BOTANY 



Drayton, and is fed by streams from Maer and west of Fair Oak. The Meese, a tributary 

 to the Tern, receives Lanco brook, draining Offley Marsh, High Offley and the surrounding 

 country, and has feeders from Norbury and Oulton ; and Dawford brook, draining Weston 

 under Lizard and part of Blymhill, and flowing through Aqualate Mere, enters the Meese 

 near Forton. Farther south the county is watered by the Stour and its affluents. The Stour 

 enters the county east of Cradley, forming the county boundary for several miles, and drains 

 a thickly populated district, yielding little of interest except the ever present coltsfoot, and 

 passing through Stourbridge and Prestwood is joined by the small river Smestow at Stourton. 

 The Smestow with its affluents is far reaching, receiving waters from Patingham, Wolver- 

 hampton, the west side of Dudley, Himley, Trysull and Enville, and at Stourton joins the 

 Stour. The Stour here takes the course of the Smestow, and flowing through Kinver and 

 part of Worcestershire joins the Severn at Stourport. 



The following are some of the more rare plants of this district : 



Ranunculus parviflorus 

 Aquilegia vulgaris 

 Diplotaxis tenuifolia 

 Senebiera didyma 

 Reseda lutea 

 Viola canina 

 Silene anglica 

 Cerastium semidecandrum 

 arvense 

 Vicia lathyroides 



Hypericum Androsxmum 

 Erodium maritimum 

 Lathyrus Aphaca 

 Rubus curvidens 

 Babingtonii 

 Potentilla procumbens 

 Rosa scabriuscula 

 Ribes rubrum 

 Caucalis nodosa 

 Hippopithys multiflora 



Utricularia neglecta 

 Myrica Gale 

 Habenaria albida 

 Sparganium minimum 

 Potamogeton trichojes 

 Carex teretiuscula 

 Festuca elatior 

 Asplenium Ceterach 

 Chara hispida 



SUMMARY OF ORDERS, NUMBER OF GENERA AND OF SPECIES IN 



EACH ORDER, ETC. 



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