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NOTES ON SHROPSHIRE PLANTS. 
By Wriuum E. Brecxwira. 
a richer field for the botanist, than Shropshire; its hig 
destitute of trees, like the Clee Hills, ongmynds, the 
Stiper stones, and the Caradoc; or clothed with woods, like the 
Wrekin,—its other great tracts of woodland; the Rivers Severn, 
Tern, and Teme, with innumerable brooks, streams, and reservoirs; 
the meres near Ellesmere; the mosses near Whitchurch and 
Few counties in England present a more diversified surface; or 
hills, 
still flourishing in localities instanced by him, and bearing mute 
found by myself or sent me by friends since tha ‘ 
_T have followed the arrangement and nomenclature of Syme’s 
edition of ‘English Botany.’ 
Thalictrum flavum, L. Banks of the River Tern, and ditches in 
Attingham Park; banks of the Severn near Leighton, Buildwas, 
and Bridgnorth, 
Ranunculus hederaceus, GL 
Church Stretton, Frodesley, 
Wealdmoors, and Leighton. 
fi. sceleratus, L. Very frequent about Ellesmere and Berrington, 
FR. Lingua, L. Bomere Pool, near Shrewsbury; Colemere and 
Whitemere Meres. 
R. auricomus, L. Frequent in woods round the Wrekin. 
R. parviflorus, L. On Charlton Hill, Wroxeter. 
R. arvensis, L. Common in fields near Eaton Constantine, 
Leighton, and round the base of the Wrekin, 
Helleborus viridis, L. Homer Common, near Much Wenlock ; 
apparently quite wild. 
H. fotidus, li. Several plants of this species still grow by the 
road leading from Much Wenlock to Buildwas, a locality mentioned 
by Mr. Leighton in his ‘Flora of Shropshire.’ 
ilegia vulgaris, L. Wood between Cound and Evenwood ; 
wood near Buildwas Bridge. 
guilt ts 
only began them in 1876, and have only included the rarer plants 
te 
- Small pools and ditches about 
Atcham, Ellesmere, Eyton-on-the- 
