FLOWERING PLANTS. 101 



PAEIETARIA, Tour. 



P. officinalis, L. Pellitory of the Wall. 5 10. Not common : 

 walls of Wingfield Castle, F. Metfield churchyard wall, 

 D. Pulham (T). 



CUPULIFEE^]. 



BETULA, Tour. 



B. alba. L. White Birch. 4, 5. Not abundant. A row of 



fine trees on the Weybread and Syleham Road, C. 

 " Byrche is called in Latin Betula. I have not red of 

 any vertue that it hath in physik, howbeit it serveth for 

 many good uses, and none better than in betinge stubborne 

 boys that ether lye or wyll not learne." TURNER, 1550. 

 (Quoted in Flor. Dorset.) 



ALNUS, Tour. 



A. glutinosa, L. Common Alder. 4, 5. Abundant in damp 

 thickets, and by banks of streams. 



CARPINUS, L. 



C. Betulus, L. Hornbeam. 4, 5. Abundant in hedgerows 



and woods : Gawdy Hall Great Wood ; Harleston Green 

 Lane ; St. Margaret's, etc. 



CORYLUS, Tour. 



C. Avellana, L. Hazel. 2 4. Common in hedgerows and 

 woods. 



QUERCUS, L. 



Q. Robur, L. Oak. 4, 5. Var. pedunculata, common. A 

 very fine tree near the railway (north side), between Pul- 

 ham Market and Tivetshall Stations. 



CASTANEA, Tour. 



*C. sativa, Mill. (C. vulgaris, Lam.). Sweet Chestnut. 5, 6. 

 Priory Plantations, Mendham. Fressingfield Hall Plan- 

 tations. 



FAGUS, Tour. 



F. sylvatica, L. Common Beech. 5. Abundant in woods 

 and hedgerows. 



