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A NEW LONDON FLOEA. 



52. BAGSHOT HEATH. 



Bagshot Heath, as stated in the preceding locality, adjoins Chobham 

 Common, and as this consists of two portions separated the one from the 

 other by the village of Chobham and surrounding enclosures, so is Bagshot 

 Heath in a similar manner divided into two parts by the village of Wen- 

 dlesham with the enclosures and cultivated land thereunto appertaining. 

 Plantations of Fir-trees are more general on Bagshot Heath than on 

 Chobham Common, and on the whole it is the higher lying of the two ; 

 the country indicating a sensible rise towards Ascot, as well as towards the 

 ridges behind Bagshot : otherwise they resemble each other in soil and in 

 the general character of their vegetation ; each, however, possesses its 

 speciality. The lower portion, west of Wendlesham, is wet and moory. 

 A road crosses obliquely the upper portion of the heath to Sunningdale, 

 where there is a station, and the high road from Staines to Farnham, 

 &c., runs along its upper border ; another road runs north and south 

 past Tower Hill, and a third in another direction to Bracknel where there 

 is also a station ; Tower Hill is the highest point of a central ridge which 

 crosses this upper portion from east to west. There is not much Furze in 

 the open parts ; the vegetation is principally Heath. About Sunningdale 

 is a considerable bog. 



Agrostis setacea (ridges westwards of 



Wendlesham). 



*Aira flexuosa ; *praacox ; *caespitosa. 

 Blysmus compressus (Winch. MSS. 

 notes). 



Campanula patula (Chobham Lane, near 

 Wendlesham Church). 

 *Carduus pratensis (bogs). 

 *Carex binervis ; *crespitosa. 

 *Centunculus minimus (waste land near 



Wendlesham, right of the road). 

 Ceratophyllum aquaticum (Englemoor 

 Pond). 



* Digitalis purpurea (bordering copses). 

 *Drosera rotundifolia ; intermedia. 



* Erica Tetralix ; *cinerea. 

 *Eriophorum angustifolium ; *vaginatum 



(Sunningdale bog ; both in prolusion). 

 *Erythrsea Centaurium. 

 *Gnaphalium sylvaticum. 

 *Hieracium vulgatum ; *umbellatum. 

 *Hydrocotyle vulgaris. 

 *Hypericum Elodes. 

 *Juncus obtusiflorus ; *squarrosus. 

 *Littorella lacustris (Englemoor pond). 

 *Lotus corniculatus. 

 *Molinia camilea. 



*Myrica Gale ; (bog, W. of Wendlesham). 

 *Nardus stricta (moory parts). 

 *Narthecium ossifragum (bogs). 



*Pbragmites communis (Englemooi 

 Pond). 



*Polygonum minus (about Wendlesham) ; 

 *Fagopyrum (fields, near Ascot). 



*Potamogeton polygonifolius (bogs). 



*Radiola Millegrana. 



*Rhynchospora alba (bogs). 



*Salix repens. 



*Sarothamnus scoparius (borders). 



*Schoanus nigricans (bog W. of Wendle- 

 sham, plentiful). 



*Scirpus setaceus ; *palustris. 



*Scutellaria galerkuiata; *minor. 



*Senecio sylvatica. 



*Serratula tinctoria (bordering copses, &c.), 



*Solidago Virgaurea, &c. 



*Spergula arvensis (cornfields, ridges). 



*Teucrium Scorodonia (borders). 



*Triodia decumbens (moory parts). 



*Vaccinium Myrtillus (ridges towards 

 Frimley). 



* Viola palustris (Sunningdale). 



CRYPTOGAMS. 



*Hair-moss (heaths. &c.) ; bog mosses. 

 *Lomaria Spicant (abundant). 

 *Nephrodia (lanes, Wendlesham). 

 *Poiypodium vulgare (lanes, Wendle- 

 sham). 

 *Pteris aquilina (not abundant). 



