A HISTORY OF BEDFORDSHIRE 
east of the county a small portion about Podington and Wymington 
is drained by a brook, which belongs to the Nene drainage, and corre- 
sponds with the Nene B district of Druce’s Flora of Northamptonshire ; 
a Narrow strip on the eastern side containing the parishes of Cockayne, 
Hatley, Wrestlingworth, and a portion of Edworth belongs to the Cam 
drainage, itself, like the Nene, a tributary of the main Ouse. We may 
therefore subdivide the county into seven botanical districts, namely :— 
(1. THE NENE, which has its counterpart in the Harper’s Brook or Nene B district 
of Druce’s Flora of Northamptonshire. 
2. Tue East Ouss. 
3. THe West Ouse, which has its counterpart in the Ouse district of Druce’s 
Flora of Northamptonshire and the Flora of Buckinghamshire (in preparation). 
4. Tue Iver, which corresponds with the Ivel district, No. 2, of Pryor’s Flora of 
Hertfordshire. 
5. Tue Cam, corresponding to district 1, the Cam, of Pryor’s Flora of Hertfordshire. 
(6. THE Ouzez, which corresponds with the same district in the Flora of Bucking- 
hamshire. 
Thames. 7. THE Lega, which has its counterpart in district No. 6 of Pryor’s Flora of 
Hertfordshire. 
The boundaries of the above districts are briefly as follows :— 
1. Tue Nene District 
is a small portion in the north of the county containing the parishes of Podington, 
Wymington and Farndish, having its southern limitation in the Forty-foot Lane, which is 
practically the water-parting of the Nene and the Ouse drainage. Lotus tenuis is the only 
plant recorded for this area from near Podington. 
2. Tue Easr Ouse Disrricr 
is bounded on the north by Northants, and on the east by Hunts as far as to Cold Arbour, 
which is about two miles east of Roxton. From Roxton to the Forty-foot Lane near 
Wymington Wold in the north, the separating line from the West Ouse district is traced by 
Florns Wood, between Wilden and Ravensden to Tilwick farm. ‘Then by Cross-end farm 
and Bletsoe Park, Harner Wood, and Souldrop village to the Nene boundary. 
The botany of this district is much less known than that of the other portions of the 
county. Keysoe Park and Melchbourne Woods should repay systematic search, and the river 
flora itself is sure to yield additional species to those recorded. ‘The gravelly soils should also 
prove remunerative. 
Among the interesting species recorded for the district are :-— 
Thalictrum flavum, L. Ouse tOrnithogalum pyrenaicum, L. Between Eaton 
Ranunculus fluitans, Lam. Ozse Socon and Thurkigh (Abbot), Keysoe Park 
tCentaurea Calcitrapa, L. Eaton Socon (Abbot) ; (Bot. Guide) 
not recently seen — nutans, L. Eaton (Bot. Guide) 
Cuscuta Trifolii, Bab. Basmeade (Pryor) Acorus Calamus, L. Ouse 
Hottonia palustris, L. Eaton Socon (Abbot) Orchis incarnata, L. Basmeade (Pryor) 
Thymus Chamedrys, Fries. Basmeade (Pryor) Calamagrostis Epigeios, Roth. Basmeade (Pryor) 
3. Tue West Ouse Districr 
is bounded on the north and east by the district of the East Ouse which has been described. It is 
separated from the Nene district by the Forty-foot Lane to Dungey Corner, from which place 
to Nun Wood it is limited by the county of Northampton. At the latter place the county 
boundary of Bucks is followed by Harrold Lodge to the river Ouse, which then becomes the 
county boundary as far as to the vicinity of Newton Blossomville. Thence the Bucks 
boundary limits the West Ouse district until the road from Broad Green to North Crawley is 
t before a plant name means that the plant is recorded for one district only, 
* means probably extinct. 
A plant name in italics signifies that it is not native in the district. 
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