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fungi. If in any branch of botany we may seem to be 

 wanting, it must be in the large aquatic plants, which are 

 not 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 

 be neither unacceptable nor unentertaining : 



Helleborus fcetidus, 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 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 the ground. 



Vaccinium oxycoccos, creeping bilberries, or cranberries, 

 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 cinquefoil, 

 in the bogs of Bin's-pond. 



Hypericum androscemum, Tutsan, or St. John's wort, 

 in the stony, hollow lanes. 



