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THLASPI. 

 T. arvense, Linn. Penny Cress. 



Colonist: On arable laud and waysides in marly soils. Local. May, 

 June. 

 I. (Thlaspi Dioscorides.) Kingsburv, Ray. Cat., 1672; field by roadside 

 leading from Meriden to Stonebridge, Freeman, Phyt. i., 262 

 waysides near Meriden Marsh. 1880. 

 II. Saltisford. Warwick, Perry; Alne Hills! Salford ! Purt., i., 298 

 Harboro' Magna. Rev.A.B.; Prankton, R. S. R., 1872; Chester 

 ton and Moreton Morrell, H. B. ; Lighthorne, Bolton Kiny 

 Brandon, Offchurch. Birdingbury, Compton Verney, Bidford, 

 Billeslev. 



LBEBIS. 



I. amara, Linn. Bitter Candy Tuft. 



Casual : On arable land. Rare. July. 



II. Field between Stratford and Bishopton, Herb. Perry ; in a ditch 



at Exhall, (near Coventry,) T. Kirk. Phyt.. ii., 769. 



TEESDALIA. 

 T. nudicaulis, Brown. Shepherd's Cress. 



Native: On banks and heathy footways. Very rare. May. 

 I. By the side of the road near Packington ! Bot. Guide, ii., 635 ; 

 Oscott College Grounds, abundant ! Rev. J. C. ; between Pack- 

 ington and Coleshill ! Bree., Mag. Nat. Hist., iii., 165; Old 

 Chester Road; bank:-, Marston Green. 

 II. Sandstone rock, Milvercon, Perry ; Hill Morton Road, near Rugby. 

 R. S. R. 



CAPSELLA. 

 C. Bursa-pastoris, DC. Shepherd's Purse. 



Native : Iu fields, on banks, waysides, &c. Common. March to 



November. 

 A very abundant and variable plant. Two well-marked forms occur ; 

 (1) with entire leaves, (2) with pinnatifid leaves. Both equally 

 common. 



LEPIDIT7M. 

 L. ruderale, Linn. Narrow-leaved Pepperwurt. 



Denizen : In cultivated fields and waste places. Rare. June to 

 September. 

 II. Waste places at Knowle Hill, Kenilworth, introduced with skins, 

 //. B. ; in a rick-yard at Kenilworth. 



L. campestre, Brown. Mitliridate Peppeitvort. 



Native : In fields and on waysides. Rather common. June, July. 

 I. Castle Bromwich, Iek. Anal.. 1837: Sutton Park, Hartshill, 



Knowle, &c. 

 II. Bidford, Salford, Billeslev. Prince Thorpe, &c. 

 Thinly but widely spread over the whole county. 



L. Smithii, Hook. Smooth Field Pepperwort. 



Native : On heathy waysides. Rare. June, July. 

 I.Balsall Common, Tyler; near Sutton Park, W. B. Grove; thinly 



spread on heathy waysides from Coleshill to Atherstone. 

 II. Abbott's Salford, Rev. J. ( . 



L. Draba, Linn. Whitlow Pepperwort. 



Casual : On the borders of fields. Very rare. June. 

 I. Abundant on the border of a field near Bromford Forge, where it 

 had bean established for many years, 1878, 



