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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 fcetidjis, stinking hellebore, bear's foot, or 

 setterworth, 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 vorms ; but it is a violent remedy, and ought to be 

 administered with caution. 



HeUeborus 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 pknt dies down to the ground early in autunui, and 

 springs again about February, flowering almost as soon 

 as it appears above ground. 



Vacd?ii2wt oxycoccos, creeping bilberries or cranberries, 

 — in the bogs of Bin's-pond ; 



Vaccinmvi myrtillus, whortle, or bleaberries, — on the 

 dry hillocks of Wolmer-forest ; 



Drosera 7'otu7idifolia^ round - leaved ] In the bogs 

 sun-dew. Dfosera longifolia^ long-leaved > of Bin's- 

 ditto.] J pond. 



Comaruvi palusire, purple comarum, or marsh cinque 

 foil, — in the bogs of Bin's-pond ; 



Hypericon androscsmiim, Tutsan, St. John's Wort, — in 

 the stony, hollow lanes ; 



Viftca i?ii?ior, less periwinkle, — in Selborne Hanger and 

 Shrubwood ; 



Monotropa hypopithys^ yellow monotropa, or bird's 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^ Blacksto7iia perfoliafa, Ili/dsont, per- 

 foliated yellow-wort, — on the banks in the King's-field ; 



Farts qiiadrifolia, herb Paris, true-love, or oneberry, — 

 in the Church Litten coppice ; 



Chrysosplenium oppositifolium^ opposite golden saxifrage, 

 — in the dark and rocky hollow lanes \ 



