GLEANINGS IN NATURAL HISTORY,

WITHIN THE

NEIGHBOURHOOD OF EVESHAM.

GLEANINGS IN NATURAL HISTORY.

I. CHARACTERISTIC AND RARE PLANTS IN THE VICINITY;

CHIEFLY PHENOGAMOUS OR FLOWERING.

ACINOS VULGARIS, Basil Thyme. Bredon Hill.

Agrimonia Eupatoria, Agrimony. New Road, Lench Woods, and Bredon Hill. Agrostemma Githago, Corn-cockle. Corn Fields.

Anagallis Arvensis, Pimpernel. Common.

Carulea. Brockhill Hill.

Anemone Nemorosa, Wood Anemone. Tun Hill

Arum Maculatum, Cuckoo Pint.

Woods and Shady Hedge-rows.

Arundo Phragmites, Common Reed. Banks of the Avon, Wet Ditches, &c.
Astragalus Glycyphyllus, Sweet Milk Vetch. Colt Nab.

Rotundifolium, Common Hare's Ear. Corn Fields, near Bishampton.

Caltha Palustris, Marsh Marigold. Banks of the Avon.

Campanula Rotundifolia, Round-leaved Bell Flower. Abundant the white variety on Elmley Road.

Woods.

Trachelium, Nettle-leaved Bell Flower.

Bredon Hill, and Lench

Cerastium Aquaticum, Water Chickweed. Banks of the Avon.

Cheiranthus Cheiri, Wall Flower. The Bell Tower, Abbey Wall, and All-saints'

Church.

Chelidonium Majus, Common Celandine.

Hedge near Wyre Turnpike.

Lane leading into Merstowe-green,

Cicorium Intybus, Wild Succory. Worcester Road, and Bredon Hill.

Chironia. See Erythræa.

Chlora Perfoliata, Perfoliate Yellow Wort, Hipton Hill, and Lench Woods.
Chrysanthemum Segetum, Corn Marigold. Church Lench.

Circea Lutetiana, Enchanter's Nightshade.

Lench Woods.

Tarecote Wood, Bredon Hill, and

Clematis Vitalba, Traveller's Joy, or Honesty. Lenchwick Bottom.

Convolvulus Arvensis, Small Bindweed. Corn Fields and Hedges everywhere. Woods aud Hedges; also frequent among

Sepium, Great Bindweed.

the Willows by the Avon. Cuscuta Epithymum, Lesser Dodder.

a Cottage.

On the East end of Cracombe Hills, near

Cynoglossum Officinale, Hound's Tongue. The Common, Road-sides, and Hedges.
Dipsacus Sylvestris, Wild Teasel. Road-sides, Banks of the Avon.
Epilobium Hirsutum, Great Hairy Willow Herb.
Equisetum Sylvaticum, Branched Wood Horse Tail.

Banks of the Avon.

Colt Nab.

Arvense, Corn Horse Tail. Colt Nab: common.

Erigeron Acre, Blue Flea-bane. Colt Nab.

Eriophorum Angustifolium, Common Cotton Grass. Near a Spring by the Riverside, between the villages of Moor and Wyre.

Ervum Tetraspermum, Smooth Tare. Colt Nab.

Erysimum Alliaria, Garlic Treacle Mustard. Chadbury, and various other places. Erythraa Centaurium, Centaury. Bredon Hill, Colt Nab, &c.

Eupatorium Cannabinum, Hemp-agrimony. Banks of the Avon, Tarecote, and Lench Woods.

Galeopsis Tetrahit, Hemp-nettle. Fields beyond Clark's Hill, also white variety. Galium Verum, Yellow Bed-straw. Meadows by the Avon, and elsewhere. Geranium Pratense, Blue Meadow Crane's Bill. The Meadows, Lenches, and Bredon Hill.

Dissectum, Jagged-leaved Crane's Bill. Bredon Hill, and Brockhill Hill.
Habenaria Bifolia, Butterfly Habenaria. Tarecote Wood, and Hipton Hill.
Helianthemum Vulgare, Rock Rose. Bredon Hill, and Rouse Lench.
Humulus Lupulus, Hop. Abbey Wall, and Tarecote Wood.

