CVIU FLORA OF BERKSHIRE 



alphabetical order upwards of 1,400 plants, many however being only 

 triA^ial varieties. Some of the species included are recorded for the first 

 time as British plants. The Pinnx contains about thirty Berkshire 

 records ; a few of these are ambiguously named and some others require 

 verification. William Browne is cited for some of the records, and it is 

 very probable that he supplied many more of the notes than those to 

 which his name is attached. The plants mentioned as growing in 

 the neighbourhood of Oxford Rie :—' Aristolochia longa, Long Birth- 

 wort ; near Redding, sed in loco ubi quondam fuit Monasterium, 

 Mr. Brown.' This verifies to some extent the previous doubtful 

 record. The plant was probably only a garden-escape. ' Behen album 

 hispichimj Hairy Spatling Poppy, plentifull about Oxford,' which is 

 Siletie Cucuhdlus (var. S. puherule, Jord,). A note by Browne respecting 

 this plant is to be found in the Magdalen College copy of the Phyto- 

 logia. ' Campanula Cijmbalariae foliis, Ger. 452, P. 652. In Bagley 

 Wood neer Oxford.' The plant intended is Cervicina hederacea, and 

 this record of a very local plant, which still occurs in the locality 

 indicated, is most interesting. ' Caryophillus pratensis, Ger. 594, In 

 a lane neer Early Heath by Redding.' This is Dianthus Armeria, L., 

 and, like the preceding, is still to be found in the vicinity. ' ConsoUda 

 major Jlore ruhro. By Redding.' This is Symphytum officinale, L. ; the 

 red-flowered form is not uncommon. ^ Fagus, the Beech, in sylvis et 

 montibus. On the first heath behind Redding, in the way to Oxford.' 

 ' Gramen Cyperoides spicatum, Ger,, Gramen foliis Caryophylleis spica 

 squamata, P. 1160 ; variat, spica divulsa et simplici. In a bogg a mile 

 westward from Oxford.' The identification is by no means certain ; 

 the figure in Gerard suggests Carex Jlacca, Schreb. ; the description 

 points to that or possibly to a form of C. 2Ja7iicea, L. ' Gr. Cyperoides spica 

 Echinata simplici, Two miles southwards from Oxford in the boggs.' 

 Again, there is some considerable doubt as to the identification of 

 this sedge ; it is probably Carex dioica, L. ' Gramen Sparteum minimmn 

 Anglicum, P. 1199. On the next place betwixt Windsor Forest and 

 Redding where they dig Furz.' An interesting notice, the plant 

 being Nardus stricta, L., which is still a common grass of the district 

 mentioned. ' HeVeborine multicaulis radice petplexa. By Cumner Wood 

 in the way from Oxford to Eynsham Ferry, Mr. Pink.' This species 

 even Dillenius could not identify, and so placed it among the plantae 

 dubiae in the Synopsis. Both Epipactis latifolia and E. palustris are 

 found in the wood ; Merrett's Helleborine was prohahly Epipactis latifolia. 

 ^ Lunaria minor, Small Moon wort. In nioniosis et ericetis ; in several 

 places near Oxford, tuid L. minor ramosa near the Blind Pinnocks.' 

 Undoiibtedly Botrychiitm Lunaria, L., now all but extinct in the 

 district. 'Millefolium aquaticum floridum, Water Gilly-flower, P. 1256, 

 Viola palustris, Ger. 826. In all the ditches about Oxford.' The 



