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Localities for some of the Rarer Plants of Warwickshire. 

 By the Rev. Andrew Bloxam, M.A. 



In continuation of Mr. Kirk's list of the rarer species of Warwick- 

 shire plants, described by him in the second volume of the 'Phytolo- 

 gist,' page 969, I beg leave to add the following, as observed by me 

 in the neighbourhood of Atherstone. 



Atropa Belladonna and Dipsacus pilosus, in an old stone-quarry on 

 the left above Mere vale Church. 



Polygonum Bistorta, in a meadow on the side of the road opposite 

 to Merevale Church. 



Vicia sylvatica, Campanula Trachelium, Epilobium angustifolium, 

 Cardamine impatiens, Euphorbia amygdaloides, Scirpus sylvaticus, 

 Equisetum palustre, Hieracium boreale, Asperula odorata, &c, Harts- 

 hill Wood. 



Gnaphalium erectum, in two or three localities on the side of the 

 Coleshill-road, about a mile from Atherstone, pointed out to me first 

 by Mr. Nugent, of Atherstone. 



Mcenchia erecta, Atherstone Outwoods, alsoon Annesley Coalfield 

 Heath. 

 * Potamogeton lucens, reservoir at Oldbury. 



Sparganium natans, Helosciadium inundatum, Potamogeton rufes- 

 cens and oblongus, in ponds on Annesley Coalfield Heath ; also on 

 the same heath Rubus plicatus and R. foliosus, W. & N. : this is the 

 R. hirtus, £ foliosus, of Bab. 2nd Supp. to the Syn. of Brit. Rubi ; 

 and has been found by me also on Baxterley Common, and in several 

 localities in Hartshill Wood. 



Juncus diffusus, on Baxterley Common ; this I believe is the first 

 notice of its discovery in Warwickshire. Osmunda regalis : though I 

 have not myself met with this beautiful fern, yet I understand from an 

 individual who is well acquainted with it, that it grows in considerable 

 abundance by the side of some of the ponds at Arbury, near Nuneaton. 

 It is not, however, mentioned by Mr. Kirk in his list before alluded 

 to, who describes several rare plants as growing in Arbury Park, and 

 by the side of the ponds adjoining the hall. 



In reference to an observation of Mr. Bree's, in the last No. of the 

 * Phytologist,' I may mention that four or five years ago I received 

 from Mr. Murcott specimens of Botrychium Lunaria, from Coleshill 

 Bog. I believe it has been overlooked by me in my own neighbour- 

 hood from its growing amongst thick old turf, never apparently sub- 

 jected to the plough, and which generally overtops its fronds. As it 



