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 A HISTORY OF WORCESTERSHIRE Orchis latifolia, L. X maculata .... Luzula erecta, Desv. var. congests Sparganium ramosum, Huds. var.microcarpum,Newman — neglectum, Beeby Carex muricata, L. var. virens, Koch. — leporina, L. var. bracteata, Syme — flava, L. var. elatior, Schlec. Aira caryophyllea, L. var. multicaulis, Dunn Avena fatua, L. var. pilosissima, Gray. var. intermedia (Lindgr.). Festuca rottboellioides, Kunth. Bromus mollis, L. var. glabratus, Doell. Asplenium Filix-foemina, Bernh. var. erectum, Syme Aspidium lobatum, Sw. var. genuinum, Syme. APPENDIX C Casuals, being plants not mentioned either in the London Catalogu Hooker's Student's Flora, which have been recorded for Worcestershire :— Sir Joseph Aquilegia alpina Anemone fulgens — nemoralis var. rubra, Pritzel. Papaver rhoeas var. Pryorii, Druce Lunaria biennis Lepidium perfoliatum Impatiens Roylei var. macrochila. . . . Medicago lupulina var. Wildenowiana Rubus corylifolius var. fasciculatus, P.J. Muell — rusticanus var. pubigerus, Bab. . Rosa stylosa var. systyla X arvensis Anagallis Indica. . . . Mentha gentilis X arvensis. . . . Salvia verticillata. . . . Rumex conglomeratus X crispus. . . . — obtusifolius var. sylvestris. X crispus. . . . — sanguineus var. viridis X obtusifolius. . . Cannabis sativa Luzula albida Carex vulpina X divulsa. . . . — flava var. minor, Townsend Valisneria spiralis. . . . THE MOSSES {Musci) The study of the geological and physical features of Worcestershire would naturally lead a moss student to anticipate a more varied moss flora than has at present been found to exist there. Probably this paucity of species is largely due to artificial, and not to natural causes. The absence of many species may be accounted for by the changes inci- dental to the growth of centres of industry, and the reclamation of what were in past times uncultivated waste places, such as the extensive bogs and marshes in various portions of the county. As instances Moseley Bog and Feckenham Bog may be named, both places having been the home of the rare Hypnum scorpioides. Sphagnum squarrosum, and other bog- loving species ; and Longdon Marsh and several other like places which were at one time rich in mosses. Then, too, the reclamation of the peaty 62