HISTORY OF THE COUNTY BOTANY OF WORCESTER. 123 
The ‘'Illustrations of the Natural History of Worcester¬ 
shire,” by the late Sir Charles Hastings, M.D., published in 
1834, contains an introductory lecture delivered by him to 
the Worcestershire Natural History Society, an account of 
the proceedings at the first anniversary meeting of the 
Society, held on the 16tli May, 1834, and several appendices. 
Among the latter are: Appendix C, a “ Catalogue of some of 
the rarer Lepidopterous Insects found in Worcestershire,” 
and Appendix D, a “ Catalogue of some of the most remarkable 
and interesting plants indigenous to Worcestershire, with 
their habitats,” both the work of Mr. Edwin Lees. The last 
mentioned Catalogue, pp. 147-180, contains notices of the 
principal authorities for the .Botany of the County, and a list 
of 388 species, with their habitats. Many of these are old 
records by Nash, Stokes, Withering, Purton, and Scott. 
Others were supplied by contemporary botanists, among 
whom Dr. Streeten, a physician then practising in Worcester, 
was a large contributor. Mr. Lees’s own name is affixed to 
many of the records. As to the remainder, which are 
vouched by no authority, it is not always easy to tell whether 
they are given on that of Mr. Lees himself or are reproduc¬ 
tions from other writers. In many instances the former is 
certainly the case, in other instances, almost certainly the 
latter. Perry’s list appears to have escaped Mr. Lees's 
attention. Some Hereford and Gloucester records are 
included, without any notice that they do not belong to 
Worcester. 
In the following reprint of the Catalogue I have omitted 
all the species given only on the authority of earlier writers. 
The plants previously noted by Mr. Lees in the Strangers’ 
Guide are marked with the letters S.G. ; those in Loudon’s 
Magazine by the letters L.M. 
Edwin Lees, in Hastings’s “ Illustrations of the Natural 
History of Worcestershire,” 1834 :— 
* Clematis Vitalba, 167. Abundant about Ankerdine Hill and Mal¬ 
vern. Also in the hedges at Powick. 
* Thalictrum flavum, 167. Eastern side of Pitclicroft, banks of the 
Severn, &c. 
* Ranunculus Lingua, 167. The late Mr. T. B. Stretch, a Worcester 
botanist, records having found it in Ockerlev (Ockeridne) Wood, 
Holt. S.G. 
* R. parviflorus, 167. Under hedges bv the road side, near the 
Virgin’s Tavern, Worcester. Also at Hallow, Cotheridge, 
Alfrick, and Malvern, in considerable plenty. L.M. 
f Trollius europaeus, 167. Moist meadows at the foot of Bredon Hill. 
Must be an error. The species is not noticed in Mr. E. Lees's 
Botany of Worcestershire , 1867. 
