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Bipsacus pilosuSj small teasel, — in the Short and Long 
Lith; 
Lathy rus sylvestris, narrow-lee^ved, or wild la thy r us, — 
in the bushes at the foot of the Short Lith, near the path ; 
Oplirys spiralis^ ladies^ traces, — in the Long Lith^ and 
towards the south corner of the common ; 
Ophrys nidus avis^^ bird's nest ophrys, — in the Long 
Lith under the shady beeches among the dead leaves, in 
Great Dorton among the bushes, and on the Hanger plenti- 
fully; 
Serapias latifolia,^ helleborine, — ^in the High Wood under 
the shady beeches ; 
Daphne laureola, spurge laurel, — in Selborne Hanger 
and the High Wood ; 
Daphne mezereum, the mezereon, — in Selborne Hanger 
among the shrubs at the south-east end above the cottages ; 
Lycoperdon tuher,^ truffles, — ^in the Hanger and High 
Wood ; 
Sambums ehulus, dwarf elder, wallwort, or danewort, 
— among the rubbish and ruined foundations of the Priory.^ 
^ Spiranthes autumnalis, Rich, ^ Neottia nidus-avis^ Rich, 
^ Epipactis latifolia, All. * Tuber cBstivum^ Vitt. 
^ From this letter and the previous one it would appear that Gilbert 
White paid comparatively but slight attention to the vegetable produc- 
tions of the neighbourhood in which he resided. His strictures on 
" mere systematic classification" were perhaps not uncalled-for at the 
period when they were written, for the science of botany was then in a 
very unsatisfactory state in this country, little else b^ing attempted 
beyond an arrangement of our indigenous plants according to the sexual 
system of Linnaeus. It is to be regretted, however, that our author 
thought it "needless work" to enumerate the plants found about 
Selborne, for the possession of such a catalogue at the present day 
would be of considerable interest and utility to those who are occupied 
with an investigation of the laws affecting plant distribution. 
In regard to the botany of Selborne, Dr. Trimen informs us that 
Gilbert White's scanty observations on the subject have been supple- 
mented by the late Dr. Bell Salter, who published in the " Phy tologist " 
(vol. i. p. 1132) a list of the flowering plants observed by him at 
Selborne during three days' botanizing in the month of September, 1844, 
and subsequently in the same periodical (vol. ii. pp. 97 and 131) he 
gave an elaborate account of the iJrambles (Rubi). Many notices of 
