72 ON THE FLORA OF SOUTH BEDFORDSHIRE. 
The district implied in the term ‘‘ South Beds” includes the 
whole of the cretaceous strata, from the upper ‘‘ chalk-with-flints,”’ 
ane its overlying drift in the extreme south, to the lower green 
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of these zones, will be noted in their places. Within the district 
characterized by the absence of any large river. The highest 
elevation is a little over eight hundred feet above the sea level, so 
that the whole of the area may be regarded as ‘ lowland.” 
e list, as a whole, will give a fair idea of the plants that are 
associated with the cretaceous formation as it occurs in Englan 
uninfluenced either “a pn or lacustrine conditions, with the 
trifling exception of all ‘‘ lake’ in Luton Hoo Par 
e specimens bags all been pathonad since 1878. 
Clematis Vitalba L Pimeregys on the calcareous beds, in 
hedges, and borders - thicket 
nm Li, Sette near Bedford, and just mie the 
southern Sagem in Sibrts, ‘put has not been observed in 8. . 
lsatilla L. Limited to the ae chalk dibbae * 
where it is locally abundant. a Strea 
Ranunculus circinatus Sibth.—Rare. ee Juise. 
R. peltatus Fries.—Local, in ponds, Sundon. Var. floribundus.— 
od. 
R. Drouetit Schultz.—Local in ponds, Limbury. Var. Godronii 
Gren.—Very rare. Ponds, Limbury. Specimens sent to Botanical 
Record Club appear to be Drowetii, developing floating leaves during 
very hot summers. 
R. Baudotiti Godron.—* Reed Pond,’’ Sundon. 
R. hederaceus Li.—Local. Flitwick; Chorlton 
R. Lingua te —Veryrare. Reed Pond, Sundon. First observed 
by Mr. J. Ekins. 
R. auricomus L.; R. acris L.; R. Flammula ae ae sceleratus L.; 
R. repens Li; R jnilbows rahe Rie rvensis L.; R. Ficaria L. 
Caltha palustris 
— viridis L.—Local. Limbury, meadows ; Whipsnade, 
woods 
H. fetidus L.—Occurs i craia as a garden escape, on the 
Lynchets, Hart Hill, “he Lut 
Aquilegia vulgaris L.—Rare. Barton Leat Wood. Interesting 
as still existing in Abbots only stat 
 Delphinium Ajacis Reich., ‘oasis ne rm-fields on calcareous 
soil at Lilley, Herts, just outside the ree pe of Beds. 
erberis vulgaris L.—Local. Woods near Stepping 
Nymphaea alba rf —In rte Woburn Park ; cebany: planted. 
Abundant i ans the River Ous 
dt atc Pleat Lea, in the extreme south, 
Papaver iiiiies L, 
