THE FAUNA AND FLORA OF FLORDON COMMON. 183 
a spring oozes ; ( d ) a long narrow belt of gravelly soil sloping 
down to the marsh ; with ( e ) a steeply sloping bank facing 
south. On the western common this (/) narrow ridge of 
gravelly soil becomes much higher and has thickets of furze 
on its southern slope. Beyond a big hedge running north 
and south the roadway enters (g) an area of hills and hollows, 
probably the result of ancient parochial workings for chalk 
and gravel, opening on the north to (h) the parish gravel pit 
at present in use. With these varying soils and surroundings 
it is obvious that a large number of species find suitable 
environment. Both on / and g there are large brakes of 
Rubus idceus and among the furze on the former are Senecio 
sylvaticus, Campanula rotundifolia, Linaria vulgaris, Cli- 
nopodium vulgare and Galeopsis Tetrahit. By the foot-path 
to Wreningham on the western boundary of the common is 
an elder tree 4 ft. 1 in. in circumference 3-J ft. from the ground, 
and about 30 ft. in height. 
The following were the plants noted on the higher ground : 
Ranunculus acris Stellaria media 
repens 
bulbosus 
Ficaria 
Holostea 
graminea 
uliginosa 
Papaver Rhoeas 
Chelidonium majus 
Fumaria officinalis 
Cardamine hirsuta 
Erophila verna 
Sisymbrium Thalianum 
Arenaria trinervia 
,, serpyllifolia 
Sagina procumbens 
Montia fontana 
Hypericum perforatum 
,, pulchrum 
Malva sylvestris 
,, rotundifolia 
officinale 
Alliaria 
Brassica arvensis 
Capsella Bursa-pastoris 
Reseda Luteola 
Viola arvensis 
Silene latifolia 
Lychnis alba 
Erodium cicutarium 
Acer Pseudo-platanus 
Tilia vulgaris 
Linum catharticum 
Geranium molle 
dissectum 
Robertianum 
„ dioica 
Cerastium viscosum 
,, vulgatum 
,, campestre 
Ulex europaeus 
