A FEW OF THE RARER SPECIES OF PLANTS GROWING IN A WILD STATE IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF SHREWSBURY.
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The Arrangement adopted is that of the Natural System, and the Nomenclature from Babington’s Manual of British Botany.
“what skill, what force divine, Deep felt, in these appear!”
Thomson.
Ranunculus Lingua, Bomere and Hancott pools.
— auricomus, Haughmond Hill; Shelton Wood.
— arvensis, corn-fields.
— parviflorus, near Red-barn: Pulley; Sharpstones Hill.
Berberis vulgaris, Sharpstones Hill.
Papaver Argemone, fields, near Bank farm.
Corydalis claviculata, Pimhill.
Fumaria micrantha, near Harwood’s Boat-house.
Nasturtium palustre, banks of Severn.
— sylvestre, banks of Severn.
Turritis glabra, Berwick Knolls.
Cardamine amara, banks of Severn between Preston Boats and Uffington.
Diplotaxis tenuifolia, Shrewsbury Abbey ruins.
Cochlearia Danica, Dominican Friary, Shrewsbury.
Thlaspi arvense, corn-fields near Shrewsbury.
Teesdalia nudicaulis, Haughmond and Sharpstones hill.
Viola palustris, Bomere and Almond Park pools.
— sylvatica, Weir Coppice.
Drosera longifolia, Bomere pool.
Elatine hexandra, Bomere pool.
Dianthus plumarius, Haughmond Abbey.
— deltoides, Sharpstones Hill and Downton.
Saponaria officinialis and var: flore pleno, Haughmond Abbey.
Mœnchia erecta, Haughmond Hill.
Alsine rubra, Pimhill; Haughmond Hill.
Hypericum elodes, Bomere and Oxon pools.
— humifusum, near Sundorne.
— maculatum, Haughmond hill and Meole Brace.
— pulchrum, Sharpstones hill.
Geranium Pyrenaicum, road-side near Bicton Grove.
— columbinum, Pulley.
— lucidum near the Lea; Wrentnall.
Rhamnus Frangula, Bomere pool.
Ulex nanus, Kingsland; Sharpstones hill; Haughmond hill.
Genista Anglica, Bomere pool.
Vicia sylvatica, Shelton rough.
Lathyrus sylvestris, near Pimley; Shelton rough.
Orobus tuberosus, Sharpstones hill.
Geum rivale, old course of Severn, under Cross hill.
Comarum palustre, Bomere, Berrington, and Hancott pools.
Rubus suberectus, Almond Park.
— fissus, Almond Park.
— plicatus, Shawbury Heath.
— affinis, Shawbury Heath.
— nitidus, generally about Shrewsbury.
— tenuis, about Shrewsbury.
— corylifolius and var. London-road; Coleham; Flash.
— cordifolius and var. Almond Park.
— discolor, generally about Shrewsbury.
— — δ. argenteus, Berwick.
— leucostachys β. vestitus, Crowmeole; Almond Park.
— — y. argenteus, Copthorn.
— sylyaticus, Almond Park.
— carpinifolius, Almond Park.
— macrophyllus, Almond Park.
Rubus macrophyllus, Haughmond hill.
β. Schlechtendalii,
— Babingtonii, Almond Park.
— rudis, hedges & woods about Shrewsbury.
— β. Leightonii, Haughmond hill; Cross hill; Berwick-road.
— fusco-ater, hedges generally
— — γ. echinatus. Almond Park.
— hirtus, Almond Park.
— glandulosus, γ. rosaceus, Almond Park.
— Schleicheri, Flash; Haughmond hill; Red hill.
— nemorosus, Haughmond hill; Weir Coppice.
— cæsius α. aquaticus, Flash.
— — δ. ferox, hedges near Greenfields.
Rosa villosa, near Shrewsbury.
Cratægus Oxyacantha, α. hedges near Shrewsbury.
Pyrus Malus, α. & β. hedges near Shrewsbury.
Peplis Portula, Bomere pool.
