186 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY BOTANY OF WORCESTER. AUG., 1891. 
HISTORY OF THE COUNTY BOTANY OF WORCESTER. 
BY WM. MATHEWS. M . A . 
( Continued from page 134.) 
* Silybum Marianum. 21, 47, Severn D, Tab. 17. In all the 
districts. In Lickey, extinct. Not native. 
* Lapsana communis. Tab. 17. In all the districts. 
* Arnoseris pusilla. 95, Pensham Field, Pershore. Nash, 1781. 
See “ Mid. Nat.,” Vol. X., p. 123. Extinct. Tab. 17. Avon. 
Gathered by Dr. F. Arnold Lees, “ on the bank of the Bewdley 
Branch Railway at Kidderminster , east of viaduct, June 30th, 
1883.” 
* Cichorium Intybus. 13, near Stourport; 47, various places near 
Worcester; 93, near the Trench Woods. Tab. 17. Avon, 
Severn, Malvern. 
* Hypochgeris glabra. 11, 13, 60, Hartlebury Common; 66, North 
Hill, Malvern ; 95, Pensham Field, Nash (extinct). Tab. 17. 
Avon, Severn, Malvern. 
* H. radicata. In all the districts. 
* Thrincia hirta, Apargia hispida, Oporinia autumnalis. Tab. 17. 
In all the districts. 
* Tragopogon minor, including pratensis. 47. Severn D. Tab. 17. In 
all the districts. 
T. porrifolius. Tab. 17. Lickey. Not localised. 
* Picris hieracioides. 67, Silurian eminences of Malvern. ; 93, 
Cracombe Hill, &c. ; 132, Dudley. (Randan Woods, Wm. M.) 
Tab. 17. In all the districts. 
* Helminthia ecbioides. 46, Severn D. ; 68, Silurian eminences of 
Malvern. 93, Avon D. ; 133, Dudley. Tab. 17. In all the 
districts. 
* Lactuca saligna. Tab. 17. Severn, extinct. Not localised. The 
first record for this plant is in Merrett's Pinax, as growing in 
Church Lencli, in the Avon district. See “ Mid. Nat.,” Vol. X., 
p. 88. 
1* L. virosa, lxi. 13. “ On Mr. Bree’s authority in Purton’s “ Mid¬ 
land Flora,” but unconfirmed by any member of the club.” 
But Purton writes, “ Midland Flora,” Vol. II., p. 372, “ Road¬ 
sides, Stonebridge, Bree.” This locality is in Warwick. See 
BagnalVs “ Flora of Warwickshire,” p. 164. Nevertheless con¬ 
tributed by Mr. Lees to Watson’s “ New Botanist’s Guide,” 
without locality. See “ Mid. Nat.,” Vol. XI., p. 279. 
* L. Scariola. 68, 73, Longdon Hill End. Tab. 17. Malvern. 
* L. muralis. 48, 93, 104, 130. Table 17. In all the districts. 
* Leontodou Taraxacum. Tab. 17. In all the districts. 
* Sonchus oleraceus, asper, arvensis. Tab. 17. In all the districts. 
* Crepis virens. 48. Tab. 17. In all the districts. 
* Hieracium Pilosella. Tab. 18. In all the districts. 
* H. murorum. 48, Severn D.; 123, Uffmoor Wood, Dales Wood! 
Tab. 18. In all the districts. Very local. Locally abundant in 
Wyre Forest! 
