A HISTORY OF BEDFORDSHIRE nous ; Wilbury Hill is one of the few British localities for the grass Phleum phalaroides, Wibel, at one time known as P. Bcebmeri. The cultivated fields also have three choice species, namely the ground pine (Ajuga Chama- pitys), the great earth nut (Carum Bulbocastanum), and the great corn rattle (Rhinanthus major). Besides these the arable ground affords the fumitories Fumaria densiflora, F. Vaillantii and F. parviftora, the candytuft (Iberis amara), the crimson poppy (Papaver bybridum), the toadflaxes Linaria spuria, L. elatine, and L. viscida, the Venus' looking-glass (Specularia hybrida), the grass Bromus secalinus, the hone-wort Carum segetum, and the bur parsley Cauca/is nodosa. The grassy downs are resplendent with the rock-rose (Hclianthemum Chamctcistus), the lady's-fingers (Anthyllis Vulneraria), the horse-shoe vetch (Hippocrepis comosa), the small scabious {Scabiosa Columbaria), the squinancy wort (Asperula cynanchica), the field ragwort (Senecio cam- pestris), the Carline thistle (Car Una vulgaris), the musk thistle (Carduus nutans), the marjoram (Origanum vulgare), the milkwort (Polygala vulgaris), the orchids Orchis pyramidalis, Habe- naria conopsca; the perfoliate yellow-wort (Blackstonia perfoliata), the felwort (Gentiana Amarella), the Canterbury bell (Campanula glomerata), and the mullein (Verbascum Thapsus), etc. The grasses consist of Kasleria cristata and its var. gracilis, Festuca ovina, F. rigida, F. rubra, Bromus erectus, Avena pubescens, A. pratensis, Briza media, etc. The yew (Taxus baccata) is almost certainly native in the district, but the scarcity of the juniper (Juniperus communis) is remarkable, since it is so frequent on the chalk escarpment of Buckinghamshire. The rarer plants of the Ivel district include : — Clematus Vitalba, L. Saponaria officinalis, L. Harlington (J.S.) tThalictrum calcareum, Jord. Flitwick (R. H. Claytonia perfoliata, Donn. Ampthill on the Webb.) Maulden road Montis fontana, L., var. minor (All.) Flitwick (Druce) 'Hypericum elodes, L. Potton (Abbot) — calycinum, L. Hayncs Geranium sanguineum, L. Potton, an escape (Abbot) — pusillum, L. Ampthill (Druce) — ■ columbinum, L. Pcgsdon Erodium cicutarium, L'Herit. Ampthill, etc. — moschatum, L'Herit. Abbot (i 80 1), Even- bolt (McLaren), Ampthill IVarren Genista anglica, L. Ampthill (Abbot) Medicago Falcata, L. Flitwick t — lappacea, Desv. Near Caddington (Pryor) Trifolium scabrum, L. Flitiuick (McLaren), Potton, Ampthill (Abbot) — ochroleucon, Huds. Potton, Everton (Abbot) — subterraneum, L. Ampthill, Clophill (Abbot) Lotus uliginosus, Schk. Flitwick — tenuis, W. & K. Haynes Vicia angustifolia, L., var. Bobartii, Koch. Ampthill (Druce) [ — lathyroides, L. Ampthill, Maulden, Clophill (Abbot), but his specimens are V. angusli- folia] Lathyrus sylvestris, L. Haynes (Abbot) — Nissolia, L. Wilbury Potentilla argentea, L. Ampthill, frequent t— palustris, Scop. Flitwick Marsh (J.S.) Alchemilla vulgaris, L. Sundon Poterium polygamum, W. & K. Railway banks, etc. Crataegus oxyacanthoides, Thuill. Pulloxhill, etc. (C. Crouch) PyrusAria, Ehrh. Warden
- Parnassia palustris, L. Ampthill (Abbot)
fSedum album, L., var. teretifolium (Haw.) Barton (J.S.) Ranunculus Lingua, L. Reed Pond, Sundon (J.S.) t — Baudotii, Godr. „ „ — fluitans, Lam. Ivel — parviflorus, L. Tingrith (W. Couch) — acris, L., var. Steveni (Andrz.) Flitwick (Druce) Aquilegia vulgaris, L. Barton Leete (Abbot) Berberis vulgaris, L. Steppingley Papaver dubium, L., var. Lamottei (Lam.) Flitwick (Druce) var. Lecoqii (Lam.) Clophill Capnoides claviculata, Druce (Corydalis). Clop- hill, Kings Wood iDraba muralis, L. E. B. Plate (Abbot) ; drawn from a Bedford specimen Erophila stenophylla, Jord. Ampthill (Druce) Erysimum cheiranthoides, L. Flitwick (J.S.) Diplotaxis muralis, DC. Railway Viola palustris, L. Ampthill (J. H.), Wesloning (C. Crouch) — hirta, L., var. calcarea, Bab. Barton (J.S.)
- Dianthus deltoides, L. Everton, Potton (Abbot)
Cerastium quaternellum, Fenzl. Ampthill War- ren, Clophill (Abbot) ; Flitwick (McLaren) — viscosum, L., var. apetalum (Dum.) Ampt- hill (Druce) [ — pumilum, Curtis. Ampthill (Abbot) ; error, it should be C. semidecandrum] Stcllaria media, Cyr., var. Boraeana (Jord.) Ampthill, Flitwick (Druce) Silene noctiflora, L. Barton Hills (J.S.) — anglica, L. Barton (Abbot) — Cucubalus, Wibel, var. puberula (Jord.) Barton (Druce) Sagina ciliata, Fries. Ampthill (Druce) — nodosa, Fenzl. Ampthill (Abbot), Flitwick (Druce) Arcnaria leptoclados, Guss. Flitwick (Druce) 48
