The geographical distribution of British plants. Part I. / [Hewett Cottrell Watson].
- Hewett Watson
- Date:
- 1843
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The geographical distribution of British plants. Part I. / [Hewett Cottrell Watson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Water. Plentifully by the sea side, on the gravelly banks, about Southampton. Sussex. Frequent about East Grinstead. 3. Thames. — South Kent. On Tonbridge Wells common. Near Reculver, Isle of Thanet. Salt marshes near Gravesend. Reigate. Side of the road between Croydon and Mitcham. In wet cultivated fields, between Kingston and Wimbledon. Southleigh Common, Oxford. Moist meadows, near Banbury. Near Southend. South Shoebury. Frequent about Dedham. 4. Ouse. — Burgh, Suffolk. Very common about Yarmouth. Waste ground about Norwich. Very com¬ mon in Western Norfolk. Road side. South Runcton. Cambridgeshire. Common in Bedfordshire. 5. Severn. — Longdon marsh, Worcestershire. Rare in Shropshire. Welbatch. Near Albrigliton, near Shrews¬ bury. In a field going from Ashford village to Saltmoor, on the right-hand side of the lane. Marshes near Newport, abundantly. 6. South Wales. — Marshy field between Swansea and St. Helen’s, — the dwarf variety, or R. parvulus. 7. North Wales.—In wet clay, Llandrinio, Mont¬ gomeryshire. A dwarf variety in a wet meadow, south of the ferry, at Barmouth, and within reach of the sea spray. Near Llanros, Caernarvonshire. 8. Trent. — Rare in Leicestershire. Near Groby. Near Sheepshed. Frequent in Notts. Ilkeston, Derby¬ shire. 9. Mersey. — In fields by the side of the new Bidston road, opposite the patent slip; also opposite Laird’s boiler yard [Seacombe ?]. Sparingly in one locality on Bidston Heath, Cheshire. Crosby, near Liverpool. Garston. Near Parkfield, Liverpool. Seen on the road side, in Broughton, near Manchester. 10. Humber. — Moist clayey places where water has remained during winter, in Yorkshire. Near Leeds. Scarce near Settle; but found about Higher Paley Green. 11. Tyne. — Sunderland ballast hills. St. Anthon’s ballast hills. Near Alnwick, rare. 12. * * * 13. West Lowlands. — In an orchard at Covant Burn, Lanarkshire, very abundant. Side of a burn](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29334433_0127.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
