Page:White - The natural history of Selborne, and the naturalist's calendar, 1879.djvu/253

This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.
NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE.
231

Comarum palustre, purple comarum, or marsh cinquefoil,—in the bogs of Bin's-pond.

Hypericum androsæmum, Tutsan, St. John's Wort,—in the stony, hollow lanes.

Vinca minor, less periwinkle,—in Selborne-hanger and Shrubwood.

Monotropa hypopithys, yellow monotropa, or birds' nest,—in Selborne-hanger under the shady beeches, to whose roots it seems to be parasitical, at the north-west end of the Hanger.

Chlora perfoliata, Blackstonia perfoliata, Hudsoni, perfoliated yellow-wort,—on the banks in the King's-field.

Paris quadrifolia, herb of Paris, true-love, or one-berry,—in the Church-litten-coppice.

Chrysosplenium oppositifolium, opposite golden saxifrage,—in the dark and rocky hollow lanes.

Gentiana amarella, autumnal gentian, or fellwort,—on the Zigzag and Hanger.

Lathræa squamaria, tooth-wort,—in the Church-litten-coppice under some hazels near the foot-bridge, in Trimming's garden hedge, and on the dry wall opposite Grange-yard.

Dipsacus pilosus, small teasel,—in the Short and Long Lith.

Lathyrus sylvestris, narrow-leaved, or wild lathyrus,—in the bushes at the foot of the Short Lith, near the path.

Ophrys spiralis, ladies' traces,—in the Long Lith, and towards the south corner of the common.

Ophrys nidus avis, birds' nest ophrys,—in the Long Lith under the shady beeches among the dead leaves; in Great Dorton among the bushes, and on the Hanger plentifully.

Serapias latifolia, helleborine,—in the High-wood under the shady beeches.

Daphne laureola, spurge laurel,—in Selborne-Hanger and the High-wood.

Daphne mezereum^ the mezereon,—in Selborne-Hanger among the shrubs, at the south-east end above the cottages.

Lycoperdon tuber, truffles,—in the Hanger and High wocd.

Sambucus ebulus, dwarf elder, walwort, or danewort—among the rubbish and ruined foundations of the Priory.