BOTANY The cornfields near Northampton occasionally show St. Barnaby's thistle {Centaurea Solstitialii) and the hemp nettle {Galeopsh ipeciosa). Fox Hall Bog, on the Upper Lias clay, has yielded the butter wort [Pingukula vulgaris), the grass of Parnassus {Parnassia pa/ustris), the pennywort [Hydrocotyle vulgaris), the marsh thistle {Cnicus palustris), the marsh valerian {Valeriana dioica), the bog pimpernel {Anagallis Unella), the marsh bedstraw [Galium uliginosum), the marsh speedwell [Veronica scutellata), the marsh lousewort [Pedicularis palustris), the marsh arrowhead grass {Triglochin palustre), the marsh orchis {Orchis latifolia), the fragrant orchis [Hahenaria conopsea or H. Gymnadenia), the cotton grass [Eriophorum angustifolium), the compressed club-rush [Scirpus caricis, formerly known as Blysmus compressus), the heath rush [Juncoides [Luzula] multijlorum), the sedges [Carex pulicaris, C. flava, C. Hornschuchiana, C. paniculata and C. ecbinata), and the grasses (Molinia varia and Sieglingia decumbcns), while Rosa mollissima Willd. [R. tomentosa Sm.) is in the vicinity. Near Holdenby the marjoram [Origanum vulgare) occurs. This plant is remarkably absent from a considerable area of the Great Oolite in the county ; probably its presence here is determined by the occurrence of the drift which here obscures the Northampton sands. This drift contains chalk and flints, and Origanum is especially fond of chalk or limestone soils. Among the interesting species not previously mentioned as occurring in the district are [Cammarum hyemale, Greene (Eranthis, Salisi.)] Lepidium hetcrophyllum, Benth. var. crinigerum, Gren. & Godr. A form with yellow anthers was found by the railway near Kingsthorpe [Lepidium Draba, L.] Diplotaxis tenuifolia, DC. Now extinct Sisymbrium Sophia, L. [Alyssum Alyssoides, Jacq.] Cardamine amara, L. Teesdalia nudicaulis, R. Br. Probably extinct [Barbarea praecox, R. Br.] Papaver Lecoqii, Lam. ? Capnoides claviculata, Druce. (Corydalis, DC.) Not confirmed [ — lutea, Gaertn. (Corj'dalis DC.)] Viola sylvestris, Lam. (Reichenbachiana, Bor.) — permixta, Jord. [F. odorata x hirta) Drosera rotundifolia, L. Extinct Saponaria officinalis, L. (Gerard's Gentiana concava). Extinct Cerastium ar'ense, L. Sagina ciliata. Fries. [Claytonia perfoliata, Don.] Geranium lucidum, L. Medicago Falcata, L. Doubtfully wild Trifolium medium, L. — striatum, L. Astragalus glycyphyllos, L. [Trifolium agrarium, L.] [Lathyrus latifolius, L.] Lotus tenuis, W. & K. Poterium officinale, A. Gray Rubus diversifolius, Lindl. Pyrus communis, L. Epilobium tetragonum, L. (E. adnatum,Gmcl.) Hippuris vulgaris, L. Ribes rubrum, L. — nigrum, L. [Sedum dasyphyllum, L.] Saxifraga granulata, L. Petroselinum segetum, L. Caucalis nodosa, Scop. Adoxa Moschatellina, L. Galium erectum, Huds. Dipsacus pilosus, L. Arnoseris pusilla, G.'ertn. [Petasites fragrans, Presl.] Hopochoeris glabra, L. Extinct Crepis taraxacifolia, Thuill. — biennis, L. Antennaria dioica, Gaertn. Extinct Tanacetum vulgare, L. Fil.igo minima. Fries. (HoUowell, possibly extinct) Lactuca muralis, Fres. ['inca major, L.] Menyanthes trifoliata, L. Cuscuta europasa, L. [ — trifolii, Bab.] Hyoscyamus niger, L. Linaria Elatina, Mill. — spuria. Mill. — viscida, Mcench. Limosella* aquatica, L. (Extinct ?) Mentha longifolia, Huds. — rotundifolia, Huds. Salvia Verbenaca, L. Stachys ambigua, Sm. [Lamium maculatum, L.] Cynoglossum officinale, L. Lithospermum officinale, L. [Chenopodium capitatum, Asch.] Rumex pulcher, L. Polygonum Bistorta, L. Euphorbia amygdaloides, L. — platyphyllos, L. Query extinct Ceratophyllum demersum, L. Salix pentandra, L. Probably planted — purpurea, L. [Acorus Calamus, L.] Potamogeton prslongus, Wulf. — compresium, L. — Friesii, Rupr. Zannichellia palustris, L. Aceras anthropophora, R. Br.
