Glyceria maritima, M. and K., Sea Hard Grass. Mudeford, 1323.
Glyceria loliacea, Watson, Dwarf Sea-wheat Grass. "Mudeford. On the New Forest side of the Avon, which is the only place I have ever seen it" Rev. H. M. Wilkinson, 1327.
Triticum junceum, Lin., Rushy Sea-wheat Grass. Mudeford, 1362.
Hordeum maritimum, With., Sea Barley. Very common along the whole of the east coast. "By the roadside from Cadenham" (more probably Hythe) "to Marchwood," W. A. Bromfield. See Watson's New Botanist's Guide, vol. ii., p. 571.; 1369.[1]
Lepturus filiformis, Trin., Sea Hard-grass. Mudeford, 1371.
In the next division are placed more especially those plants which either grow only in the Forest, or form a peculiar feature in its landscapes, such as Eriophorum angustifolium, Gentiana Pneumonanthe, Drosera rotundifolia, and intermedia, Narthecium ossifragum, Melittis Melissophylium, and the Carices, Aivæ, and Agrostes generally. The rest will be found in the third division, as common both to the Forest and the adjoining districts. As the Ferns and St. John's-worts have been so fully mentioned in Chapter XXI., they will not be again noticed.
Anemone nemorosa, Lin., Wood Anemone, 6.
Ranunculus aquatilis, Lin., Water Crowfoot. Streams and pools, not of course confined to the Forest, but still a conspicuous feature, 11.
Ranunculus tripartitus, D. C, Three-parted-leaved Crowfoot, "with Limosella aquatica, in splashy places by the roadside, just beyond the bridge, as you leave Brockenhurst for Lyndhurst," H. C. Watson, in a private letter, 11.*
Ranunculus hirsutus, Curt., Hairy Crowfoot. Roads in the Forest, 22.
Caltha palustris, Lin., Common Marsh Marigold. Forest pools; but, of course, in the district generally, 26.
Aquilegia vulgaris, Lin., Common Columbine. Very common round Wootton, but may be found with Hypericum androsæmum in the old woods of Mark Ash, Gibb's Hill, Winding Shoot, and Boldrewood, 31.
Nymphæa alba, Lin., White Water Lily. Forest streams. Not so common as the next, but still a feature, 36.
Nuphar luteum, Sm., Yellow Water Lily. In the Avon, and elsewhere in the district, 37.
Viola canina, Sm., Dog's Violet. The violet of the Forest, but, of course, common in the district, 135.
Viola lactea, Sm., Cream-coloured Violet. "Near Boldre," W. A. Bromfield. See Watson's New Botanist's Guide, vol. ii., p. 567; 135.*
Drosera rotundifolia, Lin., Round-leaved Sundew. Everywhere in the Forest, 138.
Drosera intermedia, Hayn., Narrow-leaved Sundew. Though not so common as rotundifolia, it is equally distributed throughout the Forest district, 139.
Polygala vulgaris, Lin., Common Milkwort, 141.
Mœnchia erecta, Sm., Upright Mœnchia. Common, 166.
Sagina subulata, Wimm., Ciliated Awl-shaped Spurrey, 170.*
- ↑ Scirpus parvulus (R. and S.), mentioned by Rev. G. E. Smith as growing "on a mud-flat near Lymington," is now extinct. See Watson's Cybele Britannica, vol. iii. p. 78; and Bromfield, in the Phytologist, vol. iii., 1028.
