HISTORY OF THE COUNTY BOTANY OF WORCESTER. 
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Hedysarum Onobrychis. ( Onobrychis sativa.) Near a wood on 
Abberley Hill, west of Abberley Church. 
Vicia angustifolia. In a swamp on the north side of Falling Sands 
Common, Kidderminster ; and in afield between Kidderminster 
and Picket Rock. 
* V. sylvatica. In Wassal Wood, near Bewdley. 
* Potentilla argentea. On the top of the rock at Foxholes, and on a 
rock by the road side at Wolverley near Kidderminster, and on 
rocks by the road side between Kidderminster and Bewdley. 
* Comarum palustre. Oldfield near Ombersley. 
* Pyrus domestica. In Wire Forest, June 25th, 1827. This solitary 
tree was observed by Mr. Pitts, in the time of Ray, and is 
supposed to be more than 250 years old. In the neighbourhood 
of the Forest it is well known by the name of the Witty pear. 
It appears to be rapidly decaying, as it bears leaves on the 
upper branches only, and shows no signs of fruit. 
Rosa gracilis ? In Wire Forest, near Pyrus domestica. 
It is doubtful to what species this name is intended 
to refer. 
* Epilobium palustre. On Falling Sands Common, Kidderminster. 
E. roseum. In a garden before a house in Church Street, Kidder¬ 
minster, 1816 ; and in Mr. John Lea’s drying ground, Mill 
Street, Kidderminster, 1829. 
* Sedum dasyphyllum. On a wall by the side of the Kidderminster 
Road, Bewdley. 
* Cotyledon Umbilicus. On Picket Rock, and about Foxholes, near 
Kidderminster. Plentifully. 
* Sium repens. In a swampy place on Abberley Hill, above the 
Hundred House. 
Sambucus nigra, with laciniated leaves. Chester Lane, near Land 
Oak Turnpike, Kidderminster. 
Galium saxatile. On all the heaths in the vicinity of Kidderminster. 
* Dipsacus pilosus. Blackstone Rock near Bewdley. 
Carduus acanthoides. In fields between Kidderminster and Picket 
Rock. 
Cnicus ( Carduus ) palustris, with white flowers. At Picket Rock 
near Kidderminster. 
* Onopordum acanthoides. At Summer Hill near Kidderminster. 
Conyza squarrosa. (Inula Couyza, D.G.) In a lane near Hartlebury, 
and about Cliaddesley Corbet. 
Solidago virg-aurea. In Burnt Wood near Bewdley. 
Prenanthes (Lactuca) muralis. Blackstone Rock and Rock Wood, 
near Bewdley ; in a wood by Picket Rock, and Summer Hill, 
near Kidderminster ; and Rock Hill, one mile and a-lialf from 
Bromsgrove, on the road to Alcester. 
Hieracium murorum. In a wood by Picket Rock near Kidderminster, 
and in the Rocky Wood, Finny Rough, near Stone. 
