DAVY : LINCOLNSHIRE NATURALISTS AT GIBRALTAR POINT. 51 
specimen is in the South Kensington Museum. The specimens 
obtained by Mr. Fowler and myself have been verified by 
Mr. F. Arnold Lees, and by comparison with the specimens in 
the collection of the late Mr. H. C. Watson, at the Kew 
Herbarium, and Mr. Streatfeild’s specimens above referred to. 
Lathyrus pratensis L. 
Spirea Ulmaria L. Mr. Ward Robinson, of Grimsby, informs 
me that in some parts of the county the ‘ Meadow Sweet’ is 
called ‘Queen of the Meadow,’ and that a small quantity of the 
flowers is used as one of the ingredients of herb beer. 
Rubus czsius L. On the sand-hills. 
Potentilla Anserina L. 
Alchemilla arvensis L. 
Agrimonia Eupatoria L. Highly valued in Tascolnahire as an 
ingredient of herb beer. 
Crategus Oxyacantha L 
Sedum acre L.! Locally called ‘ Poor-man’s pepper.’ 
Myriophyllum spicatum L. ! 
Epilobium hirsutum L. E. parviflorum Schreb. ! 
Apium graveolens L. (sp.) Very abundant on drain banks. 
Apium nodiflorum Reichb. 
Sium latifolium L. ! (sp.). Wainfleet. 
CEnanthe fistulosa L. (CE. Lachenalii Gmel.! (sp.). 
Ethusa Cynapium L. 
Angelica sylvestris L. 
Heracleum capeiseen L. The leaves are locally used for 
‘ rabbit-mea 
Daucus Carota L 
Caucalis Anthriscus Huds. 
Sambucus nigra L. Plentiful on the sand-hills. The berries 
are, of course, largely used in Lincolnshire, as elsewhere, for 
elder-wine, elder-syrup, etc., which are considered good 
remedies for coughs. 
Galium verum L. G. Aparine L 
Dipsacus sylvestris L. 
Bellis perennis L. 
Aster Tripolium L. 
Pulicaria dysenterica Gertn. 
Achillea Millefolium L. Mr. Ward Robinson informs me that 
2 oieoy is another ingredient of herb beer, and adds, ‘When a boy 
eb. 18o2. 
