BEAKRUSH (_Rhynchospora fusca_). SINGLE BULRUSH (_Scirpus lacustris_). (_S. sylvatica_).—Marsh near Baddesley Road. (_S. setaceus_). COTTON GRASS (_Eriophorum angustifolium_).—The soft cottony or silky heads are beautiful on the Itchen roads. SEDGES (_Carex pulicaris_). (_C. acuta_).—Copses. (_C. paniculata_).—Itchen Canal. (_C. riparia_).—Dell Copse. STAR SEDGE (_C. stellulata_).—Copses. (_C. verna_). (_C. acuta_).—A lovely black and yellow fringe to the Itchen Canal. (_C. pallescens_).—Damp places. (_C. paludosa_).—Banks of Itchen Canal. (_C. sylvatica_).—Cranbury. (_C. remota_).—Boyatt Lane. GRASSES SWEET MEADOW GRASS (_Anthoxanthum odoratum_). CANARY G. (_Phalaris canariensis_).—A stray. FOXTAIL G. (_Alopecurus pratensis_). (_A. agrestis_). (_A. geniculatus_). CAT-TAIL G. (_Phleum pratense_). DOG’S G. (_Agrostis canina_). (_A. alba_). (_A. vulgaris_). REED (_Arundo Phragmites_).—Waving brown tassels, beautiful for adornments—Itchen banks, and hedge of allotments on Otterbourne Hill. MILLET GRASS (_Milium effusum_). HAIR G. (_Aira flexuosa_). (_A. æspitosa_).—Tufts on the hill, Otterbourne. WILD OATS (_Avena fatua_).—Grown far more common than formerly. (_A. strigosa_). (_A. pratensis_). (_A. flavescens_). SOFT GRASS (_Holcus mollis_). MELICK (_Melica cærulea_).—Cranbury. (_M. uniflora_).—Dell Copse. WHORL GRASS (_Catabrosa aquatica_).—The moat, Otterbourne. (_Glyceria nutans_).—The moat. MEADOW G. (_Poa rigida_). (_P. annua_). (_P. nemoralis_). (_P. pratensis_). (_P. trivialis_). QUAKER’S G. (_Briza media_). (_B. minor_). DOG’S-TAIL G. (_Cynosurus cristatus_). COCK’S-FOOT G. (_Dactylis glomerata_). FESCUE (_Festuca ovina_). (_F. pratensis_). (_F. lolacea_). BROME GRASS (_Bromus giganteus_).—Cranbury. (_B. asper_). (_B. sterilis_). (_B. racemosus_). (_B. mollis_). (_B. arvensis_). COUCH G. (_Triticum caninum_). (_T. repens_). RYE G. or MOUSE BARLEY (_Lolium perenne_).—Also Darnel. FERNS, ETC. BRACKEN (_Pteris aquilina_).—All over Cranbury. HARD FERN (_Blechnum boreale_).—Mallibar Road between Albrook and Highbridge. WALL-RUE (_Asplenium Ruta-muraria_). BLACK MAIDENHAIR (_A. Trichomanes_).—Used to be on tombstones in old churchyard, Otterbourne. LADY FERN (_Athyrium Filix fæmina_).—Cranbury. (_Ceterach officinale_).—Merdon Castle. HART’S TONGUE (_Scolopendrium officinale_). (_Polystichum angulare_).—Cranbury. MALE FERN (_Lastrea Filix-mas_). (_L. spinulosa_). (_L. dilatata_).—Otterbourne Park. (_L. thalipteris_).—Cranbury. HAY F. (_L. Oreopteris_).—Road to Baddesley. POLYPODY (_Polypodium vulgare_). ADDER’S TONGUE (_Ophioglossum vulgare_).—Field called Pleasure Grounds, Otterbourne. HORSETAILS (_Equisetum arvense_). (_E. maximum_). FOOTNOTES {17} Hursley ceased to be a Peculiar about the year 1840. {25} Hurstleigh, as it was originally spelt, is derived from Hurst, a wood, Legh or Lea, a meadow or open place in a wood.