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COUNTY BOTANY OF WORCESTER. 
Aug., 18S9. 
HISTORY OF THE COUNTY BOTANY OF WORCESTER. 
BY WM. MATHEWS, M. A. 
( Continued from page 163.) 
Lees, in “ Botany of the Malvern Hills.” 
* Hypochoeris glabra, 38. In damp boggy spots about the base of 
the hills. S.E. base of the North Hill , 1888 , R. F. Towndrow. 
Sp.! 
H. radicata, 38. 
Apargia hispida, 37. 
A. autumnalis, 37. 
Thrincia hirta, 37. 
Picris hieracioides, 37. 
Helmmthia echioides, 37. 
* Tragopogon pratensis, 37. Both forms. 
Leontodon Taraxacum, 37. ( Taraxacum officinale and var. palustre.) 
* Prenanthes ( Lactuca) muralis, 37. 
Sonchus oleraceus,J37. 
S. arvensis, 37. 
Crepis tectorum, 37. The plant intended is C. virens, L. 
Hieracium Pilosella, 37. 
f*H. murorum. 37. Rocks near the Wych, 37. More luxuriant on 
Little Malvern Church. I have previously expressed a doubt as 
to this being the true plant. It does not now grow at the Wych. 
* H. vulgatum, 37. 
* H. boreale, 37. 
* Campanula rotundifolia, 17. 
* C. patula, 17. Ill. 
* C. Ranunculus, 17. Near Bromsberrow. 
* C. latifolia, 17. 
* C. Trachelium, 17. 
* Vaccinium Myrtillus, 21. On some eastern rocks of the Worcester¬ 
shire Beacon, and in woods north of the End Hill. Ill. 
* Calluna vulgaris, 21. 
“N.B.—No species of Erica occurs throughout the chain.” 
* Ligustrum vulgare, 13. Mostly on the limestone strata. Ill. 
* Vinca minor, 17. In a wood at the western base of the Keysend 
Hill; among underwood in the copse above the Lime Kilns at 
Leigh Sinton ; also in a lane between Powick and Bransford. 
Ill. 
* Chlora perfoliata, 21. W. Mostly on lime. Ill. 
