54 FIRST RECORDS OF BRITISH FLOWERING PLANTS. 



Ornithogalum pyrenaicum L. Sp. PL 30G (1753). 1634. 

 "Between Bathe and Bradford not fane from little Ashley." — 

 Johns. Merc. Bot. 55, 



Pritillaria Meleagris L. Sp. PL 304 (1753). 1736. "In 

 Maud-fields near Eislip-Common (Ruislip, Middlesex), observ'd 

 above 40 years by Mr. Ashby of Breakspears." — Blackst. Fasc. 29. 

 Gagea fascicularis Balisb. in Ann. Bot. ii. 555 (1806). 1570. 

 "Angliae nemorosis Sommerseti collegimus." — Lob. Adv. 56. "In 

 a cornfield in Winetaunton [Wincanton] , Sommersetshire." — 

 Merrett, 89 (1666). 



Tulipa sylvestris L. Sp. PL 305 (1753). 1790. Observed 

 by "Rev. Mr. Mathew " [Mr. William Matthew] in an old chalk- 

 pit near Bury (Suffolk), and by Mr. H. Rose and J. E. Smith in a 

 chalkpit near Norwich. — E. B. 63, 85. 



Lloydia alpina Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 328 (1812). 

 1696. "In excelsis rupibus montis Snowdon . . . D. Lhwyd." — 

 Ray, Syn. ii. 233. 



Colchicum autumnale L. Sp. PL 341 (1753). 1551. "I 

 have sene it growe in the West cuntre besyde Bathe." — Turn, 

 i. 62. 



Narthecium Ossifragum Huds. Fl. Angl. 127 (1762). I579. 

 "Angliae humentibus paludisque." — Lob. Adv. 46. " Groweth in 

 moist and marish places neere unto the towne of Lancaster . . . 

 Master Thomas Hesket," &c.— Ger. 88 (1597). 



Tofieldia palustris Huds. FL Angl. ed. 2, 175 (1778). 1677. 

 " Found about two miles north of Barwick near a small rivulet." 

 —Ray Cat. ii. 30. 



Paris quadrifolia L. Sp. PL 367 (1753). 1548. " Much in 

 Northumberland m a wodde besyde Morpeth called Cottiugwod." — 

 Turn. Names, A v, back. 



Juncus bufonius L. Sp. PL 328 (1753). 1597. " Gramen 

 junceum. Rush grasse. In salt marshes neere unto the sea." — 

 Ger. 4. 



J. trifidus L. Sp. PL 326 (1753). 1777. " I found it upon 

 the summits of the highland mountains to the south of Little- 

 Loch-Broom in Ross-shire," &c. — Lightf. FL Scot. 184. 



J. squarrosus L. Sp. PL 327 (1753). 1640. "Found by 

 Dr. Lobel upon a high hill in Wales called Bewrin, in sundry 

 wet and moorish groundes, in many places thereabouts," — Park. 

 Theatr. 1194. 



J. compressus Jacq. Vindob. 235 (1770). 1660. " In pratis 

 & ad semitas." — R. C. C. 68. 



J. Gerardi Loisel. in Desv. Journ. Bot. ii. 284 (1809). 1818. 

 "In salsis copiose " ("J. ccenosus''). — Bicheno in Lmn. Trans, 

 xii. 309. 



J. tenuis Willd. Sp. PL ii. 214 (1799). 1810. " Found by 

 Mr. G. Don in 1795 or 1796 by the side of a rivulet, in marshy 

 ground, among the mountains of Angus-shire." — E. B. 2174 ("J. 

 gracilis"). Rediscovered in the parish of Cradley, in Hereford- 

 shire, in 1884, by Mr. R. F. Towndrow.— Jouru. Bot. 1884, 91. 

 J. balticus Willd. in Mag. Berol. 298 (1809). 1821. " Sands 



