256 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY BOTANY OF WORCESTER. Nov., 1890. 
county of Stafford. Some confusion is thus caused in the 
records. The whole forest is situated on the coal measures, 
and, with some exceptions, has the same characteristic flora. 
Mr. Gissing’s visits were made in July, 1854, and June, 1855 
and on both occasions he was accompanied by Geo. Jorden. 
On the former visit, Mr. Gissing writes :—“ It was Mr. 
Jorden’s good fortune to discover a single plant of the rare 
Neottia aestivalis ” in the “ great bog,” on the Worcester side 
of the Forest. 
The notice concludes with the first published list of the 
characteristic plants of the Forest; and includes a few 
species from other localities in the neighbourhood of Bewdley. 
I select the following species :— 
* Clematis Vitalba. 
* Aquilegia vulgaris. 
* Viola palustris. 
* Drosera rotundifolia. 
* Hypericum montanum. Blackstone Rock. 
* Geranium sylvaticum. 
+ G. sanguineum. On the Shropshire side only. Never seen on the 
Worcester side of the Forest. 
* Euonymus europaeus. 
* Rhamnus Frangula. 
Rubus saxatilis. I have myself only seen this on the north side of 
Dowles Brook , hut Dr. F. Arnold Lees gathered it on the south or 
Worcester side in 1883. 
* Pyrus domestica. The one solitary tree. 
* P. torminalis. 
* Epilobium roseum. 
* Galium tricorne. 
* Carduus acaulis. 
Doronicum Pardalianches. By a ditch side a little below Bewdley. 
* Erica Tetralix. 
* Pyrola media. Mr. Jorden. 
* P. minor. 
* Veronica scutellata. 
* Scutellaria minor. 
* Lithospermum officinale. 
* L. arvense. 
* Anagallis tenella. 
* Orchis pyramidalis. 
* Gymnadenia conopsea. 
* Habenaria chlorantha. 
* H. viridis. 
‘Neottia ( Spiranthes ) eestivalis. Margin of the great bog. Never 
seen again in this locality. 
* Listera (Neottia) Nidus-avis. 
* Epipactis palustris. Great bog. 
