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hanging Queen Wood, which look down upon Lord Ellenhorough's seat at Southam ; 

 the crevices of the rocks afforded Aspleuium Trichomanes and Ruta-muraria, and on 

 some of the masses of stones were Myosotis collina, Solidago Virgaurea, and young 

 plants of Verbascum nigrum. Upon penetrating into the wood helow, we were soon 

 iu active employment securing the most beautiful specimens of Convallaria Pulygo- 

 natum in fruit, in searching for which we saw whole patches of C. majalis. Rosa vil- 

 losa, Viburnum Lantana and Opulus, Rhamnus catharticus, Conyza squarrosa and 

 Campanula glomerata also claimed a share of our attention ; but the greatest prize in 

 this rich spot is Rubus saxatilis, and of course upon seeing it we were very anxious 

 to secure specimens in fruit, as it simulates the young state of R. caesius so m\ich, as 

 to render it a matter of great difficulty to distinguish them. After looking for some 

 time in the thickest part of the wood without finding the wished for red drupes, we di- 

 rected our attention to the more open parts, where we found some specimens in very 

 fine fruit, with the drupeols few, large and red. And here we observed a somewhat 

 curious fact, which is that such plants as had runners were without fruit, while 

 those in fruit were stronger, partially woody, but destitute of runners. After collect- 

 ing quantum suff. of these rare plants, we were bending our steps homewards towards 

 Cheltenham, when my friend Lees became very anxious to visit a beech-grove then in 

 sight ; and though we had been thirteen hours on the wild hills with only a biscuit 

 between us. I was fain to yield to his wishes in the hope of finding Monotropa Hypo- 

 pitys, which we did find, and I am quite sure the readers of ' The Phytologist ' will 

 share in our pleasure and gratification in so doing, in reading the elegant paper by 

 Mr. Lees, detailing his investigation into its parasitic nature, (Phytol, 97). After se- 

 curing an abundance of the Monotropa in fruit, and also some fine specimens of Epi- 

 pactis grandiflora in the same state, we set our faces homeward in real earnest, and 

 soon arrived well satisfied with our sport, and inwardly resolving never to let a season 

 pass without having a Natural-History expedition ou the lovely Cotteswolds. 



Jas. Buckman. 

 Cheltenham, December 14, 1841. 



Art. XLVIII. — A List of Plants met with in the neighhoiirhood of 

 Swansea^ Glamorganshire. By J. W. G. Gutch, Esq. 



(Continued from p. 121). 



Echium xmlgare. Near the InfiiTnary and on Town Hill. 



Pulmonaria officinalis. Found by Dr. Turton in woods between Neath and Pyle, 



(Dillwyn). 

 Lithospermum officinale. At Park, near the Mill. 

 purpuro-cceruleum. Abundant in several places on the coast of Gower, 



particularly in Nicholston Wood, and about the top of the cliffs in Caswell Bay. 



It has also been found on a rocky bank near Newton-juxta-Pyle, by the Rev. J. 



M. Traherne, and in other places in that neighbourhood by Mr. Bicheuo. 

 Borago officinalis. Near Port Tennant and Cadoxton. 

 Lycopsis arvensis. Near Port Tennant. 

 Anchusa sempervirens. At Baglan, near Neath, and about the ruins of Neath Abbey, 



(Dillwyn). 



