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gentian (Gentiéna Amarélla), on limestone, in a rocky wood near the Wytch, plentifully ; creeping 
water-parsnep (Sium répens), in marshy ground on the western side of the Worcestershire Bea- 
con ; mealy Guelder rose (VibGirnum Lantana), in the woods, on limestone, near Ledbury; flax 
(Anum usitatissimum), near Little Malvern; sundew (Droésera rotundifdlia), bog on western side 
of the Beacon’; snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis), in great abundance in a mossy glen at the north- 
western base of the Herefordshire Beacon, and in the adjoining wood ; daffodil.( Narcissus Pseiido- 
narcissus), in profusion in a wood near Little Malvern church, and some full-flowered varieties in 
other parts; wild tulip {(Tidipa sylvéstris), this was found among the limestone quarries by Jas. T. 
Goodman ; golden dock (Rimex paliistris), marsh by the chalybeate spring ; arrow grass (Trigld- 
chin palfstre), in boggy places ; meadow saflron (Colchicum autumnale), abundant in the moist 
meadows on the western side of the hills ; yellow-wort (Chlora perfolidta), near the limestone quar- 
ries ; bilberry * (Vaccinium Myrtillus), on the rocks of the Worcestershire Beacon ; Ling (Callina 
vulgaris), no other kind of heath grows throughout the whole range; great bistort (Polygonum 
Bistorta), in moist copsy meadows to the north of the hills; alpine bistort (P. viviparum) ; herb 
paris (Paris quadrifdlia), in the thick woods at the western bases of the two beacons ; golden saxi- 
frage (Chrysosplénium oppositifdlium), abundant in the shallow plashy rills ; Deptford pink (Di- 
anthus Arméria) ; bog stitchwort (Stellaria uligindsa) ; purple sandwort (Arenaria rubra), abun- 
dant on the rocks ; navelwort (Cotylédon umbilicus), numerous in the fissures of the rocks ; Sedum 
Teléphium, S. acre, and S. Album, all abundant on the rocks of the north hill, but the album rarely 
flowering; smooth awl-shaped spurrey (Spérgula sagindides), in a marshy spot on the western side 
of the Worcestershire Beacon, about midway down the hill; also in another springy spot near the 
Wytch ; wild service (PYrus torminalis), in the woods; mountain ash (P. aucuparia), numerous 
at the base of the north hill; Spirz’‘a salicifOlia, in an old, overgrown, half dried-up watercourse 
near Welland Common, at the base of the hills ; but, perhaps, naturalised there, as a garden was 
not far from the spot; Adsa villdsa; 2. tomentdsa; MR. rubigindsa, in some plenty on the limestone 
hills ; 2. micrantha, on the thickety side of the Warren Hill; A. Borréré and #. Forstéré, in the 
woods ; Potentilla argéntea, plentiful on the rocks; P. vérna, on the rock above the cave on the 
Herefordshire Beacon ; small-leaved lime (Tilia parvifolia), woods at the north end of the range ; 
Cistus Helianthemum ; columbine (Aquilégia vulgaris) ; Aaninculus parviflorus ; Népeta Cataria 5 
spearmint (Méntha viridis), by the side of a stream near Newland; peppermint (M. piperita), 
plentiful by the rills on the chase; calamint (Thymus Calamintha), abundant ; toothwort (La- 
thra\a squamiria), at the base of the north hill, on the roots of holly, and in a thick wood on a 
conglomerate rock near the Tame, on the roots of maple; foxglove (Digitalis purptirea), in all 
parts of the range, profusely ; Geranium lacidum; Fumaria claviculata; Anthyllis Vulneraria ; 
Vicia sylvatica, in the wood below the Worcestershire Beacon ; Ornithopus perpusillus ; saintfoin 
(Hedysarum Qnobr¥chis), on the limestone rocks ; sulphur-coloured trefoil (Trif dlium ochroled- 
cum, on the Link Common ; tutsan (Hypéricum Androse\mum), in a wood near Little Malvern 
priory; upright St. John’s wort (H. pulchrum), abundant on the heathy ground at the north base 
of the End Hill; wall hawkweed (Hieracium murdrum), on the rocks; Carline thistle (Carling 
vulgaris) ; golden red (Solidago Virgatirea), on the rocks ; chamomile (d/nthemis ndbilis), abun - 
dant on the wet commons near the hills; butterfly orchis (OQ. bifdlia), in the woods; pyramidal 
orchis (O. pyramidalis), on the limestone banks, varying with milk-white flowers; frog orchis (0. 
