Purple Sandwort (Arenaria rubra).—On the sandy paths and hillocks east of Jack Straw’s Castle, Lower Heath.
Tormentilla (T. reptans).—Its red trailing stems, strawberry-shaped leaves, and bright yellow flowers, common everywhere upon the Heath all summer.
Heath Bedstraw (Gallium saxatile).—Great spaces on the high ground of the Upper Heath snowy white with the dense panicles of this lovely little plant.
Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia).—Common over all the upper parts of the Heath.[300]
Lesser Spearwort (Ranunculus flammula).—Along the margins of the old watercourse.
Celery-leaved Crowfoot (R. sceleratus).—In the same neighbourhood.
Great Reedmace, or Cat’s-tail (Typha latifolia).—In the pond on Lord Mansfield’s grounds, beside the viaduct, where an old boat lies stranded (1856).
Water Violet (Viola palustris).—Margin of the same pond, and in the pool at the bottom of the watercourse behind Jack Straw’s Castle.
Meadowsweet, Queen of the Meadow (Spiræa ulmaria).—In the bed of an old runnel on the right of the New Road going to Child’s Hill.