BOTANY OF THE DISTRICT.
In shallow portions of the Severn, we have several varieties of the River Crowfoot (Ranunculus fluitans), which, with their long slender stems and pure white blossoms, form a conspicuous feature; also the Canadian Water-weed (Anacharis alsinastrum), which has found its way as high up as Shrewsbury. In marshy flats bordering on the river, are found the Yellow Flag (Iris pseud-acorus), the Water-dock, (Rumex Hydrolapathum), the Water Drop-wort, Soap-wort, Frog-bit-water-lily, and the creeping Yellow Cress; whilst the little Lily of the Valley, the Giant Bell-flower, the Spreading Bell-flower, the rare Reed Fescue-grass, and the tall, handsome Fox-glove, which,
“On fair Flora’s hand is worn,”
adorn the woods along the slopes.
Other plants are found as follows:—
Ranunculus parviflorus (Small-flowered Crowfoot) . . . Stagborough.
Cardamine impatiens (Narrow-leaved Bittercress) . . . Stagborough.
Poterium sanguisorba . . . Stagborough.
Campanula latifolia . . . Owton and Stagborough.
Campanula patula . . . Owton and Stagborough.