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THE FLOEA OF WAEWICKSHIRE-REVIEWS. 
II. Coventry Wood, Arbury, Kirk. Herb. Perry; Warwick, common, 
Perry, 1817; Chesterton ! Y. and B.; Lambcote, Honington, 
Tredington, Neicb.; Alveston pastures; Drayton bushes; 
Henley-in-Arden ; Combe fields ; canal bank, near Newbold- 
on-Avon ; Bilton, near Bugby ; Birdingbury ; Shuckburgh ; 
Willoughby, etc. 
In which of these districts this plant may be considered native I 
am unable to decide. It is so frequently planted in our hedges 
and borders of woods that I have great doubts as to its being 
either native or of spontaneous growth in the majority of the 
stations here given. 
APOGYNAGE^. 
VINCA. 
V. major, Linn. Greater Periwinkle. 
Alien : On banks and in woods. Rare. April. 
II. King’s Coughton, Oversley, Part., i., 135; Claverdon; Haseley 
Common ; Corley Wood, Herb. Perry ; “ between Stratford and 
Warwick, in two or three places near Warwick,” J. JFood, 
MS. in B. G.; Salford, Rev. J. G.; Lapworth ; banks near 
Stratford, on the Alcester Road, abundant 1880; near 
Brinklow. 
Evidently a mere escape where I have seen it, probably so in the 
other stations above given. 
V. minor, Linn. Lesser Periivinkle. 
Denizen: On marly banks, rarely in woods. Local. March, 
April. 
I. In a lane leading to Alum Rock, Upper Saltley! Ick. Anal.; 
Fillongley! Bree, Purt., i., 133; in several of the lanes near 
Solihull; Shirley Heath; Bentley Heath; Hay Lane, near 
Box Trees, Hockley ; Olton ; Wylde Green. 
II. Allesley! Bree, Purt., 133; Salford! Rev. J. C.; Honington 
Park. 
In many places a mere straggler from cultivation. 
In both these plants the flowers are remarkably adapted for 
warding off the visits of “ unbidden guests.” 
(To be continued.) 
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