38 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY BOTANY OF WORCESTER. Feb., 1891. 
bird life will tliank him for his excellent book—one which, 
for careful and conscientious preparation, must take a fore¬ 
most place amongst the number of works of the same class 
which have appeared during the last thirty years. There is, 
unfortunately, one feature in common to all these county and 
local lists—thev are too much a record of loss and extermina- 
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tion. Let us hope that at no distant future greater regard will 
be shown in the preservation and encouragement of the many 
interesting and beautiful forms of life still left in our country, 
so that our native fauna may be preserved for the benefit and 
instruction of those who are to come after us. 
John Cordeaux. 
HISTORY OF THE COUNTY BOTANY OF WORCESTER. 
BY WM. MATHEWS, M.A. 
(Continued from page 19.) 
* Hypericum Androsaemum, perforatum, dubium, tetrapterum, humi- 
fusum, hirsutum, pulchrum. Tab. 7. In all the districts. 
H. calycinum, xxix. Malvern D. ; shrubbery at Little Malvern 
for some years. Tab. 7. Not native. 
* H. montanum. 6, 12, Severn D. ; 67, 68, 88, Malvern D. Tab. 7. 
Avon. Severn, Malvern. Nash’s records from the Avon district, 
“ Mid. Nat.,” Vol. X., p. 122, and Perry’s from various localities, 
“ Mid. Nat.,” Vol. X., p. 258, are omitted from notice. 
* H, elodes, xxxii., lxxxviii. 119, Moseley. 135, Lickey ; 139, Tab. 
7, Lickey. Extinct. 
* Malva moschata, sylvestris, rotundifolia. Tab. 7. In all the 
districts. 
* Tilia europaea, xxxix. 4, 6. Severn D. 70, Malvern D. Tab. 7. 
* T. parvifolia, xxi. 4, 16, Severn L>. 70, 81, Malvern D. Tab. 7. 
* T. grandiflora, xxi., xxix., xxxix. 4, Severn D. Tab. 7. Severn, 
Malvern. 
No Lime recorded in the Avon D. 
* Linum usitatissimum. Tab. 8. In all the districts. 
* L. catharticum. Tab. 8. In all the districts. 
* Eadiola millegrana, 11, 12, Hartlebury Common, 60 ; 119, Moseley. 
Tab. 8. Avon, Severn, Lickey. 
* Geranium pbaeum. 3, Bedstone Bock, Severn D. Tab. 7. Severn, 
Malvern, Lickey. 
* G. striatum. 40, Severn D. Severn Esplanade, Worcester. Not 
native. Tab. 7. 
G. nodosum, xxix. Same locality as last. Not native. Query, 
whether same species intended ? Mr. Towndrow ivrites :—“ Mr. 
T. E. A. Briggs sent me a specimen of G. nodosum, hearing a label 
as follows: ' Abundantly naturalised near Malvern, Worcester¬ 
shire. July, 1877. Coll. J. Cosmo Melville.' 1 have myself never 
met with either plant.' 
