1857.] HERTS FLORA. 201 



p. 254. Euphorbia Peplus. Common about Wheathamstead. 



p. 255. Mercurialis perennis. This plant is called '^Adder's 

 meat^^ by the Herts peasantry. 



p. 260. Salix Hoffmanniana. Lea^ between Marford and 

 Brock ett. 



p. 270. Juniperus communis. Chalk-dell south of Lamer Park. 



p. 280. Sparganium simplex. Ditches in the water-meadows 

 near Marford Bridge. 



p. 284. Anacharis Alslnastrum. In the Ver^ behind the Ab- 

 bey Churchy St. Alban's, towards St. Michael's^ flowering (female 

 flowers only), 1855, 



p. 285. Orchis Morio. Lamer Park, very fine, 1856. Pas- 

 tures near the Lea, Water-end Farm, 1857, scarce. On the open 

 waste near Oak Farm, south-east of Sandridge, plentiful, 1857. 



p. 285. Orchis [mascula]. Some very large plants, with se- 

 pals and petals very acute, and the leaves unspotted, possibly the 

 0, speciosa of Host, {vide Bab. Man. ed. 4. p. 316), occurred in 

 the Moat or Slad near LTpper Beech Hyde Farm, Sandridge, in 

 1856. O. mascula is by far the most common of the tribe in the 

 Wheathamstead district. 



p. 287. Orchis latifolia and angustifolia. Stanborough, 1856. 

 Near Marford Bridge. 



p. 287. Gymnadenia conopsea. Lamer Park, 1856. Marsh 

 near Marford Bridge, 1855. 



p. 290. Habenaria chlorantha. Great Warren Dell, near Nor- 

 folk's Woods, 1857. 



p. 291. Ophrys apifera. Lamer Park (Mr. Dorrington) . 



p. 293. Neottia Nidus-avis. Lamer Park, 1856. 



p. 294. Epip)actis latifolia. Sandridgebury Wood. Mackery- 

 end Wood. Near the western entrance to DowdeU's Wood. 



p. 299. Narcissus [Pseudo-Narcissus']. The double-flowered 

 variety occurs in profusion in some fields in Sandridge parish. 



p. 300. Narcissus biflorus. Upper Beech Hyde. 



p. 300. Galanthus nivalis. Single-flowered and wild, but not 

 indigenous about Marford. North bank of the Lea, towards 

 Water-end Farm. 



p. 302. Convallaria multiflora. Naturalized about Marford. 



p. 303. Hyacinthus, var. alba. Ayott Woods. Brockett Park. 



p. 304. Ornithogalum umbellatum. Near Wheathamstead. 



p. 304. (Additional species.) Ornithogalum nutans. Among the 



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