THE FLORA OF WARWICKSHIRE. 2:','.l 



I. Coleshill Heath, abundant in some seasons; sandy bank, north end 

 of Sutton Park ; very uncertain in its occurrence in both 

 stations ; in the Coleshill station absent whenever the crop is 

 an annual one. 



S. procumbens, Linn. Procumbent Pearl-wort. 



Native: On heathy sandy places, walls, and banks. Common. May 

 to September. Area general. 



S. nodosa, Meyer. Knotted Pearlwort. 



Native : In marshy places. Rare. July to August. 

 I. Sutton Park! Dr. Stokes, With., ed. 2, ii., 483, 1787; Sutton, 

 Freeman, Phyt. i., 262 ; Coleshill Heath, Bree., Purt., i., 223. 

 SPERGULA. 

 S. arvensis, Linn. Corn Spurrey. 



Native : In cornfields, on heaths and waysides. Common. May to 



August. 

 The variety a. saliva is the most frequent form in sandy and 



gravelly soils. 

 Var. 6. vulgaris is a not unfrequent plant in maris soils, the two 

 plants are so closely allied that I have not separated them in 

 mv note book. 



SPERGULARIA. 

 S. rubra, Fenzl. Field Sand Spurrey. 



Native : On walls, heaths, waysides, and sandy fields. Locally 

 common. June to September. 

 I. On heath lands. Sutton Park ; waysides, Hampton-in-Arden ; 

 Maxtoke and Coleshill Heath ; near Solihull ; saudy fields, 

 near Packington ; wall tops, Hartshill and Nuneaton ; way- 

 sides, Cornels End, near Berkswell. 

 II. Turnpike road to New Inn, Alcester Parish, Purt., L, 215 ; between 

 Milverton and Ashow, Perry, 11. ; cemetery walls. Rugby, 

 R. S. Ii. ; Milverton, Lye Green ! Y. and B. 



ILLECEBRACE.E. 

 Hern/aria hirsuta has been found near the Tanyards, Keuilworth, 

 but cannot be considered as more than a waif. 



SCLERANTHUS. 



S. annuus, Linn. Common Knawel. 



Native : In cultivated fields, and on heath lands. Locally common. 

 June, July. More or less abundant throughout the whole area. 

 II. Var. b, biennis. Sandy pastures at Milverton. H.B., Excli. Club. 

 Hep. 1877-8. 



MONTIA. 

 M. fontana, Linn. Water Blinks. 



Native : In damp woods, borders of streams, marshes, &c. Local. 

 April to August. 

 I. Sutton, Freeman, Phyt. i., 192. Sutton Park; Marston Green; 

 Coleshill Pool ; Cornels End ; Stone Quarries, Hartshill ; 

 Shirley. 

 II. Hasler, Purt. i., 91. Hill Wooton, Perry II. Lye Green! and 

 Wroxall, Y. and B. Combe Woods. 

 Var. b. rivularis, is an elongated variety, occurring in ditches and 

 streams. Bather more local than the type. Abundant in 

 Sutton Park ; Marston Green. 

 i laytonia perfoliate, Don, was found by Dr. Laker in the 

 Royal Hotel Grounds. Sutton, but was merely a garden casual. 



