History of Brighthelmston; or, Brighton as I View it and Others Knew It: With a Chronological Table of Local EventsErredge, John Ackerson
History
History of Brighthelmston; or, Brighton as I View it and Others Knew It: With a Chronological Table of Local Events
Erredge, John Ackerson
Brighton (England) -- History
On the Ditchling Road, and the Roman Encampment on Hollingbury Hill, Wild
Mignionette, Heath, Thyme, Gentian, Whitlow-grass, Carline and Plume
Thistle, and Hawkweed grow in profusion; and in the fields immediately
south of the pond there, Dandelion, Adam’s Needles, Centaury,
Convolvulus, Yellow Snapdragon, Yarrow, Cockle, Perriwinkle, Poppy,
Milkwort, Dropwort, Cropwort, Fleabane, Yellowwort, Henbane, and
Groundsell form a pleasing diversity; while, in the copses contiguous,
the Rock Rose and the Sun Rose give their Summer refreshing odours.
In speaking of the Mosses in the vicinity of Brighton, the area will be
restricted to the range of the Downs in which the Town is placed, and the
coast line of the same distance. Therefore, assuming the limit to be
bounded on the east by the Cliffs as far as Newhaven, and the Downs that
slope to the west side of the river Ouse, and gradually heighten until
passing Lewes, Offham and its chalk-pits are reached. Following, then,
the base of the hills by the Devil’s Dyke, and the Fulking Downs to
Beeding, and thence continuing the marginal line to Shoreham, a tract of
country will be embraced, that will be bounded on the south by the
sea-shore. Thus, the sandstone plants, and those found in arenaceous
soil will be represented by the species from the banks on the beach, near
Aldrington Basin, and a few from the tertiary sandstone at Newhaven
Cliffs—chalk, clay, and argillaceous soils determining the remaining
species.
The list is as follows:—
Archidium phascoides.
Acaulon muticum.
triquetrum.
Flörkeanum.
Phascum rectum.
curvicollum.
cuspidatum.
bryoides.
var γ
Pleuridium subulatum.
alternifolium.
Astomum crispum.
Gymnostomum microstomum.
tortile.
var β subcylindricum.
Weissia controversa.
mucronata.
Seligeria calcarea.
calcicola.
Dicranella varia.
Dicranum scoparium.
palustre.
Ceratodon purpureus.
Pottia cavifolia.
var δ gracilis.
minutula.
truncata.
Heimii.
Anacalypta Starkeana.
var ß braehyodus.
caespitosa.
lanceolata.
Didymodon rubellus.
luridus.
Trichostomum subulatum.
mutabile.
flavo-virens.
tophaceum.
flexicaule.
Tortula aloides.
unguiculata.
var β apiculata.
fallax.
vinealis.
insulana.
squarrosa.
revaluta.
Hornschuchiana.
convoluta.
muralis.
subulata.
laevipila.
ruralis.
rupestris.
papillosa.
Encalypta streptocarpa.
Schistidium apocarpum.
Grimmia pulvinata.
Racomitrium canescens.
Orthotrichum saxatile.
tenellum.
affine.
rupestre.
Lyellii.
diaphanum.
leiocarpum.
pulchellum.
Ludwigii.
Ulota crispa.
phyllantha.
Zygodon viridissimus.
Atrichum undulatum.
Polytrichum commune.
piliferum.
Webera carnea.
albicans.
Bryum pseudo-triquetrum.
cernuum.
inclinatum.
intermedium.
bimum.
torquescens.
capillare.
var ß flaccidum.
Donianum.
Billarderii.
caespiticium.
sanguineum.
atropurpureum.
argenteum.
roseum.
Mnium affine.
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