(_P. sylvatica_).—Otterbourne Hill.
YELLOW RATTLE (_Rhinanthus Crista-galli_).—Itchen meadows.
YELLOW COW-WHEAT (_Melampyrum pratense_).—Otterbourne Park.
TOOTHWORT (_Lathræa squamaria_).—South Lynch Wood.
BROOMRAPE (_Orobanche repens_).—Mallibar roadway.
(_O. elatior_).—Sparrow Grove.
(_O. minor_).—Clover-fields, Otterbourne. Wonderful brown parasites, all
three.
VERVEIN (_Verbena officinalis_).—Road-sides.
GIPSYWORT (_Lycopus europærus_).—Dell Copse and all bogs.
HORSE MINT (_Mentha sylvestris_).
(_M. hirsuta_).
(_M. sativa_).
(_M. arvensis_).
THYME (_Thymus Serpyllum_).—On many a bank does the wild thyme grow, with
its perfume delicious.
MARJORAM (_Origanum vulgare_).—Banks of Winchester Road.
MONKEY FLOWER (_Mimulus Luteus_)._—_Bank of Itchen Canal, where it has
spread considerably, though probably a stray.
BASIL THYME (_Calamintha vulgaris_).—Stubble-fields show this lovely
little blue flower with a white crescent on the lip.
(_C. menthifolia_).—Merdon Castle.
BASIL (_C. Clinopodium_).—Itchen.
CAT MINT (_Nepeta Cataria_).—Hedge towards Stoneham.
GROUND IVY (_N. Glechoma_).—Everywhere in woods.
PLANTAIN TRIBE
KNOCKHEADS (_Plantago major_).
LESSER PLANTAIN (_P. media_).
(_P. lanceolata_).
STAGSHORN (_P. Coronopus_).—Otterbourne Hill.
GOOD KING HENRY (_Chenopodium Bonus-Henricus_).
GOOSEFOOT (_C. album_).
(_C. urbicum_).
DOCK (_Rumex sanguineus_).
(_R. obtusfolius_).
(_R. pratensis_).
WATER DOCK (_R. Hydrolapathum_).—Fit table-cloth for the butterfly’s
table.
SORREL (_R. Acetosa_).
LESSER SORREL (_R. Acetosella_).—Elegant and slender, making red clouds
all over Cranbury.
BUCKWHEAT (_Polygonum fagopyrum_).—For several seasons in a meadow by
Brooklyn. Now vanished.
KNOTGRASS (_P. Convolvulus_).
BLACK BINDWEED (_P. aviculare_).
WATER PEPPER (_P. Hydropiper_).
PERSICARIA (_P. Persicaria_).
(_P. dumetorum_).—Ampfield.
BASTARD TOADFLAX (_Thesium linophyllum_).—Crab Wood.
SUN SPURGE (_Euphorbia Helioscopia_).—Corn-fields.
WOOD S. (_E. amygdaloides_).—Cranbury and Otterbourne Park.
SMALL S. (_E. Peplus_).
(_E. exigua_).
DOG’S MERCURY (_Mercurialis perennis_).—First to clothe the banks with
fresh vernal green.
NETTLE (_Urtica dioica_).
SMALL NETTLE (_U. nana_).
HOD (_Humulus Lupulus_).—If not native, it has taken well to the hedges,
and clothes them with graceful wreaths.
ELM (_Ulmus campestris_).—Largest of spreading trees.
OAK (_Quercus Robur_).—Acorns differ on many trees. Five varieties of
Cynips produce different oak-apples. Oak is still worn on the 29th of
May, and it is called Shik-shak Day. Why?
BEECH (_Fagus sylvatica_).—Beautiful at Ampfield and South Lynch, and
permitting only a select few plants to grow under its shade.
HAZEL (_Corylus Avellana_).
ALDER (_Alnus glutinosa_).
BIRCH (_Betula alba_).—Silver-leaved and white-barked, making fairy
groves.
ASPEN (_Populus tremula_).—Aps, the people call it. The catkins are like
caterpillars.
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