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meadows between the Uttoxeter road and Thornhill farm. Transplanted

to the garden the character remains unchanged

Lamium album, white archangel or dead nettle, hedge banks, May to September, white, P. purpureum, red dead nettle, hedge banks, May, purple

amplexicaule, great henbit, sandy fields, February to June, rose colour

Galeopsis ladanum, red hemp nettle, corn fields, June to September, rose colour, P. Pinxton Tetrahit, common hemp nettle, corn fields, July to September, white

versicolor, large flowered nettle, corn fields, July to August, yellow, between Matlock and Duffield

Galeobdolon luteum, yellow dead nettle or weasel snout, moist shady places, May, yellow, P. Quarndon, Duffield and Derby

Betonica officinalis, wood betony, woods, July to August, purple, Allestree, Horsley, Bretby and Crich woods

Stachys sylvatica, hedge nettle, hedges, July to August, blood colour, P.

palustris, all heal or wound wort, moist meadows, August, purple germanica, downy wound wort, corn fields, July, purple, Pinxton arvensis, corn wound wort, corn fields, July to August, purple, A. Ballota nigra, stinking horehound, hedges, July to August, purple, near Windmill pit, Derby

Marrubium vulgare, white horehound, rubble, July, white, P. Derby and Middleton dale Clinopodium vulgare, great wild basil, bushy places, August, rose colour, Bolsover, Chaddesden, Glapwell and Pinxton

Leonorus cardiaca, motherwort or lion's tail, hedge banks, July to August, white, Mackworth and Handley

Origanum vulgare, common marjoram, hedges, July to August, rose colour, P. Crich, Clown, Dovedale and Matlock

Thymus Serpyllum, wild thyme, heaths, July to August, purple, P. Buxton, Littleover, Matlock and Peak forest. It yields an essential oil, which is very heating; an infusion of the leaves removes the headache occasioned by the debauch of the preceding evening

Acinos, wild basil thyme, dry hills, July to August, violet, A. Dovedale and Glapwell

Calamintha, calamint balm, borders of fields, July to August, violet. From the garden of A. N. Moseley, esq. of Park Hill, who thought that it had been found growing wild not far from that place

Scutellaria galericulata, scull cap or willow herb, watery places, July to August, blue, P. Pinxton, and on the banks of the Mill dam, near Derby

minor, lesser scull cap or willow herb, moist heaths, August, pink, P.

Prunella vulgaris, common self heal, meadows and pastures, July to August, violet, P. Melittis melissophyllum, bastard balm or balm leaf, woods, May to June, flesh colour,

between Sinfin and Barrow.

ANGIOSPERMIA.

Bartsia odontites, purple eyebright, meadows and pastures, July to August, purple, Breadsall, Matlock, and Radbourn lane

Rhinanthus Crista-galli, cock's comb or yellow rattle, meadows and pastures, June, yellow, in a field between Matlock and Bonsal

Euphrasia officinalis, common eyebright, pastures, July to September, white, Quarndon, Dovedale, and Radbourn lane

Melampyrum pratense, common cow wheat, woods, July to August, yellow, Morley moor, on the side nearest to Horsley castle

Lathræa squamaria, great toothwort, shady places, April, purple

Pedicularis palustris, marsh lousewort, boggy marshes, June to July, purple, Quarndon common and Breadsall

sylvatica, pasture lousewort, moist heaths, June to July, rose colour, Quarndon common and Breadsall

Antirrhinum Cymbalaria, ivy-leaved snapdragon, old walls, May to November, violet, stone walls at Matlock, and rocks in Mr. Arkwright's grounds, Cromford, Morley, and Millford bridge

Elatine, sharp-pointed fluellin, corn fields, August to September, yellow
Linaria, common yellow snapdragon, hedges, July to August, yellow, P. Bread-
sall and various other places. An infusion of the leaves is diuretic and
purgative. The expressed juice, mixed with milk, is a poison to flies
minus, least snapdragon or calf's snout, sandy fields, July to August, violet
majus, great snapdragon, walls, July to August, rose colour, Matlock
palustris, marshy snapdragon,