Myriophyllum alterniflorum, Berrington pool.
Montia fontana, Bomere pool.
Cotyledon Umbilicus, Haughmond hill.
Sedum Telephium, Haughmond hill.
— Forsterianium, Haughmond hill.
— reflexum, Shrewsbury Abbey walls.
Saxifraga granulata, near Harwood’s Boat-house.
Chrysosplenium alternifolium, Shelton wood.
Smyrnium Olusatrum, Shrewsbury Castle mound.
Sambucus Ebulus, Exford Green,
Valerianella dentata, fields near Bomere pool.
Inula Conyza, Nobold.
Artemisia Absinthium, Bomere pool.
Cichorium Intybus, Welbatch.
Hieracium boreale, Bickley Coppice.
Lobelia Dortmanna, Bomere and Berrington pools.
Campanula patula, banks of Severn, near Bickley Coppice; Berrington.
Vaccinium Oxycoccus, Bomere pool.
Hyoscyamus niger, Haughmond Abbey.
Lathræa squamaria, Council-house garden.
Linaria Cymbalaria, Council-house walls;—naturalized.
— Elatine, near Sharpstones hill.
Orobanche major, Sharpstones hill.
Limosella aquatica, Shelton rough.
Veronica scutellata, Bomere pool.
— montana, Almond Park; Shelton wood.
— polita, cultivated ground, Shrewsbury.
Galeopsis versicolor, Calcott.
Ballota ruderalis, Bomere pool.
Lamium amplexicaule, Lyth hill.
Calamintha officinalis, Red hill.
Scutellaria minor, Haughmond hill; Oxon pool.
Utricularia minor, Bomere pool.
Hottonia palustris, Bomere pool; near Albright Hussey.
Lysimachia vulgaris, Almond park pool.
Anagallis cærulea, near Shotton.
— tenella, Haughmond hill; Abbot’s Betton pool.
Littorella lacustris, Bomere pool.
Plantago Coronopus, Lyth hill.
Chenopodium Bonus Henricus, Uffington, &c.
Rumex maritimus, Hancott pool.
— pratensis, Hancott pool.
— Hydrolapathum, New Park.
Polygonum Bistorta, Sutton; Meole Brace.
Euphorbia exigua, fields near Bomere pool.
— Lathyris, cultivated ground, Shrewsbury.
— amygdaloides, Almond Park: Lyth hill.
Butomus umbellatus, river Severn, and canal.
Alisma ranunculoides, Berrington pool.
— natans, Hancott pool.
Sagittaria sagittifolia, Canal between Shrewsbury and Uffington.
Scheuchzeria palustris, Bomere pool.
Zannichellia palustris, Bomere.
Habenaria viridis, Bomere woods.
— chlorantha, Bomere woods.
Epipactis latifolia, Bomere woods.
Convallaria majalis, Pimhill.
Colchicum autumnale, fields near Dorsett’s barn; Sutton.
Typha angustifolia, Berrington pool.
Potamogeton oblongus, Bomere pool.
— rufescens, pit near Sharpstones hill.
— heterophyllus, Berrington pool.
Sparganium natans, Bomere pool.
— simplex, Berrington pool.
Rhynchospora alba, Bomere pool.
Eriophorum vaginatum, Bomere and Hancott pools.
Carex curta, Bomere pool.
— ovalis, Bomere pool.
Carex muricata var: β. (Smith.) Sharpstones hill.
— divulsa, Cloud Coppice, Berrington.
— teretiuscula, Bomere pool.
— pseudo-cyperus, Bomere and Hancott pools; Canal.
— limosa, Bomere pool.
— vesicaria, Bomere pool.
— ampullacea. Bomere pool.
— filiformis, Bomere and Berrington pools.
Phalaris arundinacea, banks of Severn.
Brachypodium sylvaticum, woods and hedge banks.
For more ample details of the Botany of Shrewsbury and its vicinity, the reader is referred to Leighton’s Flora of Shropshire.