viridis), in pastures at the base of the north hill; aromatic orchis (0. condépsea), covering whole 
meadows at the foot of the northern limestone eminences ; bee orchis (QO. apifera), on the lime- 
stone rocks at Leigh Sinton ; ladies’ traces (Neottia spiralis), on the wet commons ; juniper (Juni- 
perus communis), on the limestone rocks ; yew (7axus baccata), abundant in the adjacent woods 
on limestone, various old and curiously grotesque individuals. 5 
Having thus enumerated so many flowering plants, I must defer men- 
tioning any.of the Cryptogamia at present. Iam, Sir, &c.— Edwin Lees. 
Hunter's Hall, near Little Malvern, Sept. 18. 1829. 
Plants varying in the Colour of their Flowers, &c., growing wild principally near Worcester. — 
Red valerian (Valeridna riibra), on the walls of the Priory gate at Crickhowell, with white flowers, 
but plants with red flowers growing intermixed with the white ones. Spring crocus (Crocus vérnus), 
with white flowers, in a low field on the south side of Worcester ; soil alluvial, on red marl. Cow- 
slip (Primula véris), with deep red flowers, in a gravelly field, on the west side of Worcester. 
Meadow saffron (Célchiceum autumnale), with white flowers, ina meadow on the banks of the 
Severn, growing in company with purple ones. Common ling (Callina vulgaris), with white 
flowers, in a boggy place on the western side of the Malvern Hills. Soapwort (Saponaria oflici- 
nalis), with double flowers, in a hedge on the road to Cotheridge. Wild plum tree (Primus do- 
méstica), with double flowers, in a hedge near Cruckbarrow Hill. Meadow-sweet (Spire ‘a Ulma- 
ria), a most beautiful variety, with full flowers, resembling small white roses, in a marshy place at 
Battenhall, on the road to Cruckbarrow Hill. Burnet rose (/dsa spinosissima), the cream- 
coloured petals marked with red, Battenhall Lane, Worcester. White-clustered bramble (Ribus 
leucéstachys), with double white flowers, in a hedge on the north side of Worcester. #ibus 
glanduldsus, with red flowers, and the calyces in six segments, terminating in leafy points on 
Bromsgrove Licky. Dwarf cistus (Cistus Helianthemum), with red flowers, in Lord Somers’s 
park at Eastnor Castle; a straggling seedling, probably from the neighbouring limestone emi- 
nences, where the common yellow flowers fiourish abundantly. Ground ivy (Gléchoma hedera- 
cea), with deep purple flowers, on red marl, in Battenhall Lane. Wood betony (Betdnica offici- 
nilis), with white flowers, in a copse on the Helbury Hill, west side of Worcester, towards the 
boundaries of the red marl and lias marl. Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris), with white flowers, west 
side of Worcester, on gravel. Red bartsia (Bartséa Odontites), with white flowers, on limestone near 
Ledbury ; eight or ten specimens with white flowers, growing within a yard’s distance of numerous 
plants with ved ones. Dwarf red rattle (Pedicularis sylvatica), with white flowers, in a boggy 
meadow near Mudwall Mill, Worcester; a number of plants growing together, all with white 
flowers. Great snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus), with cream-coloured flowers, on an old wall 
* I mention the bilberry here, to correct an error of Dr. Walker's of Huddersfield, who, in a 
paper recently published in the Midland Medical and Surgical Reporter, states that no bog or 
alpine plants are found on, the Malvern Hills, ** not even the Vaccinium.” Of course, it did not 
fall under Dr. Walker’s observation ; but he omitted to examine the rocks of the Worcestershire 
Beacon, where the Vaccinium Myrtillus grows plentifully ; and the bog on the west side of the 
Beacon also escaped his notice. 
Vore ll. — No. 12. M 
