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Peculiar to, or characteristic of, the Forest. 



291 



Glyceria maritima, M. and K., 

 Sea Hard Grass. Mudeford, 1323. 



Glyceria loliacea, Watson, Dwarf 

 Sea-wheat Grass. " Mudeford. On 

 the New Forest side of the Avon, 

 which is the only place I have ever 

 seen it." Rev. H. M. Wilkinson, 1327. 



Triticum junceum, Lin., Kushy Sea- 

 wlieat Grass. Mudeford, 1362. 



Hordeum MARiTiMDjr, With., Sea 

 Barley. Very common along the whole 

 of the east coast. " By the roadside 

 from Cadenham " (more probably 

 Hythe) " to Marchwood," W. A. Brom- 

 field. See Watson's New Botanist's 

 Guide, vol. ii., p. 571.; 1369.t 



Lepturus filiformis, Trin., Sea 

 Hard-grass. Mudeford, 1371. 



In tlie next division are placed more especiall_y those plants whicii 

 either grow only iij the Forest, or form a peculiar feature in its land- 

 scapes, such as Erioj)horum angustifuliinii, Gentiana Fncumunanthe, 

 Drosera rotnndlj'ulia, and intennedia, Narthecium ossifrayum, Melittis 

 MeUssophyllum, and the Cariccs, Aircc, and Afjrostes generally. The 

 rest will be found in the third division, as common both to the Forest 

 and the adjoining districts. As the Ferns and St. John's -worts 

 have been so fully mentioned in Chapter XXI., they will not be again 

 noticed. 



Anemone kemorosa, Lin., Wood 

 Anemone, 6. 



Kanunculus aquatilis, Lin., Water 

 Crowfoot. Streams and pools, not of 

 course confined to the Forest, but still 

 a conspicuous feature, 11. 



Ranunculus tripartitus, D. C., 

 Three-par tcd-leaved Crowfoot, "with 

 Limosella aquattca, in splashy places by 

 the roadside, just beyond the bridge, 

 as you leave Brockenhurst for Lynd- 

 hurst," H. C. Watson, in a private 

 letter, 11.* 



Ranunculus hirsutus, Cnrt., Hairy 

 Crowfoot. Roads in the Forest, 22. 



Caltha palustris, Lin., Common 

 ]\Larsh Marigold. Forest pools ; but, 

 of course, in the district gencralh', 26. 



Aquilegia vulgaris, Lin., Common 

 Columbine. Very common round 

 Wootton, but may be foimd with Hy- 

 pericum androsamum in the old woods 

 of Mark Ash, Gibb's Hill, Winding 

 Shoot, and Boldrewood, 31. 



Nymph^a alba, Lin., White Water 



Lily. Forest streams. Not so com- 

 mon as the next, but still a feature, 36. 



NupiiAR luteum, Sm., Yellow 

 Water Lily. In the Avon, and else- 

 where in the district, 37. 



Viola canina, Sm., Dog's Violet. 

 The violet of the Forest, but, of course, 

 common in the district, 135. 



Viola lactea, Sm., Cream-coloured 

 Violet. " Near Boldre," W. A. Brom- 

 field. See Watson's New Butanist's 

 Guide, vol. ii., p. 567 ; 135.* 



Drosera rotundifolia, Lin., 

 Round-leaved Sundew. Everywhere 

 in the Forest, 138. 



Drosera intermedia, Hayn., Nar- 

 row-leaved Sundew. Though not so com- 

 mon as rotundifolia, it is equally distribut- 

 ed throughout the Forest district, 139. 



Polygala vulgaris, Lin., Common 

 Milkwort, 141. 



M(ENCHiA erecta, Sm., Upright 

 Mcenchia. Common, 166. 



Sagina subulata, Wimm., Ciliated 

 Awl-shaped Spurrey, 170.* 



t Scirpus parvulus (R. and S.), mentioned by Rev. G. E. Smith as growing 

 "on a mud-flat near Lymington," is now extinct. See Watson's Ci/bele Britan- 

 nica, vol. iii. p. 78 ; and Bromfield, in the Phytohgist, vol. iii., 1028. 



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