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A NEW LONDON FLORA. 



to the westward, and separated from each other by a boggy hollow drain- 

 ing into some ponds below. The common, a mile in length, formerly 

 much more extensive, stretches along the southern border of the wood. 

 The Beeches are of large size ; and the place is a favourite and well- 

 known resort of holiday makers. Subsoil, gravel ; understratum, chalk ; 

 much boggy and marly accumulations in the bottoms. Besides Beech ; 

 Oak, Birch, Maple, Holly, Sallow, Viburnum Opulus, and Hazel, are 

 frequent, with an undergrowth generally of Bracken ; Ling on the common 

 very dense. 



*Aira oespitosa ; flexuosa (common). 

 *Anagallis tenella (bog). 



* Angelica sylvestris. 

 *Betonica officinalis. 



Campanula Trachelium. 

 *Carex binervis (abundant on the com- 

 mon) ; *stellulata ; *uvalis ; *ca>s- 

 pitosa ; *flava ; *panicea ; *vulgaris. 

 Carlina vulgaris. 

 *Digiiaiis purpurea. 

 *Drosera ronmdifolia ; intermedia. 



* Krica Tetralix ; cinerea. 

 *Eriophorum angustifolium. 

 *Euonymus europgeus. 



* Euphorbia amygdaloides. 

 *<jrenista anglica. 



*Hieracium umbellatum; *vulgatum. 



*Hydrocotyle vulgaris. 



*Hypericum hirsutum ; *humifusum ; 



*perforatum ; *Elodes ; *pulcbrum. 

 *Juncus squarrosus; obtusifulius, &c. 

 *Luzula sylvatica. 



* Lysimachia nemoralis ; *Numnmlaria. 

 M*laxis paludosa 



*Melampyrum pratense. 

 *Menyanthes trifoliata. 

 *Molinia cserulea. 

 *Nardus stricta. 

 *0rchis maculata. 

 *0xalis Acetosella. 

 *Potatnogefon polygonifolius. 



* Primula vulgaris. 



*Rhynchospora albi. 



Rosa rubiginosa; *micrantha. 

 *Kubus glandulosus. 

 *Scabiosa succisa. 

 *Scirpus multiraulis. 

 *Sfutellaria minor. 

 *Senecio sylvaticus. 

 *Serra;ula tinct'jria. 

 *Soli<lago Virgaurea. 

 *Teucrium Scorodonia. 

 *Ulex Gallii ; europaeus. 



Utricularia intermedia (ponds). 



CRYPTOGAMS. 



*Aspidium aculeatum and others (?) 

 Aspli nium Adiantum-nigrum ; Tricho- 



man< s. 



Atliyrium Filix-fcemina. 

 *Aulocomnion palustre. 

 Equisemm sylva^icum. 

 * Fon tii ialis antipyretica (in the rills). 

 *Hypnum cu-pidatum ; *^piendens and 

 oiher woodland varieties in plenty. 

 Leptodon Sniithii, &c. 

 *Leucobryum glaucum. 

 *Lomaria Spicant. 

 *Nepurod'um Hilix-mas, with 

 Osmunda regalis (?), formerly plentiful. 

 " The king fern has not been found 

 here for y ars; too many people have 

 been after it." (Local information.) 

 *Sphagnum cymbifolium ; *acutifolium. 



75. THAMES DISTRICT, ABOVE AND ABOUT WINDSOR. 



Acorus Calamus (Staines Common). 

 Actinocarpus Damasonium (Winkfield 



Plain and Bracknell near Wi' dsor). 

 Bromus erectus (Bisham Wood and 



Winter Hill). 

 Calamagrostis Epigejos (about Virginia 



Water). 



Carex Isevigata (Windsor Great Park). 

 Convallaria niajalis (Clifden \\ ood). 

 Cuscuta europ^a (about Reading and 



Maidenhead); Trifolii (Winter Hill). 

 Daphne Mezereum (Bisbam AVood). 

 Elatine hexandra (Dam Head Cascade, 



Virginia Water). 



Epipactis latifolia (Bisham Wood). 

 Fritillaria M4eagns (meadows about 



Maidenhead and Reading). 

 Hypericum montanum (Bisham Wood). 

 Iris feet dir-sirna (Bisham Wood). 

 Leucojum aestivum (about Windsor), 

 l.imnanthemum nymph*oides (in the 



Thames at CookhaYii). 

 Littorella lacustris (Windsor Park). 

 Myosurus minimus (. ornnelds about 



Sluuirh. and at Cookharn). 

 Neottia Nidus-avis (Bisham and Clifden 



woods). 

 Nyrnph^a alba (Staines ; Windsor). 



