Plants Collected by the Rev. L.Jenyns on the Downs between Lewes and Brighton on the 17th July 1824.
Veronica officinalis.........Male speedwell much stunted
Sherardia arvensis...........Little field-madder
Asperula cynanchica..........Squinancy-wort
Galium verum.................Yellow Bed-straw exceedingly
stunted
Plantago lanceolata..........Rib-wort plantain
Linum catharticum............Purging flax
Rumex acetosa................Common sorrel
----- acetosella.............Sheep's sorrel
Erica vulgaris...............Common heath or ling
Spiraea filipendula..........Drop-wort
Tormentilla officinalis......Common Septfoil
Prunella vulgaris............Self-Heal.
Thymus serpyllum.............Common Thyme
------ acinos................Basil thyme
Euphrasia officinalis........Eye-bright
Ulex europaeus...............Common furze This plant
grows in vast
abundance, is
collected
together into
heaps and
burnt.
---- nanus...................Dwarf furze very sparingly
Anthyllis vulneraria.........Ladies finger Plentiful in
some parts
particularly
near the sea
coast
Trifolium repens.............Dutch clover
--------- pratense...........Red clover
--------- procumbens.........Hop trefoil
--------- minus..............Small yellow trefoil
Lotus corniculatus...........Bird's foot trefoil
Medicago lupulina............Hops-medick or home-such
Hedypnois hoita..............Small hairy hedypnois
Hieracium pilosella..........Mouse-ear Hawkweed
Carduus acaulis..............Dwarf Thistle
Gnaphalium germanicum........German Cudweed
Centaurea calcitrapa.........Star thistle
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