Ketley; remains of the Megalicthys, Gyracanthus, and Holoptychus being occasionally found there, whilst Conularias, Nautili, Spirifers aviculus, Bellerophons, and others are numerous. The sand rock overlying it contains Calamites, Lepidodendrons, Ulodendrons, Sigillarias, &c., &c. Benthall Edge and Lincoln Hill yield characteristic fossils of the Wenlock limestone and Wenlock shales in great numbers and variety, corals being most abundant. Between the Severn and the Acton Burnell hills fossils of the Caradoc may be found in drift, in old walls by the wayside, and in strata dipping praidly beneath the Wenlock shales. BOTANY OF THE DISTRICT. In shallow portions of the Severn, we have several varieties of the River Crowfoot (_Ranunculus fluitans_), which, with their long slender stems and pure white blossoms, form a conspicuous feature; also the Canadian Water-weed (_Anacharis alsinastrum_), which has found its way as high up as Shrewsbury. In marshy flats bordering on the river, are found the Yellow Flag (_Iris pseud-acorus_), the Water-dock, (_Rumex Hydrolapathum_), the Water Drop-wort, Soap-wort, Frog-bit-water-lily, and the creeping Yellow Cress; whilst the little Lily of the Valley, the Giant Bell-flower, the Spreading Bell-flower, the rare Reed Fescue-grass, and the tall, handsome Fox-glove, which, "On fair Flora's hand is worn," adorn the woods along the slopes. Other plants are found as follows:-- Ranunculus parviflorus (Small-flowered Crowfoot) . . . Stagborough. Cardamine impatiens (Narrow-leaved Bittercress) . . . Stagborough. Poterium sanguisorba . . . Stagborough. Campanula latifolia . . . Owton and Stagborough. Campanula patula . . . Owton and Stagborough. Vinca minor (Lesser Periwinkle) . . . Arley Wood and Stagborough. Heleborus foetidus (Stinking Hellebore) . . . Farlow. Geranium phseum (Dusky Crane's-bill) . . . Farlow. Rhamnus catharticus (Common Buckthorn) . . . Farlow. Prunus padus (Bird Cherry) . . . Farlow. Geum rivale . . . Farlow. Artemisia Absinthium (Common Wormwood) . . . Farlow. Artemisia campestris . . . Farlow. Habenaria viridis . . . Farlow. Lathraea squamaria . . . Ribbesford Wood. Orobanche minor . . . Ribbesford Wood. Mentha piperita (Peppermint) . . . Near Horshill, Ribbesford. Thymus serpyllum and T. glandulosus . . . Near Horshill, Ribbesford. Calamintha Nepeta and officinalis . . . About Ribbesford. Daphne Laureola (Spurge Laurel) . . . About Ribbesford. Fagus sylvatioa (Common Beech) . . . About Ribbesford. Paris quadrifolia . . . About Ribbesford. Cardamine amara (Bitter Ladies' Smock) . . . Blackstone. Cerastium arvense (Field Chick-weed) . . . Blackstone. Hypericum montanum (Mountain St. John's-wort) . . . Blackstone. Sedum dasyphyllum . . . Blackstone. Viola canina (Dog's Violet) . . . Hartlebury Common. Radiola millegrana (Thyme-leaved Flax-seed) . . . Hartlebury Common. Comarum palustre (Purple Marsh Cinquefoil) . . . Hartlebury Common.