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any of the smaller streams in the neighbourhood, the probabilities would be in 

 favour of its being a native plant there. He had lately heard from Mr. Greenly 

 that Mcenchia ereeta grew just at the top of the old road which crosses Knill 

 Garraway for Knill, and so it might probably be found on the day's route ; and 

 Ornithopus perpusillus had been recently recorded by him from the Kington 

 district. 



The following are a few of the most rare plants which were found by the 

 botanists when they compared notes on their return home. Ophioglossum, 

 Cpstopteris fragilU, Botrychium lunaria, Polypodiuni dryopteris, Ceterach 

 officinarum growing native on the rocks at Nash Scar, Comarum palustre, 

 Menyanthes trifoliata in flower, Viola palustris in flower, and on Nash Scar 

 Cynoglossum officinale was abundant. The reed Scirpus sylvaticus was found by 

 Dr. Wood, and Luzula albida or nivea, a grass foreign to this county, was 

 gathered somewhere, most probably in the grounds of Silia. 



The Entomologists reported Clepsis rusticana, a tortrix new to Herefordshire, 

 on the wmg, on the hillside above Knill, and Argyresthia sorbiclla larvae were 

 mining the shoots of Pyrus aucuparia on Nash Scar ; this is a tinea new to 

 Herefordshire. 



After leaving Eywood, the route to Knill Garraway* was taken on the 

 eastern-side of Kennel-wood, and of the pools there, which are occasionally 

 visited by the dabchick or little grebe, and on ascending the sbeepwalk towards 

 Scutchditch wood, the moonwort (Botrychium lunaria) was found ; proceeding 

 thence, parallel with the course of Offa's Dyke on the top of Rushock Hill 

 opposite, Knill Garraway was reached, exposing a charming view of the most 

 prominent hills of the adjacent counties, with Knill Church and Knill Court on 

 the banks of Hindwell brook in the foreground. 



At Knill, the "Chenille" of Domesday Book, the Rector and his family 

 most kindly and hospitably received the party, and the Rector (Rev. G. H. 

 Fielding) read the following notes on the Church : — 



NOTES ON KNILL CHURCH. 

 [By the Rev. G. H. Fielding.] 



The tower of this Church, situated in the narrowest part of the valley, mid- 

 way between the old Castles of Stapleton and New Radnor, was probably originally 

 a border tower, the Church itself being added afterwards. It has three bells with 

 the followmg inscriptions : — 1, Katherine de Knill, 1608— re-cast in 1884. 2, Soli 

 Deo gloria, 1638. 3, Jesus be our speed, 1642. The stoup was supposed by Dr. 

 Havergal to be only a pestle ; but by Mr. Williams, by whom the Church was 

 restored, it is thought to be a genuine holy water basin. It is of a kind found only 

 in churches of the Marches, and there is one of similar form engraved in the 

 Archceologia Camhrensis. The font is interesting with Norman work on it, if not 

 pre-Norman. The Church was restored in 1873-4 by Mr. Williams, of Rhayader. 



*Probably from garw, rough. 



