A HISTORY OF BEDFORDSHIRE tCampanula patula, L. Luton Hoo (J. Edge) — latifolia, L. Whipsnade, Studham Common (J.s.) Cuscuta Trifolii, Bab. See paper by Mr. Carruthers on the devastation of Swedish turnips at Dunstable {Journ. Royal Agric. Soc. vol. ix. pt. i.), where it is stated that the plant not only fed on the foliage but actually on the turnips themselves. Erica cinerea, L. Pepperstock (J.S.) Pyrola minor, L. Woods near Luton (Abbot), (? if in Beds) Hypopitys Monotropa, Crantz. New Mill End (J.S.) Vinca minor, L. Limbury, New Mill End (J.S.) Menyanthes trifoliata. Limbury, Leagrave Marsh (J.S.) Atropa Belladonna, L. IVhipsnade (Abbot) Hyoscyamus niger, L. Limbury (J.S.) Digitalis purpurea, L. Luton Hoo (J.S.) Linaria repens, Mill. Luton with the hybrid L. vulgari -repens (R. Pryor) Mimulus Langsdorffii, Donn. Luton Hoo (J.S.) Lysimachia nemorum, L. Chiltern Green (J.S.) Ajuga Chamaepitys, Schreb. Luton Downs (Abbot) Rumex maritimus, L. New Mill End (J.S.) Polygonum Bistorta, L. South of Luton (J.S.) — maculatum, Trim, and Dyer. Lea Side Q.S.) Aristolochia Clematitis, L. Thoroughly natural- ized in a wood at Luton Hoo (J.S.) Daphne Laureola, L. Leagrave, New Mill End (J-s.) Ceratophyllum demersum, L. Luton Hoo Lake in fruit, 1882 (J.S.) Carpinus Betulus, L. Fine trees near Luton and at New Mill End (J.S.) Populus canescens, Sm. Caddington (J.S.) Salix purpurea, L. Limbury (J.S.) Triglochlin palustre, L. Luton Zannichellia palustris, L., brackystemon, Gay. Luton Hoo, sources of the Lea (J.S.) Potamogeton perfoliatum, L. Limbury Pond (J.S.) — pusillum, L. New Mill End (J.S.) — pectinatum, L. Luton Hoo Lake (J.S.) Butomus umbellatus, L. River Lea (J.S.) Habenaria viridis, R. Br. Pepperstock (J.S.) Cephalanthera pallens, Rich. New Mill End Tulipa sylvestris, L. Wkipsnade (Abbot) Polygonatum multifiorum. All. Luton Hoo (J.S.) Ornithogalum umbellatum, L. Limbury (J.S.) East Hyde (J.S.) Dunstable Downs Luton Hoo Sm. Woodsiae, Pepperstock Alluin ursinum, L. Orchis ustulata, L. Iris fcetidissima, L. Scirpus multicaulis, (J-s.) Carex disticha, Huds Luton Hoo (J.S.) — leporina, L. Pepperstock (J.S.) — Goodenowii, Gay. Biscot (J.S.) Sieglingia decumbens, Beauv. Pepperstock (J.S.) Bromus arvensis, L. Not uncommon near Luton G-S.) Lomaria Spicant, Desv. Luton Hoo (J.S.) Asplenium Trichomanes, L. Luton Hoo Scolopendrium vulgare, Symons. ,, ,, Chara fragilis, Desv. Limbury (J.S.), with var. Hedwigii Nitella opaca, Ag. Sources of the Lea at Biscot (J-s.) THE BRAMBLES {Rubi) x The brambles of Bedfordshire are only imperfectly known, but the extensive area of the Lower Greensand is especially prolific in species, and systematic search would probably reveal a large number. The areas of the Chalk and Clays are poor and afford little beyond Rubus ulmifolius, R. corylifolius with its varieties cyclophyllus and sublustris, and the dewberry (R. ccesius), the latter being especially frequent in damp woods and by the sides of wet ditches. The woodlands on the Clay also have R. leucostachys, and occasionally R. radula and R. ecbinatus. The Chalk, where it comes to the surface, is also singularly poor, but where, as at Chiltern Common, it has a covering of brick earth or tertiaries a much more varied selection of brambles is to be met with. The richest districts are Woburn, Heath and Reach, the neighbourhood of Leighton Buzzard and Ampthill. At Woburn, in both Bucks and Beds, is a variety of R. hirtus, namely fiaccidifolius (P. J. Miiller), which is unknown elsewhere in Britain ; and in this neighbourhood the writer has met with R. pyramida- lis, R. fissus, R. plica tus, R. Lwdleiatws, R. rhamnifolius, R. pulcberrimus, R. macrophyllus, R. rudis, R. dasypbyllus, R. dumetorum, R. corylifolius and By G. Claridge Druce. 54
