238 THE FLORA OF HYDE PARK AND KENSINGTON GARDENS. 



l^clerocMoa distans, Bab. P., casual, here and there in a newly-sown 

 piece of turf due south of the Serpentine, and between it and Rotten Row. 



Cyiiosurus crisfatns, L. P., common in the open turf, crossing the 

 Park from about opposite Albion Street southwards ; also in the strip 

 heie and there, and across the road towards where the old gravel-pits used 

 to be ; also fairly diffused over the whole western Park side. 



Daclylis glomerata, L. G. and P., a general ingredient of the open 

 park turf. 



Fesfuca scivroides, Roth. P., a few tufts near the old grassed road, 

 west of the "Humane Society," associated with tlantacjo Coronopus, L., 

 and Sagina ciliata, Fries. " Kensington Gardens, Notes by Winch and 

 New Bot. Guide, 103."— Fl. of M. 



F. ovina, L. P., local or overlooked ; a few plants in the strip 

 between the Ring Road and Kensington Gardens trench. " Hyde Park, 

 S. Gray, Herb. Devonian Institution, Exeter." — Fl. of M. 



F. di(rinscida, L. P., here and there, as in the strip and near the 

 old grassed road ; also in part of the open turf south of the old gravel- 

 pit, etc. G., in the hay- grass east of Palace, common. " Kensington 

 Gardens, Morris, 18.50,'v. s."— Fl. of M. 



IP. pratensis, Huds. P., between the Serpentine Bridge and Rotten 

 Row, to the south-east, among bad and newdy-sown turf ; but I have 

 not yet gathered this in the real open turf north of the Serpentine. 



Bronius asper, L. G., above a dozen plants in an overgrown and long 

 unweeded enclosure running north from the Palace and bounding the 

 Gardens. This plant possesses all the characters of true B. asper, as 

 distinguished from B. seroimus of Beneken. (See Journ. Bot. Vol. VIII. 

 pp. 376-379.) 



SerrafalcHS mollis, Pari. P. and G., thinly but generally distributed 

 in the open turf. 



S. racemostis, Pari. P., casual, a single plant from some bare inter- 

 vals in the turf, north-east of the Humane Society's Receiving-house. 



Triticiim repens, L. G. and P., here and there, on an earth-mound to 

 the north of the Serpentine Bridge, etc. 



Hordeum prutrnse, Huds. P., in the turf soon after you cross the road, 

 200 yards east of the Magazine, a tuft of some dozen good spikes. 



H. murinum, L. G. and P., common, near the old grassy road, 

 and abundant at the east end of the Serpentine, and in many path edges. 



LoUum perenne, L. G. and P., next to Foa annua the chief factor in 

 metropolitan herbage. See Fl. of M. 



L. italicum, Braun. Casual, on an earth-heap north of the bridge 

 and near it. 



Equisetum arvense, L. P., casual, in a flower-bed near Prince's Gate. 



Fteris aquilina, L. G., casual, near Prince's Gate in a flower-bed, 

 introduced with peat-earth for Rhododendrons. " Hyde Park, about 

 1825, Pamplin."— Fl. of M. 



Char a vulgaris, L. G., Octagon Pond, floating at the side amongst 

 Zannichellia. 



