HISTORY OF THE COUNTY BOTANY OF WORCESTER. 201 
ford, about 4 miles north of Wolverhampton, and subsequently 
in Birmingham. His Survey of the County of Worcester was 
made in the years 1805, 1807 ; the published volume bears 
the date 1810. A.t page 317 is “a list of the most remarkable 
vegetable productions of the county of Worcester , observed in a tour 
through the county in September and October, 1805 , with a few 
from other authorities .” It is refreshing to find at last, from an 
independent observer, records of agrarian weeds and other 
common plants. Even of these the list is very incomplete, 
probably owing to the time of year at which the tour was 
made, and our trust in the botanical knowledge of the author 
is somewhat shaken by the occurrence of such entries as 
“ Epilobiums, of sorts f “ Polygonums and the like. It will 
therefore be necessary to examine some of the records in a 
more sceptical spirit than if they were from the pen of 
Withering or Stokes. Omitting Nash’s plants, most of which 
are repeated, and a few others previously noticed in these 
pages, Pitt’s list yields the following materials for our 
history:— 
Clematis Vitalba. Hedges near Malvern, and north of Evesham. 
Thalictrum flavum. Meadows and banks of rivers ; meadows on 
Severn. Marshall. 
Ranunculus repens. 
Papaver Rhaeas. 
P. dubium. 
\ P. hybridum. 
The last three plants are followed by the note 
“ Poppies of sorts in cornfields.” P. hybridum , 
for which no locality is given, is a very doubtful 
record. 
Chelidonium majus. Hedges in Slirawley. 
Sinapis alba. On the bank of the Leominster Canal, by the road 
side near Tenbury. 
S. arvensis. Cornfields and turnip grounds. 
“ Three distinct plants are called chadlock by 
the farmers ; which are wild mustard, wild 
radish, and wild rape. I found them all 
amongst turnips, in the common fields around 
Bredon Hill.” 
We must therefore add the two following species :— 
Raphanus Raphanistrum. 
Brassica Napus. 
Sisymbrium Nasturtium. Watercress. Yale of Severn. Marshall 
* S. amphibium. Water radish. Marshall. 
