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THE NATURAL HISTORY 
[LETT. 
the pastures and moist woods with fungi. If in any branch of 
botany we may seem to be wanting, it mnst 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 needl^gs work ; but a 
short Jist of the more rare, and the spots where they are to be 
found, may be neither unacceptable nor unentertaining : — 
Stinking Hellebore {IJelleboms foetidus), Bear's foot or Setterwort, all over 
the High-wood and Coney-croft-hanger ; this continues a great branching 
plant the winter through, blossoming 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 
administered with caution. 
Green Hellebore (Hellehorus viridis), in the deep stony lane on the left 
hand just before the turning to Norton farm, and at the top of Middle 
Dorton under the hedge ; this plant dies down to the ground early in autumn, 
and springs again about February, flowering almost as soon as it appears 
above ground. 
Creeping Bilberry, or Cranberries {Vaccinnun oxycoccos), in the bogs of 
Bin's-pond. 
Whortle, or Bilberries {Vaccinium wAjrtillus), on the dry hillocks of 
Wolmer Forest. 
Eounddeaved Sundew (Drosera rotundiflora), and Long-leaved Sundew 
(Drosera longifolia), in the bogs of Bin's-pond. 
Purple Comarum {Comarum palustre) , or Marsh Cinquefoil, in the bogs of 
Bin's-pond. 
Tustan, or St. John's Wort {Hypericum androscemum), in the stony, 
hollow lanes. 
Lesser Periwinkle {Vinca minor), in Selborne-hanger and Shrub-wood. 
Yellow Monotropa {Monotro'pa hypopithys), or Bird's nest, in Selborne- 
hanger under the shady beeches, to whose roots it seems to be parasitical, at 
the north-west end of the Hanger. 
Perfoliated Yellow -wort (Chlora perfoliata, Blackstonia perfoliata, 
Iiudso7iii), on the banks in the King's-field. 
Herb Paris {Paris quadrifoUa), True-love, or One-berry, in the Church- 
litten-coppice. 
Opposite Golden Saxifrage {ChrysospjUnium oppositifolium) , in the dark 
and rocky hollow lanes. 
Autumnal Gentian {Gmtiana amarella), or Fellwort, on the Zig-zag and 
Hanger. 
Tooth-wort {Lathrcea squammaria), in the Church-litten-coppice under 
some hazels near the foot-bridge, in Trimming's garden hedge, and on the 
dry wall opposite Grange-yard. 
