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probably mean, not the name of a place, but simply "beech-wood," 

 the woods in this district being composed almost entirely of beech. 

 It does not appear to have been since found in the county. The next 

 record is that quoted by Mr. Watson in Cyb. iii. 503. He says, 

 "There is some probability that this plant may be a true native of 

 Wiltshire. Mr. T. B. Flower informs me that in Sole's MS. Flora, 

 dated 1783, it is mentioned as growing 'in the Duke of Queenborough's 

 woods, near Amesbury.' And ' one large patch of it was found by 

 Mr. Popham, about the year 1820, away from any house, in the left- 

 hand hedge of the lane, going from Standlynch Down, to the large 

 chalk-pit at Redlynch, near Salisbury.' In August, 1850, Dr. Brom- 

 field wrote to me thus : — ' Mr. Borrer thinks the Wiltshire station for 

 Amrnm a good and natural one. The station is very elevated, on 

 chalky marl amongst brushwood, on a steep i)ank, not on an artificial 

 hedgebank. Mr. Flower has obligingly sent me a specimen from this 

 station, and I understand his opinion to incline in the same way as 

 that of Mr. Borrer. Unless there are two stations, however, there is 

 a strange contradiction in the reports respecting the ' hedge ' and 

 'bank.' " In 'English Botany,' t. 1083, the plant is figured from a 

 specimen which was " gathered by tbe Rev. Charles Abbot, D.D., by the 

 roadside between Henley and Maidenhead." The date on the published 

 plate is Oct. 1, 1802 ; and on the original drawing Mn the British 

 Museum is a MS. note of Sowerby's, which gives the date of the 

 specimen, " .June 10, 1802." The county of this locality is first given 

 in the 'Botanist's Guide,' where it is placed in Berks. The dii'ect 

 road from Henley to Maidenhead is certainly in this county ; but the 

 plant has lately been found on a high chalk bank at the back of Tem- 

 plchouse, on the high-road from Mavlow to Henley ; and as Maiden- 

 head may be reached from Hetdey by way of Marlow, crossing Marlow 

 Bridge, it is possible that Abbot's locality may be in Buckinghamsliire. 

 The matter, however, stands thus : if these two localities are the same, 

 the plant has existed here upwards of sixty years, and the former 

 record must be removed from Berks and placed under Bucks ; if they 

 are different, we have it occurring in similar situations on each side of 

 the river. Mr. Watson (Cyb. ii. 354.) states that its occurrence in 

 Berks requires verification. Last spring the llev. H. Harpur-Crewe, 

 of Drayton-Beauchamp, Bucks, forwarded me several fine specimens 

 from the neiohbourhood of llalton in the same county, and favoui'ed 



