The New Forest: its history and its scenery/Postscript
Postscript.—As a further addition to my list of plants, I have just received the following from A. G. More, Esq., F.L.S.—those without localities being communicated to him by the late Mr. Borrer as found in the Forest:—
- Wahlenbergia hederacea, Reich., Ivy-leaved Bell Flower. Near Lyndhurst, 272.
- Sium latifolium, Lin., Broad-leaved Water Parsnep. See Bromfield, in the Phytologist, vol. iii. p. 403; 464.
- Trifolium medium, Lin., Zigzag Trefoil. Near Lyndhurst. 683.
- Utricularia intermedia, Hayne, Intermediate Bladderwort, 876.
- Carex limosa, Lin., Green-and-Gold Carex, 1244.
A word or two may here be added concerning the only true species of cicada (Cicada hæmatoides), which we have in England, and which has hitherto been only found in the New Forest. Mr. Farren, in June, 1858, was fortunate enough to take a specimen sitting on the stem of the common brake, being attracted to it by its peculiar monotonous humming noise. On the second of June, 1862, he captured two others, which rose from the fern, with their curious zigzag flight, and at the same time heard two more.
Mr. Farren, to whom I am indebted for the above information, has kindly sent me the following drawing, made by his brother, from one of the living specimens captured in the Forest.
