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" Rosa spinosissima. Near Worcester and Kidderminster, on deep 

 sands. Most abundant on the coast. 



" Apium graveolens. Abundant in ditches throughout the vale of 

 Severn, from Worcester to Cheltenham and Gloucester. Also fringing 

 the Droitwich Canal most luxuriantly. 



" Bupleurum tenuissimum. On Barnard's Green, near Great Mal- 

 vern, Welland Common, near Upton, and on the Nunnery Farm, near 

 Worcester, on the Spetchley road. Mr. Edwin Lees. 



" (Enanthe pimpinelloides. This umbelliferous plant well illus- 

 trates the case in hand. At present it flourishes abundantly on the 

 coast of Devon and near Weymouth, but appears to be confined to 

 the south-western counties of England. Its abundance in meadows 

 at Forthampton, near Tewkesbury, and at Powick, three miles west 

 of Worcester, is truly astonishing. In fact this plant may be traced, 

 as my friend Mr. Lees informs me, from Wainlode Cliffe, between 

 Tewkesbury and Gloucester, all up the Severn valley to Worcester. 

 At Powick the plant appears to grow on the margin of the great back- 

 water, that at some former period extended in this direction. It also 

 grows at Maddresfield, within three miles of the Malvern Hills. 



" Smyrnium Olusatrum. This common sea-side plant, at the pre- 

 sent time, grows plentifully at the base of the red marl cliff at the 

 Mythe, near Tewkesbury. It is also mentioned by Dr. Nash, in his 

 ' History of Worcestershire,' as occurring in great profusion at Hill 

 Croome, in that county. 



" Glaux mariiima. This pretty little littoral plant flourishes in the 

 greatest profusion on the side of the Droitwich Canal, between Bever- 

 eye and Salwarp, above Worcester. 



" Samolus Valerandi. Mostly in salt-water marshes. On Defford 

 Common, an extensive flat, five miles east of Upton-on-Severn, which 

 was once probably a saline marsh. 



" Plantago mariiima. A decided coast-plant. Recorded in the 

 'Phytologist' as having been found on Hartlebury Common, by Mr. 

 Peece, of the Worcester Museum. 



" Atriplex rosea. Gathered on the banks of the Droitwich Canal, 

 by Mr. T. Westcombe, of Worcester. 



" Rumex maritimus Noticed by my friend Mr. E. Lees, most 

 abundantly in the Longdon Marshes, and also gathered by him at 

 the chalybeate pool, Great Malvern, and on the side of the Severn 

 below Worcester bridge. 



" Arenaria marina. In some quantity in various spots close to 

 the edge of the saline Droitwich Canal. There appears to be a curi- 



