Hist. v. iv. p. 44(3. — Herefordshire ; In the Northern parts of (lie County : Mr. 
Duncump.. — Herts; By the river-side at Iiickmansworth : Dr. Martyn In 
a marshy meadow near Redburn : Mr. K. Forster, jun. — Kent ; In afield to 
the right upon Stoneslreet, about eight miles from II y the: Mr. W. Fagg, in 
Sm. PI. of S. Kent. — Leicestershire ; Moist closes about Humberston and 
Evington, near Leicester: Dr. Pulteney. — Middlesex ; Meadow by Bishop’s 
Wood near Hampstead : Mr. Curtis. River-side about Uxbridge: Brack- 
stone. Top of Muswell Hill: Mr. J. Woods, jun. — Norfolk; At Heigham 
near Norwich : Mrs. Kett, in Sm. FI. Brit. Near Brome : Mr. W oonw aud. — 
Northamptonshire ; Meadows near the Ouse, not far from Cosgrove : Morton. 
— Northumberland; Between Dunston and Darwenlhaugh : Mr. Winch. — 
Nottinghamshire; In a close between the Leen and Linton churchyard: 
Deering. — Shropshire ; Near the Mill at Meol ; Sutton near Shrewsbury, 
four miles from Oswestry on the Welch Pool road : Mr. Aikin. — Somerset- 
shire ; Near Yeovil: Loud. Mag. Nat. Hist. v. iii. p. 174 .—Staffordshire ; 
Near the Infirmary, Stafford: Dr. Withering. — Suffolk; Rendham, in a 
meadow next the Parsonage; North Glemham in one next the road : Rev. G. 
Crabb. Shipmeadow : Mr. Woodward. Low meadows near the Pest House, 
Bury: Sir T. G. Cui.i.um. — Surrey ; Battersea Meadows: Meriiet and 
Dr. Smith. — Sussex; Near Midhurst : Mr. Borrer. — Warwickshire ; Plen- 
tiful in a meadow at Tamworth and Fasely : Ray. Near Packinton: Coun- 
tess of Aylesford. In a field at Oversley : Mr. Pitrton. Allesley : Rev. 
W. T. Bree. Garlic Meadow near Penn’s Mill, Erdington : Dr. Wither- 
ing. — Worcestershire ; Near Bromsgrove, on the side of the Kidderminster 
road : Mr. Purton. Ham Green, near Mathon and Martley : Mr. Ballard. 
Moist meadows to the North of Malvern Hills: Mr. E. Lees. — Yorkshire ; 
Near Rotherham: Mr. L. Langley. About Sheffield, Halifax, and Brad- 
ford: Ray. Near C. Howard : Teesdale. Near Coxwold, and Newburgh: 
Rev. A rchd. Pierson. About Leeds : Rev. W. Wood. JVIackershaw Wood, 
and meadows near Ripon : Mr. Brunton. Near North Lees ; Magdale Close 
above Tanfield : Rev. J. Dalton. Meadow adjoining Fountains Abbey : Mr. 
D. Turner. — WALES. Anglesea ; Near Llanfaes Church, and on Treffos 
demesne. — Denbighshire ; In a trench without the western wall of the Castle 
of Ruthin : Waring. — Flintshire ; Moist meadows in the front of Plus On, in 
the parish of Mold : Mr. Griffith. — SCOTLAND. About Inverary : Mr. 
Ligiitfoot. Marshy ground at Roseburn, near Coltbridge, and banks of the 
North Esk, below Hevock Mill: Mr. Maughan. Waste ground, Kilbride; 
Glen near Castlemilk ; and banks of the Kilvin atGairbraid: Mr. Hopkirk. 
Below Greenock, Bute, and Arran, plentiful : Mr. Murray. Rosslyn 
Woods: Mr. Arnott. — IRELAND. Meadows near Bantry : Miss Hutch- 
ins. In a field at Ashtown near Monkstown : Capt. Pratt. 
Perennial. — Flowers in May and June. 
Root large, more or less bent or crooked, somewhat creeping, and 
furnished with numerous fibres. Stems from 1 to 2 feet high, sim- 
ple, upright, round, striated, smooth, leafy. Leaves smooth, egg- 
shaped, wavy, bluntish ; glaucous beneath ; the radical ones on long 
winged footstalks. Footstalks of the stent-leaves tubular and sheath- 
ing, each crowned with a membranous jagged, withered stipula. 
Spike terminal, upright, round, dense, many-flowered. Partial- 
stalks simple, very slender, with short brown bracteas at the base. 
Calyx rose-coloured, deeply 5-cleft, blunt, spreading, with necta- 
riferous glands at the base, (fig. 5). Stamens 8, longer than the 
calyx. Styles quite distinct. Stigmas small, blunt. Seed tri- 
angular, dark brown, shining +. 
t Root one of the strongest vegetable astringents. Young shoots sometimes 
boiled for the table. — M. Hemstaedt, of Berlin, has discovered that this plant 
will tan leather effectually, and with a much smaller quantity than is necessary 
of oak bark. Withering. 
