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Art. CI. — A Flora of the Neighbourhood of Saffron Walden, Essex. 

 By G. S. Gibson, Esq. 



Clematis Vitalba. Common in hedges. 

 Thalictrum minus. Near Linton ; rare. 



Anemone nemorosa. 



abundant. 

 ■ Pulsatilla. 



Bartlow Hills and 



Hildersham. 

 Adonis autumnalis. Corn-fields, but rarely 

 Ranunculus aquatilis. Ponds and ditclies, 



plentifully. 



Lingua. At Sawston ; rare. 



Flammula. Marshy places, 



Cheiranthus Cheiri. Park-walls, &c. 

 Nasturtium officinale. Ditches &c. abndt. 

 Woods and thickets, Barbarea vulgaris. Moist meadows, freqt. 

 Cardamine pratensis. Marshy ground, co. 



hirsuta. A weed in gardens, 



&c. but local. 

 Draba verna. Walls, plentiful. 

 Thlaspi arveme. A weed in fields and 



common. 



■ — Ficaria. 



auricomus. 



A common weed. 

 Woods &c., not 



uncommon. 



sceleratus. 



Watery places, 



occasionally. 

 acris, repens, 



and bulbosus. 



Very common weeds. 



arvensis. Corn-fields. 



Helleboru^ fcetidu^. Woods, rather unc. 

 Caltha palustris. Ditches &c., frequent. 

 Delphinium Consolida. Corn-fields, occa- 

 sionally. 

 Berberis vulgaris. Common in hedges, 



though often eradicated by farmers, 



who imagine that it causes blight on 



wheat around. 

 Nymphcea alba. River at Audley End ; 



perhaps planted. 

 Nuphar lutea. River &c. in several places 

 Papaver Argemone. Fields & hedge-banks 



occasionally. 

 . hybridum. Once found in a field 



near the town. 



dubium. Waste ground, frequent 



. Rhceas. A troublesome weed. 



Chelidonium majus. Waste ground near 



the town, rather rare. 

 Fumaria officinalis. Fields and gardens, 



abundant. 

 parmflora. Cultivated fields at 



Littlebury. 

 Cm-ydalis solida. In the Park, scarcely wild 



gardens, though very local. 



Sisymbrium officinale. Road-sides &c.fr. 



Sophia. Waste ground, rare 



Erysimum cheiranthoides. Walls and cul- 

 tivated ground. 



Alliaria. Hedges, frequent. 



Camelina sativa. Cultivated fields, rare. 



Coronopus Ruellii, Waste ground, not 

 common 



Capsella Bursa-pastoris. Abundant. 



Brassica Napu^. Waste ground, frequent 



Rapa. Road-sides, occasionally. 



Sinapis alba. Cultivated ground. 



arvensis & nigra. Common weeds 



^Raphanus Raphanistrum. Ditto. 



Reseda Luteola. Dry banks, not uncomn. 



lutea. Chalky fields in several pi. 



Helianthemum vulgare. Open banks, freq. 

 Viola hirta. Shady hedges, frequent. 



odorata and canina. Abundant. 



tricolor. A common weed. 



Poly gala vulgaris. Dry banks, not uncom. 

 Dianthus Armeria. Twice found in a field 



deltoides. Hildersham, rare. 



Saponaria officinalis. Moist meadows nr. 



Ickleton. 

 Silene infiata. Very common. 



noctijlora. Corn-fields &c. occas. 



Armeria. Waste ground, rare, the 



outcast of gardens. 



Lychnis dioica (vespertina). Very common 



[diuma). Far less common 



Flos-cuculi. Moist shady places 



Agrostemma Githago. Corn-fields, freqnt. 

 Sagina procumbens und apetala. Walls & 



dry ground, plentiful. 



