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THE FLOEA OF WARWICKSHIRE. 



AN ACCOUNT OF THE FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS 

 OF THE COUNTY OF WARWICK. 



BY JAMES E. BAGNALL. 



( Continued from page 59. ) 

 ROSACEvE. 



COMARUM. 



C. palustre, IJnn. Margh Cinquefoil. 



Native : In marshes and bogs. Local. June, July. 



I. ('oleshill Bog! Fitrt., i.. 218; N. side of Bamierslev Pool! 

 Pern/ F/.. 45; S. W. side of Edgbaston Pool, With. .'in., .588; 

 Sutton Park! Freeman Pltyt., i., '2Q'2 \ marsh near Packington. 



II. Allesley Wood, Bree. Purt., iii., 362. 



FRAGARIA. 



F. vesca, Linn. Wild Stran-hernj. 



Native : In woods and on hedge banks. Locally common. April 

 to July. Area general. 



F. elatior, Ehrh. Hautboiti Strawbernj. 



Alien : In woods, copses, and on hedge banks. Rare. April and 

 May. 



II. '■ Grounds round Coton House." .V. B. G., ii., 613 ; Edge Hill. 

 Herb. Per. : Hampton-on-the-Hill ; Noi-tou Lindsay ; W^roxall, 

 near the Abbey, H. B. ; in ballast pits. Lower Hill Morton 

 Road, E. .S'. ii., 1869 ; wood at Barf ord, //. 7i.. E.rclntniit' Club 

 Report, 1879, p. 7 ; coppice in the Warwick Road, near Wi'oxall. 



Flowers very scarce in some seasons. Cultivated varieties of the 

 Strawberry are occasional on banks near gardens, and assume 

 a semi-wild habit. 



RUBUS. 

 R. Idaeus, Linn. Piaspberr)/. 



Native : In woods, copses, and damp waysides. Locally common. 

 May, June, or later. 



I. Woods, Coleshill ! Bree, Purt., iii.. 362 ; Sutton Park ; Knowle ; 

 Marston Green ; near Berkswell, etc. 



II. Woods about Allesley ! Bree, Purt., i., 242 ; near Rugby ! Baxter, 

 Purt., iii., 361 ; Kingswood ; Honily, etc. 



A variety having a nearly prostrate habit and ternate leaves is 

 abundant near Meriden Shafts. 



Var. b. Leesii, Bab. Lees' Baspbernj. 



In marshy places. Very rare. Woodloes, near Warwick! H. B., 

 Herb. 'Brit. Mus., 1875. 



Some valuable and interesting notes on this plant are given in the 

 " Journal of Botany," 1H78. pp. 85, 86. in " Notes on Rubi.'' C. 

 C. Bnbiiuiton, F.B.S. 



