THE FLORA OF WARWICKSHIRE. 
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a. agrestinum. 
II. Lambcote; Honington ; Neivb. Cornfields, not common, Milver¬ 
ton ; Woodloes, H. B . I have not noticed this variety, so am 
not able to give its distribution in the Tame basin. 
b. vulgatum. 
Area general, most frequent on marly and clayey soils. 
c. arenastrum. Local. 
I. On heathy waysides near Sutton Park ; near Hampton-in-Arden ; 
footway from Henfield to Temple Balsall; canal side near 
Solihull wharf ; Coleshill heath. 
II. Honington; Shipston, Neivb. ; Milverton, H. B. ; Alveston heath ; 
lanes about Allesley village. Appears to prefer sandy and 
gravelly soils. 
d. microspermum. Local. 
I. Roadsides between Hampton-in-Arden and Meriden. Fields near 
Oldbury. 
II. Honington; Shipston, Neivb. ; Myton ; Kenilworth, H. B. ; Alves¬ 
ton heath ; mostly on clayey or lias soils. 
e. rurivagum. Rare. 
I. Cornfields near Cornels Ends, Berkswell. 
II. Cornfields, Sowe waste; Kirk, Herb. Bab.; Hatton, H. B., Herb. 
Bab.; Myton; near Kenilworth, H. B. ; Halford; Honington, 
Neivb. ; abundant at Itchmgton Holt. This variety seems to 
occur only on heavy soils such as clay and lias. 
P. Hydropiper, Linn. Water Pepper. 
Native: In ditches, marshes, damp woods, and by pools. Locally 
common. July to October. Area general. 
P. Persicaria, Linn. Common Persicaria. 
Native: In cultivated fields; by roadsides and on waste heaps. 
Common. June to September. Area general. 
Yar. elatum. 
II. By water, Hasely Reservoir ; near Leamington, H. B. 
P. lapathifolium, Linn. Glandular Persicaria. 
Native : In damp woods, cultivated land, and on waste heaps by 
roadsides. Locally abundant. July to September. 
I. Abundant in Sutton Park; Middleton; Coleshill heath; near 
Olton Pool; Balsall street. 
II. Brailes ; St. Dennis, Newt.; Warwick; Whitnash, II. B. ; Alveston 
heath ; Wilmcote, etc. 
P. maculatum, Dyer. 
Native or denizen : On railway banks and waste places. Rare. 
July. 
I. Abundant on newly made railway banks in Sutton Park, 1878. 
II. (nodosum ), Myton Grange fields, Herb. Perry ; on mud from a bank 
at Myton, H. B. 
P. amphibium, Linn. Amphibious Bistort. 
Native: In rivers, streams, and pools. Locally abundant. June to 
September. 
I. Rotten Park Reservoir, W. B. Grove ; pools in Sutton Park ; pool 
near New Park; Bannersley Pool; Coleshill Pool; River 
Blythe, near Solihull. 
II. Mill pond, Warwick, Perry FI., 36. In the Avon, Bidford 
Grange ; in the Alne at Kinwarton ! Purt i., 200 ; canal between 
Newbold and Harboro’! R. S. R., 1877 ; in the Stour at Honing¬ 
ton, Newb. ; Salford Priors ! Rev. J. C. 
