THE BIRDS OF LEICESTERSHIRE. 80 



unmistakable evideuce of the same origin. It is a great pity that 

 in most pubUc collections we liucl the same want of care in tabulating 

 the localities of rare or little known species. We hope, however, in 

 the future to do better at Leicester in this direction. 

 I am, dear Sir, 



Yours truly, 



MONTAGU BEOWNE, 



Curator. 

 Town Museum, Leicester, 

 2Sth November, 1881. 



THE FLORA OF WARWICKSHIRE. 



AN ACCOUNT OF THE FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS 

 OF THE COrXTY OF AVAR WICK. 



BY JA.MES E. BAGNALL. 



C Continued from pa(]e 16.) 



TRIFOLIUM. 

 T. subterraneum, Linn. Subterranean Trefoil. 



Native : In old pastures. Very rare. May, June. 

 II. Milverton old green; old pastures, Sherbourne, H. B. Herb. 



Brit. Mus.,im(a; Abbott's Salford, Bev. J. C. 

 T. pratense, Linn. Bed Clover. 



Native : In pastures, and on roadsides and waste places. Common. 



May to October. 

 Var. a. sylvestre. Frequent m all the districts I have visited. The 



Rev. W. W. Newbould says that it is local in the Stour basin. 

 Var. b. parvifloruin. Whitnasli, II. B- 

 Var. c. sativum. Occasionally in a semi-wild state. 

 T. medium, Linn. Ziijzag Trefoil. 



Native : On banks, roadsides, and in fields. Locally common. June 

 to August. 

 I. Sutton Park; Wishaw ; Tyburn. 

 II. Oversley, Furt., i., 304 ; Leamington, Pern/ Tl. ; Sherbourne ; 

 Whitnasli, 1'. and B. ; near the Lime Works, Lavvford. R.S.R. ; 

 Little Alne ; Wixford ; Ragley. 

 'Trifolium incarnatum, Linn., occurs as an escape or a remnant in 

 fields at Castle Bromwich and Kuowle, and is also recorded 

 from near Milverton, II. B. ; and near Rugby, B. S. B.] 

 T.^arvense, Linn. llare'.^ Foot Trefoil. 



Native : In sandy fields and by roadsides. Locally rare. July to 

 October. 

 I. Sandy spots in Old Chester Road, near Erdington ; Witton ; by 

 the new Hotel, Sutton ; on new dam, Bracebridge Pool, 

 Sutton Park, 1880. 

 II. Salford ; Dunningtou, Purt., i.. Mo ; Leek Wootton Fields ; Stone 

 Quarry, Woodloes, Perry Fl. ; Rugby district, B. S. B., 1871 ; 

 Kenilworth Castle, i'. and B. 

 T. striatum, Linn. Soft Knotted Trefoil. 



Native : In sandy and gravelly soils. Local. June, July. 

 I. (Trifolium nodiflorum.) On Dosthill, near Middleton, Bay. Cat.. 

 305 ; new dam, at Bracebridge Pool, Sutton Park, abundant 

 m 1880. 



