VOL. XIX. (i) FLORA OF THE TETBURY DISTRICT 
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THE FLORA OF THE TETBURY DISTRICT 
BY 
E. M. DAY. 
The country in the immediate neighbourhood of Tetbury, 
consisting largely of arable and grazing land, is rather monoton- 
ous, and frequently of little botanical interest ; but where it 
is intersected by valleys, as in the neighbourhood of Avening 
and Cherrington, many rare plants occur. The soil is princi- 
pally limestone, and the average elevation between 400 and 
500 feet above sea-level. There is little water, and the only 
marshy ground of any extent is situated about a mile south- 
west of Avening. 
Here grow Menyanthes trifoliata (Bog-bean), Galium 
uliginosum, Pedicularis palustris (the large Red-rattle), J uncus 
subnodulosus, Triglochin palustre (Arrow-grass), Scirpus sylva- 
ticus, Carex paniculata, C. echinata, and Molinia ccerulea. 
In the woods between this marshy ground and Nailsworth 
may be iomid Aquilegia vulgaris (Wild Columbine), Hypericum 
humifusum, Rosa micrantha, Chrysosplenium alternifolium (the 
Large Golden Saxifrage), Monotropa hypopitys (Yellow Bird’s- 
nest), Airopa Belladonna (Deadly Night-shade), Daphne 
Laureola (Spurge Laurel), Neottia nidus-avis (Bird’s-nest 
Orchis), Helleborine media, Colchicum autumnale (Meadow- 
Saffron), Paris quadri folia (Herb Paris), Phegopteris Robertiana, 
and Equisetum maximum (the great Horse-tail). 
There is an interesting piece of country between Rod- 
marton and the County-boundary, near the Cirencester road. 
Adonis autumnalis (Pheasant’s Eye) and Anagallis ccerulea 
(Blue Pimpernel) grow in the cornfields here. Among other 
plants to be noted here are Arenaria tenuifolia, Ononis spinosa 
(Spiny Rest-harrow), Astragalus danicus, Genista tinctoria 
(Dyer’s Green- weed), Erigeron acre, Serratula tinctoria (Saw- 
wort), Pedicularis sylvatica, Thesium humifusum, Ophrys 
apifera (Bee Orchis), Sieglingia decumbens. 
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