A HISTORY OF WORCESTERSHIRE 



Orchis latifolia, L. 



X maculata .... 

 Luzula erecta, Desv. 



var. congests 

 Sparganium ramosum, Huds. 



var.microcarpum,Newman 



— neglectum, Beeby 

 Carex muricata, L. 



var. virens, Koch . 



— leporina, L. 



var. bracteata, Syme 



— flava, L. 



var. elatior, Schlec. 



Aira caryophyllea, L. 



var. multicaulis, Dunn 

 Avena fatua, L. 



var. pilosissima, Gray . 



var. intermedia (Lindgr.) . 

 Festuca rottboellioides, Kunth . 

 Bromus mollis, L. 



var. glabratus, Doell . 

 Asplenium Filix-foemina, Bernh. 



var. erectum, Syme 

 Aspidium lobatum, Sw. 



var. genuinum, Syme . 



APPENDIX C 



Casuals, being plants not mentioned either in the London Catalogu 

 Hooker's Student's Flora, which have been recorded for Worcestershire :— 



Sir Joseph 



Aquilegia alpina 



Anemone fulgens 



— nemoralis 



var. rubra, Pritzel . 

 Papaver rhoeas 



var. Pryorii, Druce 



Lunaria biennis 



Lepidium perfoliatum 

 Impatiens Roylei 



var. macrochila . . . . 

 Medicago lupulina 



var. Wildenowiana 

 Rubus corylifolius 



var. fasciculatus, P.J. Muell 



— rusticanus 



var. pubigerus, Bab. . 

 Rosa stylosa 



var. systyla 



X arvensis 



Anagallis Indica . . . . 

 Mentha gentilis 



X arvensis . . . . 

 Salvia verticillata . . . . 

 Rumex conglomeratus 



X crispus . . . . 



— obtusifolius 



var. sylvestris . 



X crispus . . . . 



— sanguineus 



var. viridis 



X obtusifolius . . . 



Cannabis sativa 



Luzula albida 



Carex vulpina 



X divulsa . . . . 



— flava 



var. minor, Townsend 

 Valisneria spiralis . . . . 



THE MOSSES {Musci) 



The study of the geological and physical features of Worcestershire 

 would naturally lead a moss student to anticipate a more varied moss 

 flora than has at present been found to exist there. Probably this paucity 

 of species is largely due to artificial, and not to natural causes. The 

 absence of many species may be accounted for by the changes inci- 

 dental to the growth of centres of industry, and the reclamation of what 

 were in past times uncultivated waste places, such as the extensive bogs 

 and marshes in various portions of the county. As instances Moseley 

 Bog and Feckenham Bog may be named, both places having been the 

 home of the rare Hypnum scorpioides. Sphagnum squarrosum, and other bog- 

 loving species ; and Longdon Marsh and several other like places which 

 were at one time rich in mosses. Then, too, the reclamation of the peaty 



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