THE FLORA OF WARWICKSHIRE. 43 



L. Nissolia, Lhm. Grass Vetch. 



Native : In fields, on banks, and roadsides in Lias soils. Rare. 

 June, July. 



I. Caldicote. J. P., MS. note in Ji. (1. 



II. Coughton, Great Alne, Part., i., 339; Wilmcote, iJer. ^. J5/ox. ; 



Tachbrook ; Stratford Road from Warwick. //. B. ; Honington, 

 Neivb. Abundant on the road from Stratford to Biuton 

 bridges ; canal bank near Bearley, and in fields near Aston 

 Cantlow. 



L. pratensis, Linn. Meadow Vetchling. 



Native : In fields, and pastures, and on banks, etc. Common. 

 June to August. Frequent throughout the county. 



L. sylvestris, Linn. Narrow-leaved Everlasting Pea. 



Native : In woods and bushv places. Rare. July, August. 



I. Near Arbury Hall, T. Kirk, 'Phijt., ii., 97U. 



II. (L. latifolius,) Spernal Park, Pnrt., i., 339. ; Green's Grove, Hatton I 

 in a thicket near Baly's Locks, Warwick, Perry, Fl. p., 61 ; in 

 a thicket between Alcester and Oversley Wood ; Bubbenhall 

 Bree, Purt.. iii., 373 ; Chesterton ! 1'. and B. ; Hampton Lucy ; 

 Milverton, //. B. 

 'L. latifolius, Linn. Occurs abundantly on a waste bank near 

 Harbury Railway Station, and has been established there 

 many years, but has no claim to a place in this flora.] 



(To he continued.) 



M E T E E L C) G Y OF THE MIDLANDS. 



THE WEATHER OF DECEMBER, 188L 



BY CLEMENT L. WRAGGE, F.R.G.S., F.M.S., ETC. 

 Periods of great mildness were experienced, readings were especially 

 high about the 'Jnd, (Ith, '27th and 2!)th, and vegetation was unusually 

 forward ; — wall-flowers, violets, primroses, daisies, Ac, being in bloom. 

 At Cheltenham, indeed, clematis shoots were 8 inches long ; and at 

 Alstonfleld " on the (Jth a gooseberry tree had five or six expanded 

 flowers." Temperature it seems was, nevertheless, rather below the 

 average in Central England, but slightly above it in the extreme 

 South-west and in the North. At Orleton the mean was about 

 1 degree below the average of the last 20 years. Colder weather 

 occurred during the second week, and about the 23rd. S.Wly. winds 

 prevailed, and fogs were of frequent occurrence. The remarkable 

 oscillations of the barometer prove that the atmosphere was still in a 

 very unsettled condition. The following are readings from the 

 Cheadle instrument at 32 F. and (546 feet above sea during the times 

 of the most marked elevation and depi-ession : — 13th 9 p.m. 29-61, 

 17th 9 P.M. 28-32, 19th 9 a.m. 28-7(5, 20th 9 a.m. 28-14, 23rd 9 p.m. 29-8oi 

 27th 9 A.M. 29-83. The solar maximum thermometer at Aspley Guise 

 recorded 84-1 on the 20th, and the terrestrial minimum at Oscott 

 marked 14-0 on the 23rd. Sunshine at Hodsock 45 hours ; at Aspley 

 Guise i)4 hours, 20 minutes. Lunar halos were seen at Oxford on the 

 rith and 28th. and lunar coronaD on the 2nd and 30th. There was 

 some deficiency of ozone. Mean sea temperature at Scarborough 41-1. 



