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THE FLORA OF WARWICK SHIRE. 



AN ACCOUNT OF THE FLOWEEING PLANTS AND FERNS 



OF. THE COUNTY OF WARWICK. 



BY JAMES E. BAGNALL. 



(Continued from jnqie 208.) 



ONAGRACE^E. 



EPILOBIUM, 



E. augustifolium, Linn. Wild Frencli Willow, or lioae-bny. 



Native (?) : In woods, copses, aucl ou banks. Rare. July to 

 September. 

 I. Hedge bank, Balsall Common, H. B. Railway banks near Berks- 

 well. 

 LI. Ryton Wood, Brec, Man. ^^^'t- Hist, iii., IGi ; near Coton House, 

 and near Coventry, Herb. Per. ; By the side of the L. & N. W. 

 Railway, near Whitley Common, Kirl;. Plnjt. ii., 990 ; Frankton 

 and Lower Hill Morton, R. S. E., 1868; Fern Hill Wood! 

 H. B.; Coppice ou the Edge Hills, 1877 ; Crackley Wood, near 

 Kenilworth, plentiful. 

 h. brachycarjmm. 

 I. Near Mawkins Hall, Balsall Common, H. B. ; Sutton Park ! 

 Rev. J. C. 

 I do not think that either of these varieties is more than an alien 

 in Warwickshire. 

 E. hirsutum, Linn. Great Hairy Willoic-herb. 



Native : By rivers, streams and ditches. Common. July to 



September. 

 More or less frequent throughout the county. 

 E. parviflorum, Sclireb. Small-flowered Hairy Willoio-herb. 



Native: In damp woods, by pools, &c. Locally common. July 

 to September, Area general. 

 E. montanum, Linn. Broad-leaved Willow-lterb. 



Native: On banks, by waysides, and in woods. Common. June 



to August, or later. Area general. 

 The variety with white flowers is apparently rare ; the Rev. J. 

 Gorle records it from Sheldon, and I have seen it in the Dun- 

 church Road, near Rugby. 

 E. roseum, Schreb. Small-flowcrcd Smooth W illozv-hcrb. 



Native : By streams, drains, and other damp places. Rather 

 local. July to September. 

 I. Sheldon, Rev. J. Gorle, 183(i. Waterwork grounds, Aston; banks 

 of stream near Packwood Church ; marshy land, Blythe 

 Bridge, Solihull ; drains about HartshlU ; marsh near Pack- 

 ington. 

 Several plants as weeds in my garden, Aston, 1880. 

 II. Harborough Magna, Rev. A. B. Banks of the Avon and Leam, 

 Radford, Y. and B. In a ditch near Essenhall, R. S. R., 1872; 

 Honington ! Newb. ; Offchurch ; Milverton ; Kenilworth ; 

 Stoneleigh ; Charlcote, //. B. ; Oversley Mill. 

 E. tetragonum, Linn. Lony-podded Sqnan-stall;ed Willow-herb. 



Native : In damp woods and marshy places. Rare. July to 

 September. 

 I. Water-works grounds, Aston. 



