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Medicago lupulina L., var. seabra Gray. Iffley, 6. This form, 

 which has glandular hairs on the fruit, appears to be rather scarce. 



Melilotus officinalis Lamk. Crowell, Goring, 7. — M. indica All. 

 Shotover brick-yard, 6. Only a casual. — *M. arcensis Wallr. 

 On rubbish-heaps near Portmeadow, 1889. 



Trifolium pratense L. Miller's T. sativum was reduced by 

 Afzelius, in 1790, to a variety, who must therefore be quoted as the 

 author, not Syme. — T. incarnatum L. ; the var. strain ineum Presl 

 occurred with the type at Bensirigton, 6. — T. filiforme L. Hardwick 

 Heath, 1888, 2. 



Lotus tenuis Kit. Bullingdon Bog, 1889, 6. 



Lathi/rus sylrestris L. Abundant on some quarries near Kirfc- 

 lington Station, 4. — L. pratensis L. The hairy form, var. villosus 

 Schleich., also occurs near Oxford, &c. — L. Aphaca L. Appeared as 

 a casual in North Oxford, L. Lester, 5. 



Yicia lathy voides L. Lower Goring Road, Rev. C. Abbey, 7. 



Primus avium L. Cottesford, 2. 



llubus rosaceus Bluff et Fing. Allbury, 6. — 7i. suberecttts Anders. 

 A name clearly antedated by that of R. nexsensfe Hall. The Shotover 

 plant is not this species, which is still lacking for Oxon. — ■•■11. affinis 

 W. et N., var. cordif alius Bab. Headington Wick, 4 ; Shotover, 6, 

 — R. macropkyllus Weihe, var. glabrdtus Bab. Shotover, 6. — *ii. 

 Bellardi Weihe. Sherburn Wood, 7. 



Fragaria elatior Ehrh. This name is antedated by that of 

 F. magna in Thuillier's Fl. Par., 1790. 



totentilla fragarioides Vill. 1789, appear to be earlier than 

 P. Fragariastrum Ehrh. — P. Anserina L.,var. glabrata Sond. Port- 

 meadow, 1889, 5. An interesting variety with small green leaves. 

 The var. scricea Koch is our common plant. — V. argentea L. In a 

 little gravel-pit on east side of wood beyond Chazey Farm, 1885, 

 W. Holland !, 7. One of our rarest species. 



Rosa tumentosa Sm., var. sylvestris (Lindl.). In hedges in Oxford- 

 shire, Lindl. Brit. Flora, 101 ; Horsepath Lane, G. — R. rubiginosa 

 L. Cottesford, Mrs. Worley ; Hardwick Heath, 2. — R. micrantha 

 Sm. Headington Wick, Beckley, 1886, 4. — R. sepium Thuilh 

 Beckley, Rev. W. Moyle Rogers, 4. An interesting rediscovery. — 1!. 

 canina L., vax.frondosa (Stev.). Merton, Rev. W. Moyle Rogers ; 

 Marston, 4 ; Horsepath, 0. — Var. Kosinciana (Bess). Fencott, 

 Merton, &c, Rev. W. Moyle Rogers, 4. — Var. decipims (Dumort.). 

 Shotover, 6. — Var. Watsoni Baker. Shotover, G. I owe many 

 thanks to M. Crepin for naming the Rosa. 



GraUBgus oxyacantha L., var. laciniata Stev. Not infrequent. 



Epilobium hirsutum L., f. virescens Hanssk. Headington Wick, 

 4. — Var. subglabrum Koch, f. albiflora, see Plot's Hist. Oxon. — K. 

 parcijiorum Schreb., f. xunhrosa. Marston, 4. — E. parviflorum x 

 roseum = E. persicinum Reichb. Mixbury, 2 ; Marston, 4 ; Bulling- 

 don, G. — E. montanum L., f. umbrosa. S. Peter's Churchyard, 

 Oxford. — f. grandijlora, Cowley, G. — E. monhmum x parviflorum. 

 Kingliam, 5; Shotover, 6. — E. roseum Schreb., var. simplex Morris. 

 ( rarden-ground, Oxford. — f. umbrosa. Oxford. — E. tetragonum L. pp. 

 _ E. adnatum Griseb. Rycotc, Albury, G. — E. obscurum Schreb., 



