828 ON THE FLORA OF SOUTH BEDFORDSHIRE. 
the ‘Stonefield’ already mentioned; two had at least a dozen 
stems of fifteen to twenty inches from each root. This species had 
been also noticed at a former visit in 1878. 
Pyrus torminalis .—There are several large trees thirty to 
forty feet na in hedgerows and on the ou oe of woodland on 
the high ground called ‘Rapkins.’ These trees, though not 
flowering at “all this year, in some seasons Siorices abundance of 
fruits, which much resemble a small medlar, and are locally 
termed ‘‘serbs.’” When ripe they are gathered by oe farm- 
labourers, and fastened on sticks after the fashion of onion-strings, 
but with a handle at one end; each stick having three or four 
pounds of fruit attached to it, and finding a market at the price of 
a g or fifteenpence 
Torilis infesta L. Frequent i in Sone: 
Galium tricorne With.—Also freque 
_ Valerianelia dentata Poll.—Some oat- Milas were thickly ae are 
ar appea: 
Achillea Pies ica L. —Sparingly in the meadows. 
Euphorbia platyphylla L.—Among oan in small quantity. 
Gastridium lendigerum G —I saw this among wheat in 
several places; one field was almost fall of it, scarcely any other 
weed being present. I have never met with this grass as a weed 
of cultivation elsewhere. 
Polystichum aculeatum Roth Sins and plentiful. The only 
fern souined on the farm besides bracken 
ON THE FLORA OF SOUTH BEDFORDSHIRE. 
By James Saunvers. 
(Concluded from p. 312). 
om seo demersum L.—Local. Luton Hoo Lake, in fruit 
88: 
Parietaria diffusa pra Tipe Ampthill Church-yard. 
Urtica dioica L.; U. u 
aa Lupulus L. cahehdunt near Limbury, Biscot and 
ea montana Sm. Quercus pedunculata Ehrh. 
Fagus sylvatica L.—Abundant over the chalk area, but often 
lante 
Cory ylus Avellana L. 
arpinus Betulus L.—Not uncommon; some fine trees on Beech 
Hill, near Luton, and New Mill End. 
Alnus glutinosa L. Betula alba L. 
a tremula * —King’s Wood, Flitwick. 
aL.—Rare. Near Shillingto 
p. canescens aac —Rare. Near Caddington. 
