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Lamium Galeohclolon, Ophioglossiim vulgatum, Poterium officinale, Solidago 

 Virgaurea, Symphytum officinale, Tragopogon pratense, Campanula rotundifolia, 

 C. Trachelium, Digitalis 2^>^ii'purea, ConvaUaria majalis, Calamintha arvensin, 

 Teucrium Scorodonia, Blackstonia perfoliata. Inula Helenium, Helleboru.s 

 foetidus, Sambucus Ebulus, Blechnum Spicant, Drosera rotundifolia, Paris 

 quadrifolia, Melilotus officinalis, Stellaria holostea, Asperula odorata, Galium 

 Cruciata, Helminthia Echioides, Conopodium denudatum, Roripa Nccsturtium, 

 Barbarea vulgaris, Thlaspi arvense. Allium vineale, A. ursinuin, and Genista 

 tinctoria. 



The copy of How's Phtjtologia in Magdalen College Library contains 

 a considerable number of notes obtained from Browne. The Berkshire 

 records have already been given. Among those from other counties 

 the following may be noticed : — ' Anagallis aquatica, sive Beccabunga 

 dore albo, in fossis aliquibus sub colle Headington prope Oxoniam.' 

 The plant is most likely Veronica Beccabunga with white Howers, subse- 

 quently noticed by Bobart. ' Atriplex marina latifolia tota rubra ; 

 ad maris littus prope Shorem in Comitate Sussex,' with a description. 

 ' Colchicum Anglicum purpureum duplici serie foliorum in flore. 

 C. Anglicum saturate purpiu-eum. C. Anglicum llorum foliis ex albo et 

 i:)urpureo dimidiatim variegatis. Haec tria proveniunt in prato aridis- 

 simo prope pagum vernacule Combe, Comitatu Oxoniensi, ubi flore 

 albo plurima sunt et vulgaris purpurei millia. Colchicum Anglicum, 

 foliis elegantissime striatis in prato prope Corneberr}', Comitatu Oxoni- 

 ensi.' ' Periclymenum sylvaticum triplici serie florum ex luteo viren- 

 tium, alioqui toto habitu a vulgari non dissimile, colle vulgo Shotover 

 juxta Oxoniam.' ' Solanum marinum, Dulcamarae congener . . . 

 cop lose reperitur ad maris littus juxta Shoram, Sussex.' ' Trachelium 

 minus flore albo in pago Worplesdowne vocato, Comitatu Surrey, locus 

 floribus albis admodum insignis.' ' Plantago- quinquenervia limbriis 

 latis ex aureo argenteis ; banc nitidam plantam juxta Cornberry ex- 

 ploravi in Comitatu Oxoniensi.' 



Our next author is Egbert Turner, of Holshot in Hampshire, who Turner, K. 

 published his Botanologia in 1664, with his portrait prefixed. This 

 book contains a large number of Hampshire records, but only adds one 

 plant to those previously recorded for Berkshire, namely, Juniper, 

 which is said ' to grow much upon the Hills and woody grounds in 

 Berkshire, Oxfordshire, and Buckinghamshire.' 



The next book containing Berkshire records is the Pinax already Merrett. 

 referred to, a work composed by Christopher Merrett, who was born 

 in 1614 at Winchcombe in Gloucestershire, and graduated from Oriel 

 College in Oxford, taking his B.A. degree in 1634. Like many of our 

 botanical wi-iters he was a member of the medical profession, and 

 became M.D. in 1643. The Pinax Rerum Naturalium Britannicarum is 

 a small octavo volume, published in 1666, in which are enumerated in 



