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to be expected on a spot far removed from rivers, and lying 

 up amidst the hill country at the spring-heads. To enumerate 

 all the plants that 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 setter- 

 wort, all over the Highwood and Coney-croft-hanger. This 

 continues a great branching plant the winter through, blossom- 

 ing 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. 



Vacdnium oxy coccus, creeping bilberries, or cranberries, 

 in the bogs of Bin's-pond : 



Vacdnium myrtillus, whortle, or bilberries, on the dry hil- 

 locks 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 androscemum, Tutsan, St John's wort, in the 

 stony hollow lanes : 



Vinca minor , less periwinkle, in Selborne-hanger or Shrub- 

 wood : 



Monatropa 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, Blackstonia perfoliata, Hudsoni, perfoliated 

 yellow-wort, on the banks in the King's Field: 



Paris quadrifolia, herb Paris, true-love, or one-berry, in 

 the Church-litten-coppice : 



Chrysosplenium oppositifolium," opposite golden saxifrage, 

 in the dark and rocky hollow lanes : 



Gentiana amarella y autumnal gentian, or fell wort, on the 

 Zig-zag and Hanger : 



squammaria, tooth-wort, in the Church-litten- 



