38 LORANTHI SPECIEM NOVAM CHINENSEM. 



Lmnium incisum. Pottery-field on Uxbridge Common. 



Anai/tillis arvensis var. acrulea. Two plants in a field by Ux- 

 bridge Common. 



EiDiicx vuiritimus and R. palustris. A few plants of each species 

 still hold their ground this summer ; but the swamp is now filled 

 up, and rows of cottages built upon the site. 



FritiUaria Mclrafjn's. Several patches in Swakeley's Park, near 

 Uxbridge, but fast being rooted up for garden -culture. 



Putamof/eton rufescens. Abundant in ditches from junction of 

 canal and river to Springwell Lock ; also sparingly in a ditch close 

 to Denham Fishery, — P. mucronatm. Canal between Denham 

 and Moor Locks, and in old docks at Southall, plentifully. (Both 

 these pondweeds have been verified by Mr. Arthur Bennett). Other 

 species, though common in the district, are omitted in the ' Flora 

 of Middlesex, viz., P. Incens, P. jmsillus, and P. JiaheUatua. 



ScirpHs jhutans. Pond by the Lodge leading to Swakeley's 

 Park from Uxbridge Common (not on Harefield Common). 



Carex palicaris. Wet meadow near Bayhurst Wood. — C. 

 disticha. Not uncommon. — C. paniculata. This sedge, quite 

 common in District 1, is omitted from 1, 2, and 3. It is very 

 abundant from Uxbridge to Harefield, by sides of river, canal, and 

 ditches adjoining. — C. axillaris. Plentiful in a lane east of Ux- 

 bridge Common ; sparingly in lanes about Blackenbury Farm, 

 Ickenham Green, West Drayton, &c. — G. stellulata. Moor below 

 Dew's Farm ; by pond on Duck's Hil] Farm, Northwood. — C. 

 pallescens. Abundant in a wet meadow by Bayhurst Wood. — 

 C. striyosa. Old Park AVood. — C. pendula. Eastcott and district. 

 — C. piluli/era. Lane near Pinner Station (not on Harefield 

 Common. — C. fiava. Moor below Dew's Farm ; side of pond on 

 Duck's Hill Farm, Northwood. — C. hinervis. Harefield Common, 

 sparingly (not on Paiislip Common). — C. Pseudo-cypenis. Hare- 

 field Moor, very sparingly. 



Triticum canimun. Plentiful in places on the wide hedge-banks 

 between Dew's Farm and Moor Hall. 



Nitella translucens. Ruislip Reservoir. 



On reference to the table of " comparison with adjacent counties" 

 appended to the ' Flora of Middlesex ' it will be seen that four of 

 the species found last summer are there said to be "wanting" in 

 the county, viz., Avaijallis arvensis var. aerulea, Centaurca solstitialis, 

 Crepis hiemris, and PotaiiKu/etun rufescens ; whilst Sisi/mbrium Sophia, 

 Mentha (jentilis, and Ojdinjs apij'era are excluded from the 'Flora' as 

 extincts. 



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LORANTHI SPECIEM NOVAM CHINENSEM 



Pr;ebet H. F. Hance, Ph.D. 



'Loranthus (Mackosolen, racemulosi) Fordii, sp. nov. — 

 Glabcrrimus, ramis ramulisque subtetragouis cortice cinereo sub- 

 eroso valde leuticelloso tectis, foliis oppositis coriaceis oblongis vel 

 lanceolatis obtusiuscnlis lucidulis penninerviis costa subtus modice 



