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WARWICKSHIRE STOUR VALLEY AND ITS FLORA. 
been reclaimed and is either arable, meadow, or woodland, 
and the isolated spots still to be found yielding true ericetal 
plants are merely the survivals of a wilder past. Near Great 
Wolford is one of these places. It consists of a couple of 
pastures, having a large pool at one end, and surrounded on 
ail sides by woods and coppices, and the following plants, the 
result of a two hours’ examination, will give some idea of 
the former prevailing flora. Here, for the first time in this 
district, I saw Nardus stricta in abundance ; with this was 
also growing Erica Calluna, Erica cinerea, Carex prcecox , 
G. pilulifera , C. pallescens, C. binervis, C. fulva , C. panicea, 
C. flava var. minor , C. pulicaris in wonderful abundance, 
C. rostrata, Myosotis versicolor , M. collina, M. umbrosa , Eestuca 
ovina , and var. capillata , Sieglingia decumbens , Montia fontana, 
Taraxacum, palustre , Emeus supinus, the small heath form of 
Potamogeton polygonifolius , Veronica scutellata, Zannichellia 
palustris, Scirpus fluitans , Peplis Portula, Callitriche obtusangula , 
Myriophyllum alterniflorum , Galium saxatile , Galium, Witheringii , 
G. uliginosum, Sium erectum, Apium inundatum , Triylochin 
palustre, and Aira flexuosa. I was unable to find another spot 
in this locality so prolific in true heath plants, but saw isolated 
examples at intervals, among these Callitriche hamulata, 
Catabrosa aquatica, and Stellaria . uliginosa. 
I also found in the same locality some noticeable mosses, 
such as Aulacomnium palustre, Pogonatum aloides , Hypnum 
splendens, H. brevirostre, H striatum , 17. myosuroides, PL. pili- 
ferum, PL. glareosum, Polytrichum formosum, Dicranella, varia, 
Dicranum palustre , 7). scoparium, and, what was more pleasing, 
77. undulatum (Elirht.), which was new to Britain. Several 
Hepatics were noticed : Cephalozia bicuspidata, Pellia epiphylla , 
Scapania irrigua, and S. nemorosa. 
Another spot near Illmington, which has more the aspect 
of a moorish pasture, plentifully covered with Ulex europceus, 
and with several small marshy pools, yielded many interesting 
plants, such as (Enanthe Lachenalii, QA. flstulosa, Myosotis 
palustris , Banunculus Drouetii, Ii. tricophyllus, Glyceria pedi- 
cellata, Molinia ccerulea, Gentiana Amarella , Samolus Valerandi , 
Thymus Chamcedrys , Carduus acaulis, Chara feetida , and the 
rare Tolypella glomerata. This locality was also rich in mosses, 
such as Eontinalis antipyretica, Hypnum. giganteum, 77. fluitans, 
77. intermedium, 77. Kneiffii , 77. cordifolium, 77. lycopodioides , 
and 77. elodes, the two last being new to the county. Also, 
among the Hepatics, Pellia calycina , Aneura pinnatifida , 
Calypogeia Trichomanes, and Puidula complanata. On the drier 
parts of this common there was an abundance of Hypnum 
molluscum and Cumptothecium lutescens. Near Tysoe and 
