258 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY BOTANY OF WORCESTER. Nov., 1892. 
HISTORY OF THE COUNTY BOTANY OF WORCESTER. 
BY WM. MATHEWS. M . A . 
(Continued from page 239.) 
Report for 1875 :— 
* Vicia gracilis, Lois. On gravelly ground near Worcester, John 
Fraser, M.D. This is not a new record. It was noted by the 
late Edwin Lees, at Tibberton and Powick, near Worcester. 
See “ Bot. of Wor.,” p. 41; also Tab., p. 9, Severn and Malvern 
district; see also “Mid. Nat.,” Yol. XIY., p. 41 (February, 
1891). 
* Myosotis repens. Worcestershire, F. A. Lees. Not localised. 
Previously noted by Edwin Lees, “ Bot. Wor.,” Tab., p. 20. 
Severn district ? Malvern district. Also unlocalised. See 
also “ Mid. Nat.,” Yol. XV., p. 20. Gathered by the writer in 
Wyre Forest, Worcester side, 25th June, 1858, Sp.! Dr. 
Arnold Lees’s locality was probably the same, as I possess from 
him a specimen from the same locality, 1883, Sp.! 
The Report for 1876 contains no new Worcester matter. 
Report for 1877 :— 
The report for 1877 is said to close the first quinquennial 
volume. 
Anthoxanthum Puelii, Lee. and Lam. Thompson and Mathews. 
Hazley. For Hazley read Hagley. A field near the Birches 
was full of this plant in 1877, Sp. S Probably introduced with 
clover seed. First record. A summary of the new records 
appears in this number. 
Second Quinquennial Volume. 
Report for 1878 :— 
This contains nothing new from the county of Worcester. 
Report for 1879 :— 
The same. 
Report for 1880 :— 
* Geranium lucidum, Bagnall. “ Possibly introduced,” unlocalised. 
Not a new record. Purton, “ Midland Flora,” 1817. “ In the 
lanes about Wolverley, and on the rocks at Great Malvern.” 
Edwin Lees, “Botany of the Malvern Hills,” first edit., 1843, 
“ very plentiful on the rocks.” “ Botany of Worcester,” Tab. 8. 
In all the districts except Avon. 
Report for 1881 and 1882 :— 
* Saxifraga granulata. Worcestershire, F. A. Lees. “ Rather com¬ 
mon on sandy and rocky banks by road leading from Greenbill 
Farm to the Hurcott Paper Mill, near Kidderminster.” “ Per¬ 
sonal authority lacking in Top. Botany.” Stokes in Withering, 
Bevere, 1787 ; see “ Midland Naturalist,” Yol. X., p. 150 ; Lees’s 
“ Botany of Malvern,” “ Botany of Worcester.” Tab. 15. In all 
the districts. Well known in the county for the last fifty years. 
* Orchis incarnata. F. A. Lees. “ Several stations.” Anticipated. 
Polygonatum multiflorum. “ Rocky wooded bank at Fenny Rough, 
Stone,” in plenty. First certain record , but see Lees’s “ Bot. 
Wor.,” xxxi., Tab. 23. 
* Potamogeton zosterifolius. Worcester. Mathews, Lees. “ Pools 
near Churchill.” Anticipated. 
