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in but II of the 112 Vice-Counties of England. Brachypoduim pinnatum, 

 Aceras anthropophora, the "man " orchid, a very scarce British plant, were 

 other " finds," and to end with the greatest " find " of all, Apera interrupta 

 a grass which is only recorded in five Vice-Counties. 



And so, over the " Hills and Holes," (fig. 3) whence stone for very 

 many centuries has been got for some of the most notable buildings of the 

 Midlands and further away still, we reached Barnack (fig. 4). Well, we had 

 seen on the previous day Earls Barton, and during the previous morning, 

 Brixworth ; so perhaps I was a little disappointed. But the sight of it' 

 and the two previously named Churches, with the but-just-left Witterin"' 

 was an experience of a very unusual kind, and most illuminating. °' 



Fig. 4. — The Tower of Barnack Church. 