Scrophularia nodosa, knobby rooted figwort, woods, July, blood colour, on the banks of the

Derwent, about Derby, frequent

Scrophularia aquatica, water betony or figwort, watery places, July, blood colour, by the boat house, Darley

Digitalis purpurea, common forglove, hedge banks, June to July, purple, Stanton by Bridge, Quarndon, Matlock and Horsley castle

var. alba, white foxglove, hedge banks, June to July, white

Orobanche major, greater bromerape, uncultivated places, May to June, purplish, in the highest part of the woods upon the rock opposite Matlock bath, and Little Eaton

ramosa, branched bromerape, August to September, bluish, in a young fir plantation by the side of a high corn field, at Ingleby, near Anchor Church.

CLASS 15. TETRADYNAMIA.-SILICULOSA.

Draba verna, common whitlow grass, walls, March to April, white, on the wall surrounding Mackworth church yard

muralis, speedwell leaved whitlow grass, fissures of rocks, May, white, A. on limestone rocks near the house of the Rev. E. Carr, Parwich

Lepidium campestre, mithridate mustard or bastard cresses, June to July

latifolium, broad-leaved pepperwort, pastures, July, white

Hutchinsia petræa, rock cresses

Teesdalia nudi-caulis Liberis, naked-stalked cresses, Middleton dale. Mr. Coke

Thlaspi alpestre, alpine shepherd's purse, meadows and pastures, June to July, white, on limestone rocks, and about lead mines at Matlock

Bursa pastoris, common shepherd's purse, March to September, white, A. in fields and road sides, on cultivated ground

Cochlearea officinalis, garden scurvy grass, May, white, near the great cavern, Castleton, and Wirksworth

Armoracea, horse raddish, watery places, May, white

Coronopus Ruellii, swine's cress, road sides, June to July, white, Duffield.

SILIQUOSA.

Cardamine impatiens, impatient ladies' smock, rocks, May to June, white, abundant in the woods opposite the Matlock old bath

hirsuta, hairy-leaved ladies' smock, moist shady places, March to June, white pratensis, common meadow ladies' smock, meadows and pastures, April to May, purple, Breadsall meadows, and fields about Derby

Amara, bitter cress or ladies' smock, watery places, April to May, white, by the side of the Markeaton brook, near a field on the Kedleston road

Erysimum barbarea, winter cress or rocket, rivulet banks, May to August, yellow

Alliaria, Jack by the hedge, sauce alone or garlic wormseed, hedges, May, white cheiranthoides, treacle hedge mustard, July, yellow, hedge banks near Ashbourn Nasturtium officinale, water cress, rivulets, June to July, white, Via Gellia brook, and other brooks and springs, very fine

sylvestre, winter cress or water rocket

terrestre, land rocket

amphibium, water raddish, June

Sisymbrium officinale, hedge mustard, May

monense, dwarf sea rocket, sandy banks, June to July, yellow, Old Meadows on the banks of the Derwent

Sophia, flix weed or water cress, waste ground, July, yellow, on rubbish between Derby and Shardlow

Arabis thaliana, podded mouse ear, turkey pod or wall cress, walls, April, white, on the wall round Mackworth church yard and at Langley

Turrita, tower wall cress, walls, May, sulphur, Matlock, near the entrance to the

Cumberland cavern

hispida, alpine rock cress, Middleton dale. Mr. Coke

Brassica Rapa, wild rape or turnip cabbage, corn fields, April, yellow.

Turritis glabra, smooth tower mustard, gravelly pastures, May to June, white, Masson hill,

near Smedley's cavern

hirsuta, hairy tower mustard, old walls, May, white, Masson hill, near Smedley's

cavern

Sinapis arvensis, rough charlock or wild mustard, corn fields, May, yellow

alba, white mustard, corn fields, June, yellow

nigra, black mustard, borders of fields, June, yellow

Raphanus Raphanistrum, wild raddish, corn fields, June to July, yellow.

CLASS 16. MONADELPHIA.—PENTANDRIA.

Erodium cicutarium, hemlock crane's bill, road sides, June to August, purple, P. moschatum, musk crane's bill, meadows and pastures, June to July, purple.

