A HISTORY OF 
tCampanula patula, L. Luton Hoo (J. Edge) 
— latifolia, L. Whipsnade, Studbam Common 
(J.5.) 
Cuscuta Trifolii, Bab. See paper by Mr. 
Carruthers on the devastation of Swedish 
turnips at Dunstable (Fourn. Royal Agric. 
Soc. vol. ix. pt. i.), where it is stated that 
the plant not only fed on the foliage but 
actually on the turnips themselves. 
Erica cinerea, L. Pepperstock (J.S.) 
Pyrola minor, L. Woods near Luton (Abbot), 
(? if in Beds) 
Hypopitys Monotropa, Crantz. New Mill End 
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Vinca minor, L. Limbury, New Mill End (J.8.) 
Menyanthes trifoliata. Limbury, Leagrave Marsh 
(J.S.) 
» Atropa Belladonna, L. Whipsnade (Abbot) 
Hyoscyamus niger, L. Limdury (J.S.) 
Digitalis purpurea, L. Luton Hoo (J.S.) 
Linaria repens, Mill. Luton with the hybrid 
L. vulgari-repens (R. Pryor) 
Mimulus Langsdorfii, Donn. Luton Hoo (J.8.) 
Lysimachia nemorum, L. Chivern Green (J.S.) 
Ajuga Chamepitys, Schreb, Luton Downs 
(Abbot) 
Rumex maritimus, L. Mew Mill End (J.S.) 
Polygonum Bistorta, L. South of Luton (J.S.) 
— maculatum, Trim. and Dyer. Lea Side (J.S.) 
t Aristolochia Clematitis, L. Thoroughly natural- 
ized in a wood at Luton Hoo (J.S.) 
Daphne Laureola, L. Leagrave, New Mill End 
U.S.) 
Ceratophyllum demersum, L. Luton Hoo Lake 
in fruit, 1882 (J.S.) 
BEDFORDSHIRE 
Carpinus Betulus, L, Fine trees near Luton 
and at New Mill End (J.S.) 
Populus canescens, Sm. Caddington (J.S.) 
Salix purpurea, L. Limbury (J.S.) 
Triglochlin palustre, L. Luton 
Zannichellia palustris, L., drachystemon, Gay. 
Luton Hoo, sources of the Lea (J.S.) 
Potamogeton perfoliatum, L. Limbury Pond (J.S.) 
— pusillum, L. New Mil! End (J.8.) 
— pectinatum, L. Luton Hoo Lake (J.S.) 
Butomus umbellatus, L. River Lea (J.S8.) 
Habenaria viridis, R. Br. Pepperstock (J.S.) 
Cephalanthera pallens, Rich. New Mill End 
S.) 
Tulips sylvestris, L. Whipsnade (Abbot) 
Polygonatum multifiorum, All. Luton Hoo (J.S.) 
Ornithogalum umbellatum, L.  Limbury (J.8.) 
Alluin ursinum, L. East Hyde (J.S.) 
Orchis ustulata, L. Dunstable Downs 
Iris foetidissima, L. Luton Hoo 
Scirpus multicaulis, Sm. Woodside, Pepperstock 
(J.S.) 
Carex disticha, Huds. Luton Hoo (J.S.) 
— leporina, L. Pepperstock (J.S.) 
— Goodenowii, Gay. Biscot (J.S.) 
Sieglingia decumbens, Beauv. Pepperstock (J.S.) 
+ Bromus arvensis, L. Not uncommon near Luton 
(J.S.) 
Lomaria Spicant, Desv. Luton Hoo (J.S.) 
Asplenium Trichomanes, L. Luton Hoo 
Scolopendrium vulgare, Symons. ,, 
Chara fragilis, Desv. 
Hedwigii 
Nitella opaca, Ag. Sources of the Lea at Biscot 
(J.S.) 
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Limbury (J.8.), with var. 
THE BRAMBLES (Rai)! 
The brambles of Bedfordshire are only imperfectly known, but 
the extensive area of the Lower Greensand is especially prolific in 
species, and systematic search would probably reveal a large number. 
The areas of the Chalk and Clays are poor and afford little beyond Rudus 
ulmifolius, R. corylifohus with its varieties cyclophyllus and sublustris, and 
the dewberry (R. cesws), the latter being especially frequent in damp 
woods and by the sides of wet ditches. "The woodlands on the Clay also 
have R. /eucostachys, and occasionally R. radula and R. echinatus. The 
Chalk, where it comes to the surface, is also singularly poor, but where, 
as at Chiltern Common, it has a covering of brick earth or tertiaries a 
much more varied selection of brambles is to be met with. The richest 
districts are Woburn, Heath and Reach, the neighbourhood of Leighton 
Buzzard and Ampthill. 
At Woburn, in both Bucks and Beds, is a variety of R. Airtus, 
namely flaccidifolius (P. J. Miiller), which is unknown elsewhere in 
Britain ; and in this neighbourhood the writer has met with R. pyramida- 
lis, R. fissus, R. plicatus, R. Lindletanus, R. rhamnifolius, R. pulcherrimus, 
R. macrophyllus, R. rudis, R. dasyphyllus, R. dumetorum, R. corylfolius and 
1 By G. Claridge Druce. 
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