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RADNORSHIRE AND BRECONSHIRE PLANTS, 
By tae Rev. W. Movie Roczrs, F.L.S. 
vine spent the latter half of last July and the whole of 
August on vane borders of the counties of Radnor and Brecon, I 
have thought that some account of the plants I saw in re es 
rambles may be not altogether without interest to others. Twi 
for two or three days at a time, I had the great aAvanises eh 
the Rev. Augustin Ley’s Sochuaninnabin: My son, F, A. Rogers, 
was also with me for the first fortnight. To their more extended 
exploration I am indebted for several interesting records, as they 
examined ground which I could not reach; while Mr. Ley’s 
Omitting for the present all a of oy Rubi, I give a com- 
plete list of the other plants When the species are really 
common ones and have been proudly mooie for the two counties, 
the specific name —— will be given, without localities. When the 
comital number (42 for Brecon, or 438 for pode is added in 
brackets, it must be understood that I have seen the plant, not (as 
in the case of those to which no comital number is attached) in 
both counties, but only in the one county represented by the 
r. An asteri isk will be prefixed in those cases where I 
believe (Mr. Arthur ini assenting) that there has been no 
previous record for the ¢ 
The districts came were (to describe — very briefly) the 
neighbourhood of Pr ali anal as the §.E. corner of Radnorshire ; 
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neighbourh oods, further south in Breconshire. The exceptional 
heat did much to curtail my expeditions, and ie reached only a very 
moderate height on the hills; but I botanized — steadily from 
day to day for six weeks, and so was able to explore with some 
thoroughness a fair amount of interesting ground in the two 
counties, though seldom going far from the actual Wye Valley. 
The following list will show that I altogether failed to find 
many of our common 8. England plants, including Eupatorium 
cannabinum, Gentiana Dirilis. Erica Tetralix and cinerea, 
Myosotis repens, Veronica Anagallis and V. scutellata, Lycopus euro- 
paus, Thymus Chamedrys, Solanum nigrum, Plantago Coronopus, 
Euphorbia amygdaloides, and Molinia varia, I was also much struck 
with the extreme rarity of (among cag Dusan ere # ythrum 
Salicaria, Galium ries Solanum Dulcamara, Ballota nigra, 
Lamium album, and Seleranthus annuus. Moreover, ie long 
drought had ait dried up an unusually large number of early- 
flowering specie 
Anemone pra ge L. (42). — Ranunculus circinatus Sibth. 42. 
Llangorse Lake, F. A. Rogers !—R. hederaceus L.—R. Flammula L. 
-—R. acris Li repens L.—R, bulbosus L.—R. Ficaria L, (42).— 
-Caltha palust 
Jovnnat o OF <a 37. [Jan 1899.]} cee 
