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 A HISTORY OF BERKSHIRE To the south Walbarrow Camp rises to the greatest altitude the chalk attains in the county, 957 feet, and on its slopes the musk orchid (Herminium monorchii) still grows. An upland pasture near Inkpen affords the spring crocus (Crocus vernus) in great quantity, the spiked star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum pyrenaicum) grows near the county border, and Myosotis sylvatica, Carex strigosa and Poa Chaixii also occur. The latter may possibly be native here. Rubus dumnoniensis grows near Hungerford. In a wood near Kintbury the tooth-wort (Lathrea Squamaria] occurs, and the great park of Hampstead Marshall has the lady's traces Gyrostachis autumnalis, Iris faetidissima and Cynoglossum. Near Newbury the banks of the Lambourn railway are white with Lepidium Draba, and in the peaty meadows near Newbury and Chilton Foliat Scirpus cartels and Sag'tna nodosa occur; near Newbury also grows Ranunculus sardous, Latbyrus Nissolia, Afuscari, Orobanche major (0. elatior] and Barbarea prescox. At Southcote formerly occurred Damasonium Alisma, and Smyr- nmm Olusatrum still is plentiful. The beautiful woods and heaths of Aldermaston, Wasing, Brimpton, Ufton and Mortimer are particularly rich, and in them and on the commons we have a very varied flora, including Viola lactea, Stellaria umbrosa, Sagina subulata, Vicia graci/is, Pulicaria vulgaris, Anthemh nobilis, Jasione, Utricularia major, Drosera longifolia, Littorella, Euphorbia Lathyrus (probably native), Convallaria, Scirpus caspitosus, Agrostis setacea, and Festuca rubra var. fallax. Among other interesting plants of the district may be mentioned : Anemone Pulsatilla, L. Adonis annua, L. Papaver hybridum, L. Fumaria parviflora, Lam. Diplotaxis tenuifolia, DC. Silene anglica, L. Dianthus deltoides, L. Millegrana Radiola, Druce Rhamnus Frangula, L. Hypericum quadrangulum, L. Geranium lucidum, L. Genista tinctoria, L. Vicia sylvatica, L. Lathyrus Aphaca, L. Rubus scaber, W. and N. saxicolus, P. J. Muell. Agrimonia odorata, Mill. Rosa mollissima, Willd., var. Sherardi (Davits) var. sylvestris (Lindl.) Callitriche polymorpha, L'tun. Epilobium lanceolatum, Seb. and Maur. roseum, Schreb. Myriophyllum alterniflorum, DC. Kentranthus ruber (DC.), Druce Caucalis daucoides, L. Sambucus Ebulus, L. Valerianella carinata, Lois. [Petasites fragrans, Presl.'] Hieracium rigidum var. acrifolium, Dakht. Lactuca virosa, L. Filago apiculata, G. E. Sm. germanica, L., var. laxa, Druce Senecio aquaticus, Huds., var. dubius, Druce Centunculus minimus, L. Hottonia palustris, L. [Asperugo procumbens, L.~ Gentiana Pneumonanthe, L. (extinct) Samolus Valerandi, L. Orobanche Rapum-genistx, Thuill. [Scrophularia vernalis, Z,.] Veronica scutellata, L., var. villosa, Schum. Rhinanthus stenophyllus, Scbur. Euphrasia Kerneri, Wetts. Polygonum Bistorta, L. dumetorum, L. Rumex acutus, L. [Beta trigyna, Waldst. and Kit.] Mentha Pulegium, L. longifolia, Huds. Melissa officinalis, L. Littorella juncea, Berg. Mercurialis annua, L. Salix purpurea, L. x ambigua, Ehrh. Galanthus nivalis, L. Paris quadrifolia, L. Colchicum autumnale, L, Epipactis violacea, Bar. latifolia, All. Orchis maculata, L., var. ericetorum (E. F. Llntori) Gagea fascicularis, Salisb. Convallaria majalis, L. Allium ursinum, L. Echinodorus ranunculoides, Eng. Scirpus caespitosus, L. fluitans, L. Rynchospora alba, L. Carex Pseudo-cyperus, L. Alopecurus fulvus, SOT. Lycopodium Selago, L. clavatum, L. inundatum, L. Asplenium Adiantum-nigrum, L. Dryopteris montana, Kuntze Phegopteris polypodioides, A. Br. Polystichum angulare, Presl. aculeatum, Presl. Osmunda regalis, L. Equisetum sylvaticum, L. 5. THE LODDON OR LOWER THAMES is an irregularly shaped district which is bounded on the north-west by the Kennet district from the Hampshire border not far from the hamlet of Forward nearly to Reading. Then 58