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have taken possession of in large patches ; and the 

 Red-berried Briony (Bryonia dio'ica), the root of which 

 was, in byegone days, the British representative of the 

 Mandrake. 



Our other shrubs which do not range themselves 

 under either of the heads we have glanced at, are the 

 Fine-leaved Heath (Erica cinerea), and the Common 

 Ling (Calluna vulgaris), widely and abundantly dis- 

 persed over the chalky downs and the sandy wastes ; 

 the Cross-leaved Heath (Erica Tetralix], at Down- 

 parks, near the Blackrye Pond; the Juniper (Juniperus 

 conumtnis), a frequent and very elegant shurb, on part 

 of East Harting Down ; the Furze, or Gorse ( Ulex 

 Enropceus), still more common in the same locality ; 

 the Bilberry, or Whortleberry ( V actinium Myrtillus\ 

 which we find on West Heath, but we have never 

 seen it in fruit there ; the Butcher's Broom, or Knee 

 Holme (Ruscus aculeatus), in two or three localities on 

 the chalk, the Killing Wood especially, and the para- 

 sitic Mistletoe ( Viscum album}, common on the White 

 Beam tree and the Hawthorn in the Park. 



The number of our herbaceous flowering plants, or 

 wild flowers, as they are popularly termed, is so great, 

 that although we do not give a tithe of them, we re- 

 strict our further remarks to a few only of those we 

 include in our list. If we were to attempt to do justice 

 to them severally, we should far exceed the limits of a 

 confessedly simple sketch, for which only this, our 

 notice, is intended. We propose, therefore, to group 

 the different species we have identified under the heads 

 of their respective habitats, without, in all cases, indi- 

 cating their localities, and, in carrying out this plan, 

 we begin with those which abound in 



Hedges, on hedge banks and by road sides : 



Veronica CJiamczdrys (Germander Speedwell). 

 Valeriana officinalis (Great Wild Valerian). 

 Dipsacus sylvestris (Wild Teasel). 

 Galium cruciatum (Cross- wort). 



