The New Forest: Its History and Its SceneryWise, John R. (John Richard)
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The New Forest: Its History and Its Scenery
Wise, John R. (John Richard)
New Forest (England : Forest)
Vaccinium Myrtillus, Lin., the Bilberry; better known in the Forest as
the “Blackheart,” 703.
Ilex Aquifolium, Lin., Common Holly. Most abundant, 713.
Fraxinus excelsior, Lin., Common Ash. Scarce, 715.
Vinca minor, Lin., Lesser Periwinkle. Hedges round and in the Forest, as
at Sway, Ashley, Canterton, 716.
Gentiana Pneumonanthe, Lin., Calathian Violet. Very plentiful some years
at Wootton, 719.
Cicendia filiformis, Reich., Least Gentianella. Damp places in the
Forest. Rev. H. M. Wilkinson gives especially the neighbourhood of
Burley, 723.
Menyanthes trifoliata, Lin., Common in most of the Forest pools on the
South, 727.
Cuscuta Epithymum, Sm., Lesser Dodder. Distributed through the Forest,
on the heath and furze, 734.
Verbascum Blattaria, Lin., Moth Mullein. Not common in the Forest. I
have seen a few specimens on Ashley Common; but, in 1861, a field near
the new parsonage was covered with it and the viper’s bugloss. Mr. Rake
has found it growing at Gorely, on the north-west side of the Forest,
744.
Veronica scutellata, Lin., Narrow-leaved Marsh Speedwell. Not common.
Mr. Wilkinson gives marshy spots near Sandford and Crow, on the borders
of the Forest, 753.
Euphrasia officinalis, Lin., Common Eyebright, 766.
Melampyrum pratense, Lin., Meadow Cow Wheat, 770.
Pedicularis palustris, Lin., Marsh Lousewort, 772.
Pedicularis sylvatica, Lin., Common Lousewort, 773.
Digitalis purpurea, Lin., Purple Foxglove, 778.
Limosella aquatica, Lin., Common Mudwort. Found by Mr. H. C. Watson on
the road from Brockenhurst to Lyndhurst, after you pass the bridge from
the former place, 788.
Orobanche major, Angl., Great Broom-rape. On the furze, especially in
the northern parts of the Forest, 790.
Mentha aquatica, Lin., Water Mint, but of course throughout the
district, 806.
Mentha pratensis, Sole, Meadow Mint. I give this on the authority of
Sole, quoted by Dawson Turner, as found in the Forest, 807 e.
Mentha Pulegium, Lin., Pennyroyal. Not uncommon, especially in wet
places on the southern parts of the Forest, round Wilverley and
Holmsley, 809.
Thymus Serpyllum, Lin., Wild Thyme, 810.
Calamintha Clinopodium, Spen., Wild Basil, 815.
Melittis Melissophyllum, Lin., Bastard Balm. Very plentiful on the outer
bank of Wootton Enclosure, looking westward, 817.
Teucrium Scorodonia, Lin., Wood Sage, 818.
Stachys Betonica, Benth., Wood Betony, 836.
Scutellaria minor, Lin., Lesser Skull-cap. Damp places in the Forest,
especially round Wootton, 846.
Pulmonaria angustifolia, Lin., Narrow-leaved Lungwort. Very common round
Wootton, both with and without spots on the leaves. (_See_ Watson’s _New
Botanist’s Guide_, vol. ii., p. 569; and the _Cybele Britannica_, vol.
iii., p. 488), 868.
Pinguicula Lusitanica, Lin., Pale Butterwort. Bogs round Wootton; Ashley
Common, where the Rev. P. Somerville first pointed it out to me. Mr.
Wilkinson also gives Sandford and Crow as localities, 874.
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