202 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY BOTANY OF WORCESTER. Sep. , 1890. 
* Dianthus deltoides. Cookley, near Kidderminster ; Mrs. Bennett 
Williams. Blackstone Rock, near Bewdley ; Mr. Thos. 
Westcombe. Concerning this station Mr. Westcombe writes, 
under date September 21st, 1852 : “ Although I have sought 
for Dianthus deltoides for a great many years at Blackstone 
Rock, I never could find it till this year, when, happening to 
be in flower, it was conspicuous among the grass.” First 
noticed in this locality by Dr. Sheward , 1799. See “Mid. Nat .,” 
Vol. X., p. 172. 
| Poterium muricatum. Worcestershire. Mr. Thomas Westcombe. 
No locality. It appears from Mr. Lees's Botany of the Malvern 
Hills that the locality was at Colwall, in Herefordshire. 
Filago apiculata. Worcestershire. Mr. Thos. Westcombe. No 
locality. In the Botany of Worcestershire, p. 46, Mr. Lees 
ivrites : “Near Hartlebury Common. I give this critical 
species on the authority of my friend, Mr. T. Westcombe.” 
* Osmunda regalis. Gathered last week at Lower Broadwater 
Forges, near Kidderminster. Name of contributor not mentioned. 
In the Botany of Worcester, p. 9, Mr. Lees says that it ivas discovered 
at Cookley , by Mrs. Bennett Williams, of Worcester. Cookley is 
obviously an error, arising from confusion with the locality for 
Dianthus deltoides. This fern ivas gathered by the writer on the 
29th July, 1853, at Comberton, near Kidderminster, a few yards 
south of the Bromsgrove turnpike road, in a ditch leading towards 
the Hoo Mill. It remained a very short time in this locality. 
At pp. 817-25 we find “ A Descriptive List of the British 
Rubi,” reprinted from Mr. Lees’s “ Botany of the Malvern 
Hills.’’ At p. 917 Mr. Lees points out that this list included 
the Malvern species only. He describes other British forms, 
including the following records for other parts of the county 
of Worcester :— 
Rubus pyramidalis, Bab. Shrawley Wood and Wyre Forest. 
Described by Mr. Lees as a var. of R. Menkii , W. and N. Not so 
considered by other botanists. 
* R. scaber, Weihe, var. verrucosus. Bromsgrove Lickey. This 
remarkable bramble is referred by Professor Babington to 
R. fusco-ater. See British Rubi, p. 216. 
R. Sprengelii. Bromsgrove Lickey. 
At pp. 970-1, “ Proceedings of Phytologist Club,” 28th 
May, 1853, among other communications, is one from the 
Rev. J. H. Thompson, on the Worcestershire species of 
Lepidium, in which he announces the discovery, in October, 
1852, of 
Lepidium latifolium, close to the River Salwarpe, near Droitwich. 
He also mentions, as naturalised about Worcester, 
Lepidium sativum. 
At p. 981, Phytologist Club, 28th June, 1853, the Presi¬ 
dent read a communication from Mr. Lees recording, on the 
authority of Mr. W. Chesshire, jun., the occurrence of Udora 
