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and the spots where they are to be found, may be neither 

 unacceptable nor unentertaining : 



He lleborus fcetidus, stinking hellebore, bear's foot, or setter- 

 wort, all over the High-wood and Coney-croft-hanger : this 

 continues a great branching plant the winter through, blossom- 

 ing about January, and is very ornamental in shady walks and 

 shrubberies. The good women give the leaves powdered to 

 children troubled with worms ; but it is a violent remedy, and 

 ought to be administered with caution. 



Helleborus viridis, green hellebore, in the deep stony lane 

 on the left hand just before the turning to Norton-farm, and 

 at the top of Middle Dorton under the hedge : this plant 

 dies down to the ground early in autumn, and springs again 

 about February, flowering almost as soon as it appears above 

 ground. 



Vaccinium oxycoccos, creeping bilberries, or cranberries, 

 in the bogs of Bin's-pond. 1 



Vaccinium myrtil/us, whortle, or bleaberries, on the dry 

 hillocks of Woolmer-forest. 



Drosera rotundifolia, round-leaved sundew, in the bogs 

 of Bin's-pond. 



Drosera longifolia, long-leaved sundew, in the bogs of 

 Bin's-pond. 



Comarum palustre, purple comarum, or marsh cinquefoil, 

 in the bogs of Bin's-pond. 



Hypericum androsawiuni, Tutsan, St. John's Wort, in the 

 stony, hollow lanes. 



Vinca minor, less periwinkle, in Selborne-hanger and 

 Shrubwood. 



Monotropa hypopithys, yellow monotropa, or birds' nest, 

 in Selborne-hanger under the shady beeches, to whose roots it 

 seems to be parasitical, at the north-west end of the hanger. 



Chlora perfoliata, Blackstonia perfotiata, Hudsoni, perfoliated 

 yellow-wort, on the banks in the King's-field. 



1 Now drained. ED. 