DECANDRIA.

Geranium sylvaticum, wood crane's bill, meadows and pastures, June to July, purple, in a wood at the foot of the Zig Zag walk, Matlock

pratense, crowfoot leaved crane's bill, meadows and pastures, June to July, blue, P. Breadsall, and in a meadow on the Markeaton road

robertianum, stinking crane's bill or herb Robert, stoney places, May to October, purple, B. frequent about Derby

lucidum, shining crane's bill, stoney places, May to August, rose colour, Dethick, Matlock bath, Peak's hole and Winfield manor

molle, dove's foot crane's bill, waste ground, April to August, purple, A. on the Ashbourn road

rotundifolium, round-leaved crane's bill, walls, June to July, rose colour, A. on a dry bank on the Markeaton road

dissectum, jagged-leaved crane's bill, waste ground, May to June, purple, A. Derby, Pinxton, &c.

columbinum, long-stalked crane's bill, corn fields, June to July, rose colour, A.

Matlock, Middleton dale and Dovedale

sanquineum, bloody crane's bill, meadows and pastures, June to October, blood colour, P. Buxton rocks, and opposite Haddon hall

Malva sylvestris, common mallow, waste places, May to August, purple, on the Kedleston road and near Markeaton

rotundifolia, dwarf mallow, road sides, May to July, flesh colour, at the foot of the High Tor, Matlock

moschata, musk mallow, borders of fields, May to August, rose colour, very frequent about Shardlow, Dale Abbey, Spondon and various other places.

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Fumaria lutea, yellow fumatory, old walls, May, yellow, Castleton, Smith's Fl. behind a hovel in a path leading from the temple to the lead mines, top of Masson hill. Mrs. Lucy Hardcastle

officinalis, common fumatory, gardens, corn fields, and sometimes old walls, April to August, rose colour, common about Derby

claviculata, white climing fumatory, on walls, in hedges and woods, August, white, in a dingle on Quarndon common, and in a fox cover near Horsley castle.

OCTANDRIA.

Polygala vulgaris, common milkwort, meadows and pastures, May to June, about Matlock, in all the variety of colours, blue, pink and white, also in the high and dry grounds near Derby.

DECANDRIA.

Spartium scoparium, common broom, dry pastures, May to June, near Breadsall and near Belper lane end, common Genista tinctoria, wood waren, greenwood or dyer's broom, dry pastures, July, yellow, common. It gives a bitter taste to the milk of cows when they feed upon it anglica, needle furze, petty whin or hengorse, moist heaths, April to September, yellow, turnpike road leading to Burton, and near the pastures, Egginton Ulex europæus, common furze, whins or gorse, heaths and barren neglected land, May to September, yellow, Morley moor, Horsley castle, and between Findern and Willington

nanus, dwarf furze, Dovedale, August to October, yellow

Ononis spinosa, thorny rest harrow, petty whin or ground furze, dry pastures and hedge banks, August to October, yellow, in a lane leading to Radbourn

arvensis, hairy rest harrow, barren pastures, June to August, near Breadsall, more common than the preceding species

Anthyllis vulneraria, kidney vetch or lady finger, dry pastures, June to August, yellow, frequent on the top of Masson hill, among the lead mines

Orobus tuberosus, heath pea or wood pea, woods and pastures, May, purple, Nutwood at Darley near Derby, and frequent about Matlock

Lathyrus Nissolia, grass vetch, woods and pastures, July to August, crimson, Nutwood at Darley

hirsutus, rough-podded lathyrus, borders of fields, South Normanton, July, purple pratensis, meadow vetchling or tare everlasting, meadows and pastures, July to August, yellow, Kedleston, Markeaton woods, and various other places sylvestris, narrow-leaved pea everlasting, moist woods, July to August, yellow latifolius, broad-leaved pea everlasting, woods, July to August, rose colour Vicia sylvatica, wood vetch, woods, July to August, white, Heights of Abraham, Matlock, in a walk high in the rock behind Saxton's Matlock bath, not far from

the entrance of Skidmore's cavern, but on the opposite side of the path.
This beautiful plant also grows near Dovedale, Duffield, and various other
places

