1/2 The Rev. G. Munford's List of Flowering Plants 



The English Flora contains about 1500 vascular and 2800 

 cellular plants : 722 vasculars are here enumerated as grow- 

 ing wild in the district which forms the western side of the 

 county of Norfolk. The writer's acquaintance with the cel- 

 lulars is too limited to admit of his attempting to give any ac- 

 count of them in this paper. A catalogue of the plants grow- 

 ing in the neighbourhood of Yarmouth, on the opposite side 

 of the county, has been published by Mr. James Paget, in 

 which are found 725 vasculars and 450 cellulars ; and the 

 Flora of Central Norfolk, by Mr. R. J. Mann, is printed in the 

 * Magazine of Natural History,' New Series, vol. iv. No. 44 ; 

 and in the 7th vol. of the ' Annals and Magazine of Natural 

 History,' No. 43, an addenda by S. P. Woodward, Esq. 

 These two lists contain together 708 vasculars and 121 cel- 

 lulars. They are confined to the neighbourhood of Norwich, 

 and embrace but a small portion of what may be called central 

 Norfolk ; so that the greater part of the county may yet be 

 considered as unbeaten ground. 



All the plants previously admitted into works of established 

 authority as having been found wild in Western Norfolk are 

 included in this list. To all these, and to others which I have 

 not myself seen growing, the authority on which they are in- 

 troduced is given ; while for every species and locality not 

 thus marked the compiler is responsible. 



The arrangement made use of is that of Professor Lindley 

 in his ^ Synopsis of the Biitish Flora,' as best agreeing with 

 the advanced state of botanical science in England ; and the 

 nomenclature is for the most part that of Sir W. J. Hooker 

 in his ' British Flora,' which is generally acknowledged to be 

 the best authority in the present day for determining the 

 plant intended. 



The geography of plants is of much interest to the bota- 

 nist, and every attempt to promote the knowledge of this 

 branch of the science is worthy of observation. It is now 

 universally admitted, that the geological character of every 

 district exercises very great influence over its vegetation. An 

 attempt has therefore been made to mark, as nearly as pos- 

 sible, the substratum of soil on which the rarer plants in the 

 following list are found. Where the place of growth is not 

 added, the plant may generally be considered as distributed 

 throughout the district. 



By a reference to Woodward's Geological Map of Norfolk, 

 published in 1833, it will be seen that, proceeding eastward 

 from Lynn, which is situated on the alluvium, we meet with 

 a narrow strip of the Kimmeridge clay and oolite that runs in 

 a direction north and south nearly the entire length of the di- 



