PLAN OF THE FLORA CXCl 



distribution of British species. The Berkshire and Oxfordshire floras 

 are compared at greater length, and remarkable cases of absence of 

 certain plants from Berkshire are pointed out. 



THE PRINCIPAL HERBARIA CONSULTED DURING THE 

 PREPARATION OF THIS FLORA. 



Herb. Brit. Mus. The British Museum Herbarium at Cromwell Eoad, 

 South Kensington, contains the Berkshire plants collected by Sir 

 Josej^h Banks, Samuel Rudge, E. Forster, Dr. H. Trimen, J. Carroll, 

 Miss Eliz. Chandler, W. Hewett, Miss Vansittart, and a large 

 number of other specimens collected by the members of the 

 Botanical Record Club. 



Herh. Oxf. The British and Fielding Herbaria preserved at the Botanic 

 Garden at Oxford. Also the Morison Herbarium collected by 

 J. Bobart about 1690, the Du Bois Herbarium collected about 

 1700, the Sherardian Herbarium collected about 1720, and the 

 Dillenian Herbarium collected about 1730. 



Also the more modern collections made by Mr. Fielding, Mr. W. 

 Baxter, