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magnificently overspread the pei^pendicular and exposed face of one 

 of the rocks." 



Gentiana Amarella, Linn. " A variety with perfectly double flowers 

 has been observed by the Rev. T. Salwey ! at Trefonen, Oswestry." 



Cuscuta Epilinum, Weihe, appears to be the only species of this 

 genus occurring in Shropshire. It was " discovered by J, E. Bow- 

 man, Esq. ! July 29th, 1836, on flax, in a field near Croesmere, Elles- 

 mere." See ' Mag. Nat. Hist.' n. s. ii. 343. 



Shropshire can boast of possessing all the British Droseras. Under 

 Dros. rotundifolia is recorded a variety, &., ramosa, which " occurs, 

 not unfrequently, at Bomere Pool, of stouter and taller habit, with 

 more numerous leaves, and the raceme forked or branched. On some 

 specimens a simple raceme occurs, as well as the forked one." 



Scheuchzeria palustris, Linn. Two Shropshire localities are given 

 for this very rare plant, Bomere Pool and Shomere Moss, both near 

 Shrewsbury. In ' Eng. FL' ii. 199, Lakeby Carr, near Boroughbridge, 

 Yorkshire, is stated to be the only British station : in addition to this 

 two others are given in Hook. ' Brit. Flora,' 174; so that we have now 

 five recorded stations for a plant which, previously to 1807, was not 

 known as a native of Britain. 



Chrysosplenium alter nifolium, Linn. " In all the Shropshire spe- 

 cimens which I have examined, of both species of Chrysosplenium, 

 the calyx has been uniformly found to be 4-cleft, and the stamens 8 j 

 4 of them alternating with, and 4 opposite to the sepals." This pre- 

 cisely accords with the result of our own observations on these plants. 



Dianthus plumarius, Linn. ; distinguished from Dia. Caryophyl- 

 lus by the glaucous leaves being "finely serrulate at the margins" 

 throughout their whole length, and not at the base only, as in the latter 

 species ; the flowers also have the outer edge of the petals deeply la- 

 ciniated, while those of Caryophyllus are only sharply toothed. Mr. 

 Leigh ton observes that " the only true stations known for Dia. Cary- 

 ophyllus are the Kentish castles ; " the old authors record a number 

 of localities for it, but the plant growing in most of them is probably 

 plumarius, as it certainly is at Ludlow in Shropshire and East Ham 

 in Essex, while the plant of Rochester Castle in Kent is as certainly 

 Caryophyllus. 



Spergula vulgaris, Bonningh. Distinguished from Sperg. arvensis, 

 with which it grows, by the seeds being " sharply keeled, and covered 

 with white papillae." 



Localities are recorded for the rare Anemone apennina and ranun- 

 culoides : and the local Ranunculus parvijlorus is said to be " not 



