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paign fields, cannot but fumisli an ample flora. The deep 

 rocky lanes abound with filices, and the pastures and moist 

 woods -mth. fungi. If in any branch of botany we may seem 

 to be wanting, it must be in the large aquatic plants, which 

 are not to be expected on a spot far removed from rivers, and 

 lying, up amidst the hill-country at the spring-heads. To 

 enumerate all the plants that have been discovered within 

 our limits, would be a needless work ; but a short list of 

 the more rare, and the spots where they are to be found, may 

 neither be unacceptable nor unentertaioing. 



Hellehorus fcetidus, stinking hellebore, bear's-foot, or 

 setterwort — all over the Highwood and Coneycroft-hanger ; 

 this 'continues a great branching plant the winter through, 

 blossomiag about January, and is very ornamental in shady 

 walks and shrubberies. The good women give the leaves 

 powdered to children troubled with worms ; but it is a violent 

 remedy, and ought to be admuiistered with caution. 



Helleborus viridis, green hellebore — ia the deep stony lane, 

 on the left hand just before the turning to Norton farm, and 

 at the top of Middle Dorton under the edge ; this plant dies 

 down to the ground early in autumn, and springs again about 

 February, flowering almost as soon as it appears above ground. 



Vaccinium oxycoccus, creeping bilberries, or cranberries — 

 in the bogs of Bin's pond; 



Vaccinium myrtillus, whortle, or bUberries — on the dry 

 hillocks of Wolmer Forest ; 



Drosera rotundifolia, round-leaved sundew — ^in the bogs 

 of Bin's-pond ; 



Drosera longifolia* long-leaved sundew — in the bogs of 

 Bin's-pond. 



Comarvm palustre, purple comarum, or marsh cinque-foil 

 — in the bogs of Bin's-pond. 



Hypericum andros<smum, Tutsan, St. John's wort — ^in the 

 stony, hollow lanes ; 



Tinea minor, less periwinkle — in Selbome-hanger and 

 Shrub-wood ; 



Monatropa hypopiihys, yellow monotropa, or bird's-nest — 

 in Selbome-hanger under the shady beeches, to whose roots 

 it seems to be parasitical — at the north-west end of the 

 Hanger ; 



* Should this not have been Drosera An^llca?—'W.J, 



