near Blandford.— Durham ; Near Egleston. In deep shades near the Gunner’s 
Pool, Eden Dean. — Essex; Woods about Henham and Quendon. Cracks 
Wood, Henham, and Widdington Wood. In a wood near liroomfiekl, and in 
the Thrift Wood near Chelmsford. — Hampsh. In the Church-litten-Coppice, 
Selborne. — Herefordsh. Northern parts of the county. Woods near Eastnor. — 
Huntingtonsk. In llipton Woods. — Kent; About the middle of ISvseing 
Wood, near Feversham. Woods at Waldershaw. In the orchard at the 121ms, 
and in most of the woods about Dover, often with 5, G, and 7 leaves. In thickets 
near Lyminge. I n Stowting Wood, and in the Wood above the Cherry-garden, 
near the Turnpike. — Lancask. About Yealand. — Leicestersh. Hollinghall 
Wood near Loughborough, Buddon Wood, and Stocking Wood near Leicester. 
Okely Wood near Hathern. Charnwood Forest. — Middlesex ; Ken- Wood, 
Hampstead. Old Park Hanging Wood, and elsewhere about Harefield. — Nor- 
folk; In Blackwell, and Pismill Woods. Bedingham Wood near Bungay. 
Rackheath Wood. — Northamptonsh. In Whittleborough Forest ; in Brampton 
and Cransley Woods; also in Ilanvick Wood. — Northumberland; Heaton 
Wood, Scott’s Wood near Newcastle, and boggy woods below Morpeth. — 
Nottinyhumsh. In Colnwick Wood. About Asply. Pleasley Wood, near 
Beauvale Abbey and Newton Wood. — Shropsh . Wood ten miles from Shrews- 
bury on the Ludlow road. Spernal Park, and Cliff Wood near Bridgnorth. — 
Somersetsh. Near Ashby Lodge, on Landsdown. In Stockwood, Keynsham, 
and in a small copse by the side of the Wells road, eight miles from Bristol. — 
Suffolk; Woods at Rushbrook, and Great Saxham. — Staffordsh. Near Stone. 
Warwicksh. Locke’s Rough near Coleshill. Bannerley Rough, Coleshill , 
Eillongley, &c. — Westmoreland ; Islands in Winandermere. — Worcester sh. 
Wood near the Devil's Den near Clifton-upon-Teme. Woods and thickets on 
the side of Breedon Hill. About Frankley. In thick woods at the western 
bases of the two beacons on Malvern Hills. — Yorkshire; Most of the shady 
woods about Castle Howard. Near Leeds. Newburgh, Byland, Wass, Hoving- 
ham, Conisthorpe Woods. Studley, Hackfall. Morcar Wood by Copgrove, 
and elsewhere, most common. Near Rotherham. — WALES. Denbighshire; 
Among the thickets on the north side of Garregwen Rocks, and on the opposite 
side of the rivulet. — Flintsh. Sparingly in a wood in Treithin, and in one at 
Broncoed, both near Leeswood. — SCOTLAND. Wood about a mile south of 
Newhattle, near Dalkeith. Den of Bethaick, four miles from Perth. Banks a 
little above Caldcrwood. Banks of the Cart opposite the Mill : and bank of 
the Kelvin opposite the second Mill, Glasgow. Woods, Aberdeen. Glen of 
Lenny, north of Loch Menteith. — Fifeshire ; Banks of the Isla near Airly 
Castle. Woods of Lyndock, banks of the Dee, sides of Loch Ness, and woods 
of Du’mblane.— IRELAND. County of Kerry ; Ross Woods. 
Perennial. — Flowers in May and June. 
Root% creeping, somewhat fleshy. Stem quite simple, from 8 to 
12 inches high, upright, round, smooth, naked, except at the top. 
Leaves broadly egg-shaped, oval, or inversely egg-shaped, pointed, 
^rowing in a whorl at the top of the stem, usually 4, rarely 3, 5, 
or 6; of a dull green. Flower-stalk upright, angular, twisted, 
simple, and single flowered. Calyx-leaves ( sepals ) 3-ribbed. 
Petals narrow and pointed. Anthers yellow. Styles purplish 
black. Germen violet. Every other part of the flower is of a 
yellowish green. Berry purplish black. 
riant more curious than beautiful, but well deserving a place in the shrub- 
bery ; it should be planted in a shady situation where it is likely not to be dis- 
tuned. Mr. W. Tew, of Church Handborough, brought me some fine specimens 
from that neighbourhood, (in flower May 11, 1833); amongst them was one 
with 5 leaves, 5 sepals, 5 petals, 10 stamens, and 5 pistils. 
[The Rev. J. S. Henst.ow, A. M. Reg. Prof, of Bot. in the Univ. of Cam- 
bridge, has published a very interesting and valuable Taper in Loudon’s Mag. 
of Nat. Hist, for June, 1832, p. 429, “ On the Varieties of Paris quadrifolia , 
considered with respect to the Ordinary Characteristics of Monocotylcdonous 
Plants.”] 
[ Roots purgative. Berry said to be narcotic and dangerous. 
