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tes, Catabrosa aquatica and Calamagrostis Epigejos; the latter of which forms a dense fi'iugs to the hedges 



and ditches in marshy fields. The genus Ti/oha is not very common in the district, although in one or two 



spots T. angustifoUa rather prevails. On the rocks aiipear : — 



Cotyledon Umbilicus Sedum acre Potentilla argentea Trifolium sli-iatum 



Arenaria rubra Telephium Corydalis claviculata Gnaphaliam minimum 



Sedum album Potentilla verna Ornithopus pei-pusillus Solidago Virgaurea 



On boggy ground. — 

 Veronica scutellata Eriophorum polystachion Hydrocotj'le vulgaris Spergula nodosa 



Pinsjuicula vulgaris Montia fontana Helosciadium repena Triglochin palustre 



Blysmus compressus Anagallis tenella Drosera rotundifolia 



Besides the grasses and Carices before mentioned. 



In the meadows and commons about the eastern part of the hills . — 



Euphrasia officinalis 

 Marrubium vulgare 

 Mentha piperita 

 Calamintha officinalis 



Cnicus acaulis 

 Anthemis nobilxs 

 Orchis Morio 

 Gymnadenia conopsea 



Habenaria viridis 

 bifolia 

 chlorantha 



Neottia spiralis 



Plantago Coronopus 

 Allium vineale 

 Polygonum Bistorta 



minus 

 Ranunculus parviflorus 

 In thickets at the foot of the hills and skirting their bases, wild roses are exceedingly abundant and beau- 

 tiful, and Mr. Lees had collected the following. — 

 Rosa spinosissima Rosa tomentosa Rosa rubiginosa Rosa Forsteri 



villosa inodora canina systyla 



scabriuscula micrantha dumetorum arvensis 



The deep-coloured blossoms of Rosa villosa axe very remarkable, and the pale ones of R. scabriuscula cha- 

 racteristic ; R. micrantha and systyla are of frequent occurrence. 



The Rubi are of equal if not superior luxuriance, in many remarkable forms, which are still under Mr. 

 Lees' obsei-vation. It may be here sufficient to state that the glandulose forms are rather abundant : Rubus 

 carpinifolius seems the most uncommon species. 



In the woods oak {Querctis Robtis) predominates above every other tree, and on the ridge-way in Eastnor 

 Park is one about 150 years old, which is adorned with a fine coronal of mistletoe. Q. sessiliflora al so pre- 

 sents itself, but assuredly much less in quantity than the former, though it boasts a white-leaved variety not 

 mentioned by botanists, so far as Mr. Lees was aware of. A hamlet occupying the valley between tlie Ragged 

 Stone and Keysand Hills (the two most southerley ones of the chain), bears the appellation of " The Wliite- 

 leaved Oak," but after several visits to the place Mr. L. could never find any remarkable oak there, and was 

 indeed assured by a man who had known the vicinity many years, that there had formerly been an oak there 

 with light or whitish foliage, but that it had been cut down. Here the matter rested till 1841, when wander- 

 ing about the syenitic protuberances at the extreme northern termination of the hills, Mr. L. fortunately came 

 upon an oak whose leaves were variegated with white, growing on one of these rocky knolls, and it proved to 

 be Quercus scssilifiora, doubtless similar in the character of its foliage to the old " WJtite-leaved Oak" that 

 has bequeathed its name to the hamlet before mentioned. 



The prevalence of West, South-west and Southern winds at Malvern, especially during the winter and 

 spring months, gives an almost perpetual moisture to the grassy tui-f favourable to Cryptogamic growth ; but 

 the violence of the winds has the effect of keeping the Phsenogamic vegetation in a very dwarf state, especially 

 near the summits of the hills. This is observable particularly in Carlina imlgaris, which is often very lux- 

 uriant at the base of the hUls and only a few inches in height on the summit of the Herefordshire Beacon. — 

 Other plants seem influenced in the same way, as Myosotis coUina, which on the ridge scarcely peers above 

 the soil and is excessively hirsute. The following are the rarer plants not alluded to in Mr. Lees' former paper. 



Veronica montana 

 Myosotis collina 



versicolor 

 Cynoglossum sylvaticum 

 Hyoscyamus niger 

 Campanula patula 



latifolia 



Trachelium 

 Viola hirta 

 Linum usitatissimum 

 Galanthus nivalis 



Tulipa sylvesti-is 

 Colchicum autumnale 

 Vaocinium Myrtillus 

 Polygonum Bistorta 



AquUegia vulgaris 

 Helleboi'us viridis 

 Mentha Pulegium 

 Nepeta Cataria 



Pyrola minor [Hum Lathreea squamaria 



Chrysosplenium alternifo- Antirrhinum Orontium 



Sedum Telephium 



album 

 Spii'sea Eilipendula 

 Potentilla argentea 



verna 



Narcissus Pseudo-narcis- Tilia grandifolia 

 biflorus [sus parvifolia 



Orobanche major 

 Lepidiura Smithii 

 Cai-damine impatiens 



amara 

 Erodium cicutarium 



maritimum 

 G cranium lucidum 



Genista anglica 

 Lathyrus Nissolia 

 Vicia Bithynica 

 Hypericum calycinum 



Androssemum 



dubium 

 Tragopogon pratensis 



minor 

 Gnaphalium sylvaticum 

 Conyza squarrosa 

 Pulicaria vulgaris 

 Listera Nidus-avis, and 

 Orchideaj before named 



Many of the specimens were exhibited, and Mr. Lees proposed to advert to the Cryptogamic vegetation of the 

 bills (sending specimens to the Society) in a future paper. — G. E. D. 



LVXTORV & CO., miNTERS, RATCLIFi; HIGHAVAY. 



