found a few years ago for 

 the second time in England by Mr. Crouch in a field of Lucem raised from 

 foreign seed at Marston, in the parish of Pembridge, and a full account of the 

 plant and its jieculiarities, its earlier history, and a coloured illustration, will 

 be found in an earlier number of these Transactions. The lesser Dodder 

 Cuscuta Epithymum, or Trifolii of Babington, I found plentifully a year or 

 two ago in a field of clover on Cotmore Farm. This, too, was of course not 

 indigenous, but introduced vrith the clover seed. The common Henbane, 

 (Hyoscyamus niger 70), is fairly common here in the Kington district, and I thiak 

 I have found it also in the Pembridge. The lesser periwinkle (Vinca minor), I 

 have found apparently indigenous in a wood near here. Polemonium coeru- 

 leum grows in the same wood by the side of a small stream, apparently quite 

 intligenous. The Viper's Bugloss (Echium vulgare), has been found here at 

 various times, but not abundantly. The only members of the Scrophularineie 

 family of any rarity that grow here are the lesser Linaria, (Linaria minor 50), 

 and common Limosel (Limosella aquatica). Of the Labiatte, the common 

 Scull-cap Sentellaria galericulata may be mentioned' Lysimachia Nummu- 

 laria (60), and L. Nemoiiim (80), are of comparatively frequent occurrence. 



Of the Orchidacece, we have the Twayblade, Listera ovata, the broad 

 Kpipactis, Epipactis latifoUa, growing in LyonshaU Park ; we have Orchis 

 Morio, the green-winged Orchis, the early Orchis, 0. mascula, and the spotted 

 Orchis, O. maculata, and the butterfly Orchis, Habenaria bifolia, in great pro-; 

 fusion in a field near here. Other plants of comparative rarity grovvdng near 

 here are the Yellow Iris (Iris Pseudacorus), the Naked Crocus (Crocus nudi- 

 florus), the Daffodil (Narcissus Pseudo-narcissus), the black Bryony (Tamus 



