I860.] THE FLORA OF HARROW AND ITS VICINITY. 109 



and varieties, comprised in 207 genera and 62 families, in all 

 amounting to about one-fourth part of the Flowering Plants and 

 Ferns indigenous to or naturalized in Great Britain. This may 

 appear a large proportion to many, who have not given their 

 attention to the distribution of our native plants. It will appear 

 very small, however, to those who have had their attention drawn 

 to the subject ; and all the more so, as the greater proportion of 

 Harrow plants are of common occurrence throughout other dis- 

 tricts of the country. There is no reason to doubt that a further 

 and more systematic search will furnish considerable additions 

 to the list appended j but at the same time deductions must be 

 made from it on account of some plants here set down which can 

 scarcely support a claim to be classed as indigenous to this dis- 

 trict. But little attention has yet been paid to the cryptogamic 

 botany of Harrow ; enough, however, to assure us that it pro- 

 mises a less plentiful harvest than has been reaped among the 

 Flowering Plants. At some future time it may be more practicable 

 to give a list of the Harrow Cryptogamia than at present. 



In addition to the list of plants given below there are some 

 twenty or thirty species belonging to the British Flora which are 

 found under cultivation in the neighbourhood of Harrow, but 

 which have been so confessedly introduced for ornamental pur- 

 poses, that they cannot be allowed even a doubtful place among 

 the wild plants of Harrow. 



The localities in which the plants enumerated below occur have 

 been given generally rather than precisely. They are, however, 

 sufl&ciently particular to assist in the search of the greater number. 

 The rarer plants are not so numerous as to require much assist- 

 ance in finding out the precise localities in which they occur, and 

 which are more particularly noticed in the remarks following the 

 list. 



The following abbreviations have been adopted in designating 

 the localities in which the plants severally occur: — H. Harrow 

 parish generally ; H. P. Harrow Park; H.W. Harrow Weald; Gh. 

 Greenhill ; K. Kenton ; R. Roxeth ; Gf Greenford ; P. Pinner ; 

 Hors. Horsington; W. E. Wood End. Plants marked with an 

 asterisk are to be regarded as doubtful natives of the soil. 



Family. Oenus and Species. Habitat. Locality. 



Eanunciilacese. Anemone nemorosa, 2/. Hedges & borders of fields H. 



Ranunculus aquatilis, i/. Ponds H. 



„ Ficaria, L. Pasls. and plantations H. 