Hyacinthus Nonscriptus, Blue Bell. Tarecote, Lench Woods, &c. abundant.
Hyoscyamus Niger, Henbane. New Road.

Iris Pseud-acorus, Yellow-water Iris. Banks of the Avon,

Juniperus Communis, Juniper. Cracombe Hill.

Lathyrus Aphaca, Yellow Vetchling. New Road, Plantation belonging to Edward

Rudge, esq.

Nissolia, Crimson Vetchling.

Worcester Road, in Fladbury parish.

Pratensis, Meadow Vetchling. Hedges.

Sylvestris, Narrow-leaved Everlasting Pea. Wood near Pershore, Field

at the foot of Bredon Hill.

Lepidium Campestre, Mithridate Peppermint. Slad Wood, and Sheriff's Lench. Ligustrum Vulgare, Privet. Frequent.

Linaria Cymballaria, Ivy-leaved Toadflax.

Spuria, Round-leaved Fluellen.

Old Walls in the Town.

Corn Fields, and Charlton.

Elatine, Sharp-pointed Fluellen. Corn Fields.

Vulgaris, Yellow Toadflax. Banks of the Avon, and Hedge near Chadbury.
Minor, Least Toadflax. Brockhill Hill.

Linum Usitatissimum, Common Flax.

Catharticum, Purging Flax.

Long Meadow.

Fields everywhere.

Listera Ovata, Twayblade. Tarecote Wood.

Lythrum Salicaria, Purple Lythrum. Banks of the Avon.

Lysimachia Vulgaris, Great Yellow Loose Strife. Banks of the Avon. - Nemorum, Yellow Pimpernel. Bredon Hill.

Water.

Nummularia, Moneywort. Banks of the Avon, hanging down to the

Lonicera Periclymenum, Woodbine. Woods and Hedges, frequent.
Malva Moschata, Musk Mallow.
Myosotis Palustris, Forget me Not.
Nuphar Lutea, Yellow Water-lily.
Nymphaea Alba, White Water-lily.
Enanthe Fistulosa, Water Dropwort.
Ononis Spinosa, Prickly Rest - harrow.
Chadbury, frequent.

New Road, Bredon Hill, and Brockhill Hill,
Banks of the Avon, and water-courses generally.
River Avon, abundant.
Fish pond, at Cracombe.

Arvensis, Common Rest-harrow.

Ditches running into the Avon.

Road between Battlewell Turnpike and

Worcester Road, near Fladbury, frequent.

Onopordum Acanthium, Cotton Thistle. Worcester Road.

Ophrys Apifera, Bee Ophrys. Colt Nab, Tun Hill, and Brockhill Hill.
Orchis Morio, Green-winged Meadow Orchis. Meadows about the Lenches.
Mascula, Early Purple Orchis. The Lenches, and Road beyond Chadbury.
Maculata, Spotted Palmate Orchis. Tun Hill, Chadbury.
Pyramidalis, Pyramidal Orchis. Woods, Sheriff's Lench.

Orobanche Elatior, Tall Broom-rape.

and Wyre.

Fields of Clover about the villages of Moor

Papaver Argemone, Long prickly-headed Poppy. Bredon Hill.

Paris Quadrifolia, Herb Paris. Bredon Hill, and Wood above Elmley, specimens

with five leaves.

Amphibium, Amphibious Persicaria, a and b, Abundant in the Avon,

Hill, near Chadbury Turnpike, and Tarecote Wood.

Canina, Dog Rose. Hedges.

Rubiginosa, True Sweet Brier. Field above Cracombe House, and Colt Nab. Doniana, (very rare). On the South side of the Worcester Road, not far from the parish boundary-stone between Fladbury and Chadbury.

Arvensis, Trailing Dog Rose. South side of Worcester Road, about one-third of a mile before leaving Chadbury parish, and Hedge near Sheriff's Lench.