Labiatæ
Water Figwort—
(Scrophularia Balbisii). (S. nodosa) } Both common and not beautiful.
Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea).—All over the gravelly and peaty woods in splendid congregations of spires—called by the children poppies.
Lesser Snapdragon (Antirrhinum Orontium).—Occasionally in gardens.
Wild Sage (Salvia Verbenaca).—Ampfield.
Self-Heal (Prunella vulgaris).—Called Lady’s Slipper.
Skullcap (Scutellaria galericulata).—Itchen bank.
(S. minor).—Cranbury hedge on Romsey Road.
Black Horehound (Bellota fætida).—Hursley hedges.
Bastard Balm (Melittis Melissophyllum).—Ampfield Wood.
Betony (Stachys Betonica).
(S. palustris).
(S. sylvatica).
(S. arvensis).
Red Archangel (Galeopsis Tetrahit).—Near Chandler’s Ford.
Motherwort (Leonurus Cardiaca).—Alas, a dried specimen only remains of this handsome flower, which was sacrificed to a pig-stye on Otterbourne Hill.
Weasel Snout or Yellow Nettle (Galeobdolon luteum).
White Archangel, or Blind Nettle (Lamium album).—sometimes with a purple flower.
(L. purpureum).—Everywhere.
Bugle (Ajuga reptans).—All over the woods.
Germander, Wood-Sage (Teucrium Scorodonia).—Cranbury Wood.
Bugloss (Lycopsis arvensis).—Sand-pit, Boyatt Lane.
Viper’s Bugloss (Echium vulgare).—Chalk-pits.
Great Yellow Toadflax (Linaria vulgaris).—In most hedges.
Ivy-Leaved T. (L. Cymbalaria).—Old wall of Merdon Castle.
Fluellen (L. Elatine).—In stubble-fields.
(L. spuria).—In the same locality.
Creeping T. (L. repens).—Chandler’s Ford, and hedge of Romsey Road by Pot Kiln.
Lesser T. (L. minor).—Hursley.
Speedwell (Veronica hederifolia).—Hursley, Ampfield.
(V. polita).
(V. Buxbaumii).—In fallow fields all the winter and spring.
(V. arvensis).
(V. officinalis).—Cranbury.
Bird’s Eye (V. Chamvdrys).—Exquisite blue along the hedges on the chalk and clay.
(V. montana).—Ampfield.
(V. scutellata).
Brooklime (V. Beccabunga).—Esteemed a sovereign remedy for an old woman’s bad leg.
(V. Anagallis).—Less common, but both frequent the river and the marshes.
Eyebright (Euphrasia officinalis).—Downs and heaths.
Red Eyebright (Bartsia Odontites).—woods.
Red Rattle (Pedicularis palustris).—Itchen meadows.
(P. sylvatica).—Otterbourne Hill.
Yellow Rattle (Rhinanthus Crista-galli).—Itchen meadows.
Yellow Cow-Wheat (Melampyrum pratense).—Otterbourne Park.
Toothwort (Lathræa squamaria).—South Lynch Wood.
Broomrape (Orobanche repens).—Mallibar roadway.
(O. elatior).—Sparrow Grove.
(O. minor).—Clover-fields, Otterbourne. Wonderful brown parasites, all three.
Vervein (Verbena officinalis).—Road-sides.
Gipsywort (Lycopus europærus).—Dell Copse and all bogs.
Horse Mint (Mentha sylvestris).
(M. hirsuta).
(M. sativa).
(M. arvensis).
Thyme (Thymus Serpyllum).—On many a bank does the wild thyme grow, with its perfume delicious.
Marjoram (Origanum vulgare).—Banks of Winchester Road.
Monkey Flower (Mimulus Luteus).—Bank of Itchen Canal, where it has spread considerably, though probably a stray.
Basil Thyme (Calamintha vulgaris).—Stubble-fields show this lovely little blue flower with a white crescent on the lip.
(C. menthifolia).—Merdon Castle.
Basil (C. Clinopodium).—Itchen.
Cat Mint (Nepeta Cataria).—Hedge towards Stoneham.
Ground Ivy (N. Glechoma).—Everywhere in woods.
Plantain Tribe
Knockheads (Plantago major).
Lesser Plantain (P. media).
(P. lanceolata).
Stagshorn (P. Coronopus).—Otterbourne Hill.
Good King Henry (Chenopodium Bonus-Henricus).
Goosefoot (C. album).
(C. urbicum).
Dock (Rumex sanguineus).
(R. obtusfolius).
(R. pratensis).
Water Dock (R. Hydrolapathum).—Fit table-cloth for the butterfly’s table.
Sorrel (R. Acetosa).
Lesser Sorrel (R. Acetosella).—Elegant and slender, making red clouds all over Cranbury.
Buckwheat (Polygonum fagopyrum).—For several seasons in a meadow by Brooklyn. Now vanished.
Knotgrass (P. Convolvulus).
Black Bindweed (P. aviculare).
Water Pepper (P. Hydropiper).
Persicaria (P. Persicaria).
(P. dumetorum).—Ampfield.
Bastard Toadflax (Thesium linophyllum).—Crab Wood.
Sun Spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia).—Corn-fields.
Wood S. (E. amygdaloides).—Cranbury and Otterbourne Park.
Small S. (E. Peplus).
(E. exigua).
Dog’s Mercury (Mercurialis perennis).—First to clothe the banks with fresh vernal green.
Nettle (Urtica dioica).
Small Nettle (U. nana).
Hod (Humulus Lupulus).—If not native, it has taken well to the hedges, and clothes them with graceful wreaths.
Elm (Ulmus campestris).—Largest of spreading trees.
Oak (Quercus Robur).—Acorns differ on many trees. Five varieties of Cynips produce different oak-apples. Oak is still worn on the 29th of May, and it is called Shik-shak Day. Why?
Beech (Fagus sylvatica).—Beautiful at Ampfield and South Lynch, and permitting only a select few plants to grow under its shade.
Hazel (Corylus Avellana).
Alder (Alnus glutinosa).
Birch (Betula alba).—Silver-leaved and white-barked, making fairy groves.
Aspen (Populus tremula).—Aps, the people call it. The catkins are like caterpillars.
Willow or Withy (Salix Caprea).—Our yellow goslings in spring, as they shoot from their silver rabbit-tail catkins, and our palms on Palm Sunday, though it is unlucky to bring one home earlier.
(S. triandra).—Near the old church, Otterbourne.
(S. rubra).
Round-Leaved W. (S. aurita).
Sallow W. (S. cinerea).
White W. (S. alba).
(S. fragilis).
Dwarf W. (S. repens).—Bogs towards Baddesley.
Osier W. (S. viminalis).—Ampfield.
Juniper (Juniperus communis).—Above Standon on Down.
Yew (Taxus baccata).—Scattered in hedges, or singly all over the chalk district.
Reedmace (Typha latifolia).—Itchen. Noble plant, commonly, but incorrectly, called bulrush.
Bur-Reed (Sparganium ramosum).—With fertile flowers like prickly balls.
Lords-and-Ladies or Cuckoo-Pint (Arum maculatum).—Showing their heads under every hedge. The lords have a red column, the ladies a white.
Duckweed (Lemna trisulca).
Great Water Plantain (Alisma Plantago).—Stately ornament of bogs.