THE BOTANY OF WORCESTERSHIRE 357 
very complete bibliography of the county by the late Mr. W. 
Mathews (to whom the Botany is appropriately dedicated), which 
it is called by the authors “alien: a new introduction,” but it is 
found in quite natural conditions: a hybrid with S. apetala is 
mentioned. 
specially connected with the county was 
Edwin Lees, who died in 1887, and of whom the present writer 
botanist, Mr. R. F. Towndrow, who read the proof-sheets, has 
himself done most excellent work in the county, adding many 
critical forms to its list. 
In the brief introduction a description of the physical char- 
acters of the county and its river drainage are given. For botanical 
purposes four divisions are made, two named after the rivers, the 
Severn which drain it, and two, the Malvern and the 
Lickey, so named from the two ranges of hills which diversify the 
ace. 
One interesting feature of the work is the introduction under 
each species of a well-written popular account of the uses, history, 
folk-lore, &c., which will be appreciated by those to whom a bare 
list of localities would be caviar. A brief explanation of the deri- 
given. 
are numbered throughout, the last in the first 
itella opaca. This large number 
strikes one with wonder, and the reader turns to the introduction 
neighbouring counties. On investigation it will be seen that, 
with the exception of a few casuals, every plant mentioned has 
been numbered, including not only the native species, denizens, 
colonists, and aliens, but also plants long ago extinct, if indeed 
