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TRUi'FLES IN SHROPSHIRE. 
of the larger Opliioglossuiiis. The excursion during which these last fungi 
were found was memorable for the discovery of two of the rarest of 
British Tuberacei by my expert friend. Armed with a small iron rake 
provided with a short handle, which is removable, so that both can 
be carried in the pocket, he commenced to rake amongst the dead oak 
leaves and the humus beneath them, in which operation I humbly 
joined with a like weapon, when there was speedily brought to light 
what appeared not unlike a number of buried mulberries. It was 
S 2 j]uero>iO)na o,itiolatuin, Tub! A further search resulted in Gcnea 
Jiisjyldula, Berk., which, with Genea r<irrMcos(;t,Vitt., found near the same 
place in 1873, made two species of this genus for Shropshire. I have 
no doubt whatever that our local mycologists will be able during 
another season to add several more species to the comparatively short 
list given below. 
Shkopshire Tuberacei. 
Tuber cestivuui, Vitt. {?). Common Truffle, near Bridgnorth. 
Choiroiiitices lueaudriforinis, Vitt. Lilleshall, near Newport. 1875. 
Jlifdnotria Tulasnii, B. and Br. Wrekin Hill, on burnt ground. 1871. 
S 2 )Ji(r’roi>ouui ostiulatuin, Tul. Ercall Hill, near Wellington. 1873. 
Gcnea verrucosa, Vitt. Ercall Hill. 
Genea his 2 )idula, Berk. Ercall Hill. 1882. 
Elaphoimjces variegatus, Vitt. Ercall Hill. 1878. 
Ela2diomnces (jramdatus, Fr. Ercall Hill. 
THE FLORA OF WARWICKSHIRF. 
AN ACCOUNT OE THE ELOWERINO PLANTS ANH PERNS 
OE THE COUNTY OE WARWICK. 
EY JAMES E. BAGNALL. 
( Continued from / 
UMBELLIFERvE. 
SILAUS. 
S. pratensis, Hess. Meadow Saxifrage, or Sul 2 iiiuru'ort. 
Native : In meadows, fields, and waysides. Local. July, xlugust. 
I. Maxtoke; Stonebridge; Hampton-in-Arden; Solihull; Tanworth, Ac. 
II. Meadow^s, by the Avon, Rugby, Blox., N. B. G., 1837; Tachbrook, 
Kenilworth! T. aud B.; Whitnash, Harbury! il. B.; Sow 
Waste, ATr/c; Tysoe,Whatcote, Honington, Tredington, A’’ejf5.; 
Edge Hills; Alveston pastures; Bidford; Cold Comfort; 
Billesley; Alne ; Henley-in-Arden. 
ANGELICA. 
A. sylvestris, Linn. Wild Angelica. 
Native: In marshes, damp woods, ditches, Ac. Common. July 
to October. Area general. 
PASTINACA. 
P. sativa, Linn. Wild Parsiiq). 
Native : On banks, waysides, and in fields, in calcareous and marly 
soils. Locally common. July. 