Cracca, perennial tufted vetch, meadows and hedges, July to August, violet
sativa, common vetch, corn fields, May to June, purple, common about Derby
sepium, bush vetch, hedges, May to June, blue, common

Ervum tetraspermum, smooth podded tare, corn fields, June, purple, in the path up the rock behind Phoebe's cottage, Matlock

hirsutum, small wild rough podded tare, corn fields and hedges, July, blue, Quarn

don common

Ornithopus perpusillus, common bird's foot, dry pastures, May to August, reddish, on the highest part of Quarndon common and Chevin

Hedysarum Onobrychis, medick vetchling or cock's head, gravelly fields, July, rose colour,

not common

Astragalus glycyphyllos, liquorice vetch, ditch banks, June, yellow

Trifolium officinale, melilot, in fields, among corn, and under hedges, July to August, common repens, white trefoil or Dutch clover, meadows and pastures, May to September,

white, common

pratense, honeysuckle trefoil or common clover, meadows and pastures, May to September, purple, common

medium, long-leaved purple trefoil, cow or perennial clover, meadows and pastures, June to July, purple

fragiferum, strawberry trefoil, moist meadows, July to August, flesh colour,

Duffield

arvense, hare's foot trefoil, meadows and pastures, July to August, flesh colour procumbens, hop trefoil, meadows and pastures, May to August, yellow, in sandy and gravelly soils

arabica, heart trefoil or claver, meadows and pastures, May

minus, lesser yellow trefoil, dry pastures, June to July, yellow

striatum, knotted trefoil with softer heads, dry pastures, July, purple

filiforme, least hop trefoil, sandy pastures, May to June, not very common

Lotus corniculatus, bird's foot trefoil or claver, meadows and pastures, June to August, yellow, Matlock, Morley moor, Quarndon, and in most dry situations major, great bird's foot trefoil, meadows and pastures, June to August, yellow Medicago lupilina, melilot or black medick trefoil, pastures and heaths, in light soil, May to August, yellow, Little Eaton

maculata, spotted melilot.

CLASS 18.

POLYADELPHIA.-POLYANDRIA.

Hypericum androsæmum, tutsan or St. John's wort, woods and moist hedges, July to August, yellow

quadrangulum, St. Peter's wort, moist meadows and hedges, August, yellow, in a wood near Wheathill, and by the brook in a field leading to Thornhilĺ

farm

perforatum, common St. John's wort, groves, July to August, yellow, on the Kedleston road, near Quarndon

dubium, imperforate St. John's wort, woods, July to August, yellow

humifusum, trailing St. John's wort, dry pastures, July, yellow, Dale Abbey, and in a lane near Locko park

montanum, mountain St. John's wort, moist hedges and road sides, July, yellow, Deadman's lane, near Derby

hirsutum, hairy St. John's wort, watery hedges and road sides, Deadman's lane, near Derby, July, yellow

pulchrum, heart-leaved or upright St. John's wort, woods, July, yellow, on the road between Spondon and Locko, in a dry bank, and on Morley moor elodes, marsh St. John's wort, watery places, July to August, yellow.

CLASS 19. SYNGENESIA.-POLYGAMIA ÆQUALIS.

Trogopogon pratensis, go-to-bed-at-noon or yellow goat's beard, pastures, B. June, yellow, in pastures at Darley, near Derby, and Pinxton

porrifolius, salsafy or purple goat's beard, in the high fields between Matlock bath and Bonsal, May to June, purple

Picris hieracioides, Langue de bœuf or ox tongue, borders of fields, July to August, yellow Sonchus palustris, marsh sowthistle, banks of rivers, July to August, yellow

arvensis, corn sowthistle, corn fields, August, yellow

oleraceus, common sowthistle, cultivated land and gardens, June, yellow Lactuca virosa, strong scented lettuce, on banks, under hedges and the borders of fields, B. July to August, yellow, Matlock. Mr. Coke

scariola, prickly or mild scented lettuce, about Peak's hole, B. August, yellow

Prenanthes muralis, wall ivy leaved lettuce, woods, July, yellow, about Matlock and Duffield bridge, frequent

