306 The Natural History of Selborne 



amidst the hill country at the spring heads. To enumerate all the 

 plants that have been discovered within our limits would be a need- 

 less work ; but a short list of the more rare, and the spots where they 

 are to be found, may be neither unacceptable nor unentertaining : 



Helleborus fcetidus y stinking hellebore, bear's foot, or setterwort, 

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

 a great branching plant the winter through, blossoming 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 myrtillus^ 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 pa/ustre, purple comarum, or marsh cinquefoil, in the 

 bogs of Bin's-pond. 



Hypericum andros<emum^ 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 Sel- 

 borne-hanger under the shady beeches, to whose roots it seems to be 

 parasitical, at the north-west end of the hanger. 



Chlora perfoliata, 'Blacks tonia perfoliata, Hudsoni, perforated yellow- 

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



Paris quadrifolia^ herb of Paris, true-love, or one-berry, in the 

 Church -litten-coppice. 



1 Now drained. ED. 



