II. 



Peculiar to, or characteristic of, the Forest. 



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CoRNUS SANGCiNEA, Lin., CoiTiel- 

 tree, 439. 



Hyduocotyle vulgaris, Lin., 

 Marsh Pennywort. Throughout the 

 Forest, 441. 



Sanicula Europ.ea, Lin., Wood 

 Sanicle. In most of the old woods, 442. 



ViscuM ALBUM, Lin., Mistletoe. 

 Grows chiefly on the black poplar, es- 

 pecially near Godshill. I have never 

 seen it on the oak. Abundance of it 

 may be found in the apple-trees in the 

 Forest keeper's garden at Boldrewood, 

 503. 



Sambucus nigra, Lin., Common 

 Elder, 504. 



Sambucus Ebulds, Lin., Danewort. 

 "Near Lyndhurst," T. B. Rake, Esq., 

 505. 



Viburnum Opulus, Lin., Guelder 

 Rose, 506. 



LoNicERA Periclymenum, Lin., 

 Common Honeysuckle, 508. 



Galium verum, Lin., Ladies' Bed- 

 strajv, 513. 



lIiERACiuM vulgatum, Frcis., 

 Wood Hawkweed, 568 (24). 



Serratula tinctoria, Lin., Saw- 

 Avort. Throughout the Forest, 594, 



Carduus Marianus, Lin., Blessed 

 Thistle. Forest roadsides, 598. 



Carduus praten^is, Huds., Meadow 

 Thistle. Abundant in the southern part 

 of the Forest round AVootton, 604. 



BiDENS CERNUA, Liu., Nodding Bur 

 Marigold. Waste lands round and in 

 the Forest. Has a fine effect on the 

 landscape near Godshill ; common, 

 however, throughout the district, 617. 



EUPATORIUM CANNABINUM, Liu., 



Hemp Agrimony. Gives a rich ap- 

 pearance to the Forest streams ; but, of 

 course, abundant elsewhere, 619. 



FiLAGO MINIMA, Frics. The Least 

 Cudweed, 634. 



Soli DAGO Virgaurea, Lin., Golden 

 Rod. Throughout the Forest, 642. 



Senecio sy'lvaticus, Lin., Wild 

 Groundsel. This plant, with the com- 

 mon nettle, is especially remarkable in 



the Forest, as an indication of the fonner 

 existence of habitations. It may be 

 noticed in Sloden,Eyeworth, and Island's 

 Thorn, near the Romano-British pot- 

 teries. (See ch. xviii. p. 216, foot-note.) 



Achillea Ptarmica, Lin., Sneese- 

 wort. Throughout the Forest, 671. 



Casipanula rotundifolia, Lin., 

 Nodding-flowered Hare-bell, 675. 



Jasione MONTANA, Lin., Sheep's-bit 

 Scabious, 687. 



Erica Tetralix, Lin., Cross-leaved 

 Heath, 690. 



Erica cinerea, Lin., Fine-leaved 

 Heath, 692. 



Calluna vulgaris, Salisb., Common 

 Ling, 695. 



Vaccinium Myrtillus, Lin., the 

 Bilberry ; better known in the Forest 

 as the " Blackheart," 703. 



Ilex Aquifolium, Lin., Common 

 Holly. Most abundant, 713. 



Fraxinus excelsior, Lin., Common 

 Ash. Scarce, 715. 



ViNCA MINOR, Lin., Lesser Peri- 

 winkle. Hedges round and in the 

 Forest, as at Sway, Ashley, Canterton, 

 716. 



Gentiana Pneumonanthe, Lin., 

 Calathian Violet. Very plentiful some 

 years at Wootton, 719. 



CiCENDiA FiLiFORMis, Rcich., Lcast 

 Gentianella. Damp places in the 

 Forest. Rev. H. M. Wilkinson gives 

 especially the neighbourhood of Burley, 

 723. 



MeNYANTHES TRIFOLIATA, Lin., 



Common in most of the Forest pools on 

 the South, 727. 



CuscuTA Epithymum, Sm., Lesser 

 Dodder. Distributed through the 

 Forest, on the heath and furze, 734. 



Verbascum Blattaria, Lin., Moth 

 Mullein. Not common in the Forest. 

 I have seen a few specimens on Ashley 

 Common ; but, in 1861, a field near 

 the new parsonage was covered with it 

 and the viper's bugloss. Mr. Rake has 

 found it growing at Gorely, on the 

 north-west side of the Forest, 744. 

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