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VII. The East Wye district, bounded by the county 

 boundary from the border of III to Monmouth, hence by the 

 Wye and on the east by VI, being mostly Mountain Limestone 

 and Old Red Sandstone. 



VIII. The Bristol district, bounded by V, the Severn, the 

 county-boundary, and a straight Hue about a mile in length 

 from the north of Badminton Park to the nearest point of the 

 boundary of V, on the high road west of Oldbury. The 

 geology of this district is most complex. 



IX. The Stroud district, bounded by IV, V, VIII, the 

 county-boundary from Didmarton to some two miles beyond 

 Tetbury, west of Astley, and thence by a line, over high ground 

 along the road from Down Farm, west of Eodmarton, to 

 Sapperton Railway-Tunnel, the south-west corner of Sapperton 

 Park, Winston, Sidebottom, along the Ermine Way to StockweU 

 and hence to the Seven Springs. This plateau drains chiefly into 

 the Stroud-water. 



X. The Cirencester, or Churn and Upper Thames district, 

 bounded by IX, Wiltshire to near Maiseyhampton, and hence 

 by a line through Barnsley, Foss Cross, Chedworth, and Foxcote 

 to the border of II at Dowdeswell. In this district I include 

 the outlying parish of Minety, which is surrounded by 

 Wiltshire. 



XI. The Fairford and Northleach or Coin and Leach district, 

 bounded by X, the county-boundary to about four miles west 

 by south of Burford, and thence by a line thi-ough Farmington, 

 just north of Hampnet and south of Hasleton, to the borders 

 of n between Sevenhampton and Charlton Abbots. 



XII. The Stow, or Windrush and Evenlode district, bounded 

 by I, II, XI and the county-boundary. 



In district I are included the outlying parishes of Shenning- 

 ton and Sutton, surrounded by Warwickshire. 



I have discussed these districts in detail because I attach 

 considerable importance to them. I want at least one collector in 

 each district, and hope by giving the frequency of each species in 

 each district, to arrive at conclusions of value as to the distribution 

 of plants generally. In districts II and VIII much material is 



