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Rarer Plants observed at Halstead, Essex. By T. Bentall, Esq. 



Having for several years past devoted a great portion of my leisure 

 time to the examination of the flowering plants of Halstead, I have 

 thought that a list of the rarer species which have come under my 

 observation might not be altogether uninteresting to the readers of the 

 ' Phytologist.' In order to avoid the necessity of giving localities, 

 and for other reasons, I consider it advisable to confine myself exclu- 

 sively to Halstead, consequently all the species enumerated below 

 must be considered as occurring within the limits of that parish. 

 Those to which an asterisk (*) is prefixed have probably been intro- 

 duced. 



Ranunculus circinatus. Abundant in several localities. 



hirsutiis. Not uncommon. 



parvifiorus. Rare. 



Myosurus minimus. Not uncommon. 

 Aquilegia vulgaris. Very rare. 



^Barharea friBcox. Hare. 

 Cardamine amara. Common. 

 Sisymbrium So])hia. Rare. 

 TJdaspi arvense. Ditto 



Dianthus Armeria. Ditto 

 Silene anglica. Ditto 



Hypericum Andros(Bmum. Not uncommon. 



maculatum. Frequent. 



Rhamnus catharticus. Rare. 



frangula. Frequent. 



TrifoUum ochroleucmn. Common. 



scabrum. Rare. 



Lathyrus aphaca. Ditto 



Nissolia. Ditto 



Potentilla argentea. Not uncommon. 

 Fragaria elatior. Rare. 



*Rubus idcBus. Frequent. 



nitidus. Ditto 



leucostachys. Ditto 



carpinifolius. Rare. 



(3. roseus. Frequent. 



corylifolius. Ditto 



rudis. Rare. 



