14 NOTES ON THE FLORA OF NORTHAI 



*Helleborus viridis. L. Naturalised near Benefield, Rev. M. J. 

 Berkeley ; and about Cogenlioe. 



*H. foetid us, L. Well established on Weldon quarries, Nene c ; 

 borders of Yardley Chase, Ouse. 



Anemone Pulsatilla, L. Still abundant on the quarries of 

 liarnack and Southorpe, Nene e f where it was noticed by Eay. 



Nymphaa alba, L. Plentiful and truly wild in Nene, from 

 Oundle eastwards, Nene c ; Cherwell {French d Beesley). 



Diplotaxis tenuifolia, DC. Grew in abundance on the south 

 bastion and walls of Northampton Castle, its only locality in 

 the county; but the recent extension of the L. & N. W. railway 



system has removed the castle, so the plant must now be considered 

 extinct. 



D. mitral in, DC. Griinsbury rail bank, Cherwell (French). 



Sisymbrium .Sophia, L. Confined to the Nene Valley, where it 

 occurs in a and b districts, as at Harleston, Hunsbury Hill, Duston, 

 Highain Ferrers, &c. A most abundant plant at the sewage works, 

 Northampton, where, from the greater richness of soil, the plant is 

 sometimes quite glabrous. 



Erysimum cheiranthoidcs, L. Naturalised on rail banks at Kings- 

 thorpe Bhsworth, &c, Nene a; below Peterboro', in places 

 possibly indigenous, Nene c, 



*Hesperis matronalis, L. Overthorp {A. Beesley), Newbottle 

 Spinney (T. Beesley), Cherwell. 



*CheiranthusCheiri, L. Northampton and Barnwell Castle : and 

 on Peterboro' Cathedral. 



Calamine amaraL. Decreasing or extinct in many of its old 

 localities ; still plentiful by canal side at Yardley, Gobion, Cosgrove, 

 and at Furtho, Ouse. . 5 



C. sylvatica Link Brook-side, Kingsthorpe, Harleston, &c, 

 Nene a; Delapre, Arthingworth, Nene b; Stoke Bruern, &c, 



Arabis Thaliana,L. Plentifulin sandy soil, and more frequently 

 on sandstone walls throughout county. 



A. hirsute, L. (queried in Top. Bot.) Plentiful on the quarries 

 of Collyweston and Easton, Welland; Barnack, Weldon, and 

 otanion, Nene c. 



*Armoracia rusUcana^ Bab. Man. So abundant by river sides 

 and in osier-beds near Northampton, that were not its history and 



LdSimut 6 PkUt W ° Uld u » doubt ^y be considered 



vJf^S ?f thi \ f °ft Eai1 banks ^J™& Kingsthorpe, 

 yeZ^nthei^^ 16 ""^' 1 '' but ^^rrn with ? shorter stales £d 



: /, Draba L. New Duston, &c, Nene a; most abundant and 

 ttlitSL^f^ ab ^tbe sewage works, Nene b ; and W 

 Zt^Z^ 8 *™ 8 * maUUre »* t0 be - tr ^-d to many 



Xasturtium siifolho, , Reich. Occurs by rail-side near Kings- 

 horpe, Nene a; and at Furtho, Ouse b 



Reseda alba, L. Duston, Nene a. Appearing at wide distances 



