A HISTORY OF BEDFORDSHIRE 
nous; Wilbury Hill is one of the few British localities for the grass Phleum phalaroides, 
Wibel, at onetime knownas P. Behmeri. 
The cultivated fields also have three choice species, namely the ground pine (Ajuga Chame- 
pitys), the great earth nut (Carum Bulbocastanum), and the great corn rattle (Rhinanthus 
major). Besides these the arable ground affords the fumitories Fumaria densiflora, F. Vaillantii 
and F. parviflora, the candytuft (Iberis amara), the crimson poppy (Papaver hybridum), the 
toadflaxes Linaria spuria, L. elatine, and L. viscida, the Venus’ looking-glass (Specularia 
hybrida), the grass Bromus secalinus, the hone-wort Carum segetum, and the bur parsley Caucalis 
nodosa. 
The grassy downs are resplendent with the rock-rose (Helanthemum Chamecistus), the 
lady’s-fingers (Anthyllis Vulneraria), the horse-shoe vetch (Hippocrepis comosa), the small scabious 
(Scabiosa Columbaria), the squinancy wort (Asperula cynanchica), the field ragwort (Senecio cam- 
pestris), the Carline thistle (Carina vulgaris), the musk thistle (Carduus nutans), the marjoram 
(Origanum vulgare), the milkwort (Polygala vulgaris), the orchids Orchis pyramidalis, Habe- 
naria conopsea ; the perfoliate yellow-wort (Blackstonia perfoliata), the felwort (Gentiana Amarella), 
the Canterbury bell (Campanula glomerata), and the mullein (Verbascum Thapsus), etc. The grasses 
consist of Keeleria cristata and its var. gracilis, Festuca ovina, F. rigida, F. rubra, Bromus erectus, 
Avena pubescens, A. pratensis, Briza media, etc. 
The yew (Taxus baccata) is almost certainly native in the district, but the scarcity of the 
juniper (Funiperus communis) is remarkable, since it is so frequent on the chalk escarpment of 
Buckinghamshire. 
The rarer plants of the Ivel district include :-— 
Clematus Vitalba, L. 
tThalictrum calcareum, Jord. Flitwick (R. H. 
Webb.) 
Ranunculus Lingua, L. Reed Pond, Sundon (J.S.) 
t— Baudotii, Godr. 
— fluitans, Lam. Ive/ 
parviflorus, L. Tingrith (W. Couch) 
acris, L., var. Steveni (Andrz.) 
(Druce) 
Aquilegia vulgaris, L. Barton Leete (Abbot) 
Berberis vulgaris, L.  Sreppingley 
Papaver dubium, L., var. Lamottei 
Fiitwick (Druce) 
var. Lecoqii (Lam.) C/ophill 
Capnoides claviculata, Druce (Corydalis). Clop- 
bill, Kings Wood 
tDraba murals, L. E.B. Plate(Abbot); drawn 
from a Bedford specimen 
Erophila stenophylla, Jord. Ampthill (Druce) 
Erysimum cheiranthoides, L. Fétwick (J.S.) 
Diplotaxis muralis, DC. Railway 
Viola palustris, L. Ampthill (J. H.), Westoning 
(C. Crouch) 
— hirta, L., var. calcarea, Bab. Barton (J.S.) 
“Dianthus deltoides, L. Everton, Potton (Abbot) 
Cerastium quaternellum, Fenzl. mprhill War- 
ren, Clophill (Abbot) ; Fuitwick (McLaren) 
— viscosum, L., var. apetalum (Dum.) dmpt- 
4ill (Druce) 
[— pumilum, Curtis. Amprhill (Abbot) ; error, 
it should be C. semidecandrum] 
Stellaria media, Cyr., var. Borzana (Jord.) 
Ampthill, Flitwick (Druce) 
Silene noctiflora, L. Barton Hills (J.S.) 
— anglica, L. Barton (Abbot) 
-— Cucubalus, Wibel, var. puberula (Jord.) 
Barton (Druce) 
Sagina ciliata, Fries. 
— nodosa, Fenzl. 
(Druce) 
Arenaria leptoclados, Guss. 
” ” 
Fiitwick 
(Lam.) 
Ampthill (Druce) 
Ampthill (Abbot), Fiitwick 
Fiitwick (Druce) 
Saponaria officinalis, L. Harlington (J.8.) 
Claytonia perfoliata, Donn. Ampthill on the 
Maulden road 
Montia fontana, L., var. minor (All.) Fvitwick 
(Druce) 
*Hypericum elodes, L. Potton (Abbot) 
— calycinum, L. Haynes 
Geranium sanguineum, lL. 
(Abbot) 
— pusillum, L. Ampthill (Druce) 
— columbinum, L. Pegsdon 
Erodium cicutarium, L’Hérit. AmpzHill, etc. 
— moschatum, L’Hérit. Abbot (1801), Evers- 
Aolt (McLaren), Ampthill Warren 
Genista anglica, L. Ampthill (Abbot) 
Medicago Fakata, L. Flitwick 
t— lappacea, Desv. Near Caddington (Pryor) 
Trifolium scabrum, L. Fétwick (McLaren), 
Potton, Ampthill (Abbot) 
— ochroleucon, Huds. Potton, Everton (Abbot) 
— subterraneum, L. Ampzthill, Chphill (Abbot) 
Lotus uliginosus, Schk. F&twick 
— tenuis, W. & K. Haynes 
Vicia angustifolia, L., var. Bobartii, Koch. 
Ampthill (Druce) 
[— lathyroides, L. Ampzhill, Maulden, Chphill 
(Abbot), but his specimens are V. angusti- 
Sola] 
Lathyrus sylvestris, L. Haynes (Abbot) 
— Nissolia, L. Wilbury 
Potentilla argentea, L. Ampshill, frequent 
t— palustris, Scop. Flitwick Marsh (J.8.) 
Alchemilla vulgaris, L. Sandon 
Poterium polygamum,W. & XK. Railway banks, 
etc. 
Crategus oxyacanthoides, Thuill. 
etc. (C. Crouch) 
Pyrus Aria, Ehrh. Warden 
*Parnassia palustris, L. Ampthill (Abbot) 
tSedum album, L., var. teretifolium (Haw.) 
Barton (J.8.) 
Potton, an escape 
Pulbxhill, 
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