HISTORY OF THE COUNTY BOTANY OF WORCESTER. 
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“English Flora” of Sir James Edward Smith. The 
publication of this work in four vols., 8vo, was com¬ 
menced in 1824. In the fourth volume, published in" 1828, 
p. 41, we read as follows:—“ Epipactis purpurata.— Para¬ 
sitical on the stump of a maple or hazel, in a wood near 
the Noris Farm, at Leigh, Worcestershire, in 1807. Eev. Dr. 
Abbot. . . ‘ Eoot certainly parasitical. Whole plant, 
when fresh, glowing with a beautiful red lilac colour.’ . . 
Stem about a foot high. . . . Whether my late friend, 
to whom I am obliged for my only specimen, found any more, 
I cannot tell, but I hope this account may lead to a further 
discovery of so curious and interesting a plant, which cannot 
be referred to any known species.” 
It will be convenient to supply in this place];some 
omissions made in the extracts from Purton’s Midland Flora ; 
“ Midland Naturalist,” pp. 221, 225, and pp. 255, 257. 
Aristolochia Olematitis. Yol. II., p. 480. Foot note.— 
“ This very rare and singular plant was discovered by Miss 
Mary Anne Eawlins, of Pophills, growing at Chaddesley, 
near Kidderminster.” This, although established in a few 
localities, is not a native plant, and Purton gives no explana¬ 
tion of the circumstances under which it was found. 
The “ Additions and Corrections,” forming part 2 of the 
3rd volume of Purton, 1821, pp. 335—386, escaped my notice 
when examining the work of that author. The following is a 
list of them so far as they relate to the County of 
Worcester :— 
Helleborus viridis. Glasshampton ; Mrs. Gardner. 
H. foetidus. Soutlistone’s Rock; Mrs. Gardner. Hagley; Mr. 
Hickman. 
Aquilegia vulgaris. Near Lickliill; Hickman. 
Brassica Napus. Oldington ; Hickman. 
Cardamine aniara. Stourport, in a meadow of Mr. Worthington’s ; 
Hickman. Wilden ; Mrs. Gardner. 
C. impatiens. Areley Wood ; Mrs. Gardner. 
Thlaspi arvense. Lickliill; Hickman. 
Dianthus deltoides. Dunley ; Mrs. Gardner. 
Geranium phaeum. Cradley Park; Scott. 
Euonymus europaeus. Blackstone Rock, near Bewdley ; Scott. 
Lathyrus sylvestris. Woods near Persliore ; T. P. 
L. Nissolia. Glasshampton; Mrs. Gardner. 
L. Aphaca. Grove Coppice, near Stourport; Hickman. 
Comarum palustre. Hartlebury Common ; Mrs. Gardner. 
Rubus Idaeus. In woods, abundantly, near Kidderminster ; and in 
hedge rows, Chaddesley Corbet, ~&c. ; T. P. 
Geum rivale. Abberley ; Hickman. 
Sorbus (Pynis) Aucuparia. Near Bromsgrove Lickey, abundantly ; 
Parnassia palustris. Feckenham Moors ; T. P. 
