240 THE FLORA OF WARWICKSHIRE. 



ELATINACE^E. 

 ELATINE. 

 E. hydropiper, Linn. Water Wort. 



Native : Forming small matted tufts under water. Very rare. August. 

 I. Coleshill Pool, Herb. Perry, Dr. Lloyd. 28, Warwickshire, Lloyd 



specimen. Top. Bot. 

 I have never seen the plant myself, although 1 have made special 

 searches for it. 



HYPERICACE>E. 

 HYPERICUM. 

 H. Androsaemum, Linn. Tutsan. 



Native: On hedge banks. Hare. July, August. 

 I. Lane from Knowle to Hampton-in-Ardeu ; lane uear Whey-porridge 

 Lane, Solihull. 

 II. In woods, Meriden, Purt., hi., 374 ; hedge banks, Honily ; Kenil- 

 worth Chase; Burton Green. //./<". : near Berkswell, //. Cox. 

 Occurring in single individuals, often at long intervals, but always, 

 so far as my own experience serves, remote from cultivation. 

 H. perforatum, Linn. l>ottnl leaved St. John's Wort . 



Native: On hedge banks and bushy heaths. Common. July to 



September. Throughout the whole area. 

 Two forms occur, but are hardly distinguishable. 

 H. dubium, Leers. Imperforate St. John'* Wort. 



Native : In marshy places, and on damp heaths. Rather rare. 

 July, August. 

 I. In Mr. Digby's wood. Meriden, With., hi., 816; near Meriden! 

 Aylesford, B.G., 637; Packington. Freeman, Phyt.,i.; footway 

 from Meriden main road to Cornel's End; Railway banks, near 

 Aston Church, 1874 ; near Boultbie Wood, Meriden ; Canal 

 bank, near Solihull ; Sutton Park ; Walmley,* near Sutton. 

 II. Between Leek Woottou fields and Stoneleigh. Perry, /•'/., 64; 

 Lower Hill Morton Road, Rev. A. Blox.; Hill Wootton.r.and />'. ; 

 Whitnash and Chesterton, //./.'. ; near Rugby, R.S.E.; Spernall 

 Ash* ; Alcester.* 

 H. tetrapterum, Fries. Square Stemmed St. John's Wort. 



Native: In marshes and moist places. Locally common. July, 

 August. 

 I. Sutton Park ; Coleshill Pool ; Bannersley Pool, <fec. 

 II. Whitnash, Y. and B. ; Eonington ; Tredington, Newb., Alveston. 



H. humifusum, I Ann. Trailing St. John's Wort. 



Native : In fields, and heathy and gravelly places. Rather 

 common. July, August. 

 I. Sutton Park; Bodmire, near Sutton ; Hartsbill ; Barston Marsh, 

 &c. 



II. " Rare, Kings Coughton, Alcester Heath," Purt., i., 354 ; opposite 

 to Stoneleigh Lodge, Perry, 1817 ; at the Woodloes, near War- 

 wick; on the Turnpike Road tioin Warwick to Leamington, 

 Perry, Fl., 61 ; Kenilworth, )'. <nul />'. ; rare, near Rugby, 

 Lower Hill Morton Lane and Furze Lane, /.'. S. B., 1877. 



H. pulchrum, Linn. Upright St. John's Wort. 



Native: In woods and on heaths and heathy footways. Locally 

 common. June to August. 



* The plants from these itations appear to be the typioal form, Ourmoal 



fr. 'i urn t form appears to be tin' variety ''. maculatum, 