Leontodon Taraxacum, dandelion, in meadows and pastures, P. April to September, yellow,

common

autumnale, hawkweed with bitter roots or yellow devil's bit, in open fields and commons, July to August, yellow

Apargia hispida, rough hawkbit or hawkweed, meadows and pastures, P. June to July,

common

hirta, prickly hawkbit, meadows and pastures,

autumnalis, autumnal hawkbit, meadows and pastures, July to August

Hieraceum Pilosella, mouse-ear hawkweed, dry pastures and hedge banks, May to July, yellow, Derby and Mackworth

dubium, creeping hawkweed, mountains, P. July to August, yellow, Coxbench wood

murorum, French lungwort, hedge banks, P. July, yellow, Derby and Pinxton sylvaticum, wood hawkweed, woods, August, yellow

paludosum, marsh or mountain hawkweed, mountains, July, yellow

villosum, alpine hawkweed, alpine rocks, August, yellow

sabaudum, shrubby hawkweed, with broad rough leaves, on heaths, in woods

and hedges, P. July to August, yellow, Brampton

umbellatum, bushy hawkweed, woods, August to September, yellow

Crepis tectorum, smooth succory, pastures, A. June to September, yellow, Pinxton Hypochoris radicata, long-rooted hawkweed or cat's ear, meadows and pastures, P. June to August, yellow, common

Lapsana communis, nipplewort, under hedges, on rubbish, gardens and cultivated land, June to September, yellow, common

Cichorium Intybus, wild succory, chiefly on dry banks, July to August, blue, in the road leading to Swarkstone bridge, nearly upon the bridge

Arctium Lappa, common clot burr or burdock, rubbish, B. July to August, purple, on almost every road side

Bardana, taller burdock, with woolly heads, on the sides of roads, July to August, purple, not uncommon

Serratula tinctoria, sawwort, woods, P. July, August, purple

Carduus nutans, musk thistle, pastures in calcarious soil, P. July to August, purple, common Acanthoides, welted thistle, with small flowers, road sides, dry ditch banks, and on rubbish, June to July, purple, not uncommon

tenuiflorus, slender flowered thistle, hedge banks, June to July, purple

marianus, milk or ladies' thistle, hedge banks, July to August, purple

Onopordum acanthium, cotton thistle, road sides, on rubbish, and in cultivated land, July,

common

Centaurea calcitrapa, star thistle, in dry pastures and by the side of roads, July, not common Cnicus lanceolatus, spear thistle, pastures and road sides, B. July to August, purple. The flowers have the property of curdling milk

palustris, marsh thistle, marshes, moist pastures and hedge banks, P. July to August, purple

acaulis, dwarf thistle, pastures, July to August, purple. A dwarf plant but spreading the breadth of a foot, the leaves grow close to the ground, and prevent cattle from browsing near them

arvensis, common thistle, pastures, corn fields and road sides, July, purple eriophorus, woolly headed thistle, pastures and road sides, August, purple, Matlock bath, &c.

heterophyllus, melancholy thistle or all-leaf, moist alpine pastures, July to August, purple, P. Buxton, Taddington, &c. This elegant plant is smoked by the inhabitants instead of Tobacco. It grows among the hay, which is in general cut down before it flowers, the people therefore imagine it never flowers, and call it all-leaf

pratensis, gentle thistle, wet meadows, June, purple

Carlina vulgaris, wild carline thistle, in dry fields, and on barren sandy soil, May, Middleton dale, common

Bidens tripartita, trisid leaved water hemp agrimony, watery places and stagnated waters, A. July to August, yellow, frequent

cernua, water hemp agrimony, watery places, September, yellow, Little Eaton brook, and Old Meadows, Derby Eupatorium cannabinum, hemp agrimony, Dutch agrimony or common hempweed, in ditches and marshy ground, July to August, purple, on the banks of the Derwent, by Markeaton brook, and various other places

POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA.

Conyza squarrosa, great fleabane or ploughman's spikenard, dry sandy pastures, July to August, yellow, a troublesome weed and very common

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