256 BOTANY OF SELBORNE. 



have been discovered within our limits would be 

 a needless work; but a short list of the more rare, 

 and the spots where they are to be found, may 

 neither be unacceptable nor unentertaining. 



Helleborus fcetidus, stinking- hellebore, bear's- 

 foot or setterwort all over the Highwood and 

 Coney-croft-hanger; this continues a great branch- 

 ing 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 oxy coccus, creeping bilberries, or cran- 

 berries in the bogs of Bin's-pond ; 



Vaccinium Myrtillus, whortle, or bilberries on 

 the dry hillocks of Wolmer 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 palustre, purple comarum, or marsh 

 cinque-foil in the bogs of Bin's-Pond ; 



Hypericum andros&mum, Tutsan, St. John's wort 

 in the stony, hollow lanes ; 



Vinca minor, less periwinkle in Selborne- 

 hanger and Shrub-wood ; 



1 Should this not have been drosera Anglica ? \V. J. 



