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were both growing with it, and I may mention as a curious fact that 

 in one of the fields which we examined are to be found all the known 

 British species of Filago. 



Another interesting plant of the neighbourhood, and one for which 

 we have no other station in the county as far as I am aware, is Gale- 

 opsis ochroleuca ; it was observed in some abundance last year by 

 Mr. Varenne, in one of the fields where Filago gallica occurs, and had 

 we visited the spot earlier in the season we should in all probability 

 have met with it again. 



Our stay at the place being limited to about two hours, we were 

 obliged to confine ourselves almost entirely to the grand object of our 

 visit; a few other things, however, were met with, perhaps not alto- 

 gether unworthy of notice; amongst these I may mention Gastridium 

 lendigerum, Anthemis arvensis, Silene anglica, and a very remarkable 

 looking Rubus, apparently allied to R. cordifolius {W. 8f N.), having 

 a naked stem, ternate leaves, and a long panicle. 



Thomas Bentall. 



Halstead, Essex, October 19, 1848. 



On the Finding of Ornithogalum umbellatum, Linn., near Worcester. 

 By George Reece, Esq. 



I had been aware for some years of a bulbous-rooted plant growing 

 on Pitchcrop Ham, near this city, but could not be certain of the spe- 

 cies, only seeing it in an immature state, for when the mowing grass 

 was up I always lost sight of it, and after several ineffectual attempts 

 at watching after it through Flora's season, I this year adopted the 

 process of obtaining bearings upon the precise spot from different ob- 

 jects, and stepping the distance from certain points and noting it down, 

 and thus I became successful at the flowering season in ascertaining 

 the roots to belong to what is considered a very rare species, viz., Or- 

 nithogalum umbellatum, Linn. 



I may observe that the Ornithogalum umbellatum is a most difficult 

 plant to find at its flowering season, when its petals, which are striped 

 with green exteriorly, are closed, which seems to depend much upon 

 the state of the atmosphere amid the mowing grass which now has so 

 much outgrown its more humble neighbour, particularly if a little 

 wind be stirring so as to give motion to the surrounding herbage ; for 

 this season, although I was successful in finding it, I could not dis- 

 tinguish it when walking in a direct line towards it until, as I may 



