228 NOTES ON OXFORD PLANTS. 



*Fumaria pallidiflora Jord. Appeared as a casual on some 

 rubbish-heaps near the gas-works in 188G. 



Nasturtium amphibium Br. — Var. variafolium DC. Osney, 5. — 

 Var. indivisum DC. South Stoke, 7. 



Cardamine hirsuta L., var. multieaulis Hoppe. Near Upper 

 Hey ford, 4. 



Sisymbrium Sophia L. Once not infrequent in the county ; I 

 met with it for the first time on rubbish-heaps near Portmeadow, 

 5, in 1889. A MS. note in a copy of Lyte's ' Herbal,' recently 

 acquired by the Bodleian, gives " it as upon olde walls about Oxford 

 everywbeare." This herbal contains some valuable notes on Oxford 

 plants. They were made evidently by a Fellow of Magdalen 

 College, since he alludes to oure cloister and our grove, while he 

 calls New College by its name. There is no other college^ I 

 believe, which possesses both a cloister and grove. The writer 

 had visited Italy, for he alludes to plants gathered there. It is 

 very probable that they were written by Win. Browne, joint author 

 with the elder Bobart of the first catalogue of the Oxford garden 

 plants. 



Brassica Sinapis Vis. Both varieties, i.e., orientalis Gaud, and 

 leiocarpa occur. 



Lychnis Githago Scop. Cottesford, Mrs. Worley, 2. 



Silene anglica L. Still occurs about Headington Wick, 4. 



Cerastiuni. semideeandrum L., var. glandulosum Koch. Near Stow 

 Wood, 4. 



Arenaria tenuifoUa L. Cemetery-wall, Osney, 18G6, 5. An 

 interesting case of persistence. Sibthorp recorded it as growing on 

 the walls of Rewley Abbey. This has long since been demolished, 

 but the plant still, as the above recjrd shows, continues in the 

 vicinity. It is a local and rather rare plant in the county. South 

 Stoke, on village wall, 7. 



Sagina ciliata Fries. Kingham, 5. 

 *Linum angustifolium Huds. At Cottesford, among dead grass, 

 one year only, Mrs. Worley, 2. ? Casual. 



Hypericum Elodes L. Mr. Boswell believes Mr. Fox must have 

 made an error when he recorded this for Headington Wick in 1857. 

 It certainly has not since been seen. 



Acer campestre L. The var. hebecarpum DC. appears to be the 

 common plant. 



G. columbinum L. I find, from Bobart's herbarium, that his 

 record referred, in the 'Flora of Oxford,' to this plant, really belongs 

 to G. dissectum L. 



Oxalis Acetosella L. Shelswell, Mrs. Worley, 2. — Var. lilacina 

 Reichb. Stokenchurch Wood, 7. Leigh ton says the var. purpurea 

 retains its colour in cultivation. 



Cytisus scoparius Link. Shelswell Wood, Mrs. AVorley, 2. I 

 cannot follow Mr. Daydon Jackson in his statement that "the 

 genus Genista, as defined by Bentham and Hooker, includes Saro- 

 thamnus Wimm." 



Genista anglica L. Hardwick Heath, Mrs. Worley, 1884, 2. — 

 G. tinctoria L. Checkendon, Rev. C. Abbey, 7. 



