civ FLORA OF BERKSHIRE 



* Cofula alha et fore xileno et luteo-viricU reperifur. Hujus decoctum com- 

 mendant in hydropica pliiiimi, Dorcestriam versus Comitatus 

 Oxoniensis, via regia vulgo Honey Fixlong, Wm. Browne.' The plant 

 is Anthemis Cotula, L. The locality is in Oxfordshire. ' Geranium 

 Columhinum minus, foHis magis dis^ectis et foliis minus dissectis. In agris 

 sterilibus variat flore albo, Gul. Browne.' Probably these are G. 

 molle nnd G. dissectum and from the neighbourhood of Oxford. * Orchis 

 Aniropophora Oreades altera, Col., sive fiore pallido rubris punctis notato 

 quasi i^ruritn laborabat, femina, Bauh. et Park., Orchis Antroiwjyhora 

 bruneo pallido, brachiis et cruribus saturate rubescentibus. The Eed 

 Shank Boy Satyrion. Hasce Orchides rariores in cretaceis quibusdam 

 collibus observavit non procul a via conimuni qua itur Wallingfordio 

 Eeddingam per Comitatum Bercher. G. Browne.' These plants were 

 probably Orchis militaris, 0. Simia, and Habenaria viridis. ' Orchis sive 

 Cynosorchis Austriaca flore albo. Colle Chillswelliensi prope Oxoniam, 

 G. Browne,' which is most likely 0. ustulata. ^ Periclymermm alteruni 

 Quercinis foliis, perelegantena plantam, observavit in colle Chillswel- 

 liensi prope Oxoniam G. Browne.' This plant is a form of Lonicera 

 Periclymenum, ' Ranunculus pumilvis floribus deciduis.' This may have 

 been R. parvifloriis, or an abnormal form of R. bulbosus, or possibly 

 R. auricomus. ' Echium Scorpioides minus flosculis luteis, Bauh. Pin. 254. 

 Grows within 3 miles of Redding j^lentifuUy ; Browne.' Probably 

 Myosotis versicolor. 



The Bodleian Library possesses a copy of the Phytologia Br/fa«nua which 

 at one time belonged to William How, and in which there are a few 

 notes in his handwriting. Among these may be mentioned '■ Hedertda 

 aquatica. In a ditch by Eermondsey House, neere London. In aquis 

 restilibus juxta Peterburgium.' This plant is Lemna trisulca. No records 

 of plants fi'om Oxfordshire or Berkshire are given, but the record of 

 Cirsium on p. 30 is altered to Cirsium aliud Anglicum. 



Magdalen College possesses also a large number of papers belonging 

 to How. Of these one portion in his handwriting is probably the 

 copy used in the preparation of his second publication, entitled ^ Mat- 

 thiae de L'Obel, M.B , botanographi regii eximii, Stirpium Illustrationes, 

 phirimas elabor antes inauditas planias subreptltiis Joh. Parkinsoni rhapsodiis 

 {ex codice MS. insalutato) sparsim gravatae, ejusdem adjecfa sunt ad calcem 

 Theatri Botanici 'hixapT-qnara, Lond. 1655.' This work criticizes Par- 

 kinson severely ; it contains many plant-records from the neighbour- 

 hood of London and from Kent. The rest of the papers are chiefly 

 de rebel's own notes, which How says he obtained by purchase and 

 was thus enabled to do justice to de L'Obel, whom he thought that 

 Parkinson and Johnson had neglected. The notes are attached to 

 leaves of the Adversaria, ihe woodcuts of which have been roughly 

 coloured. 



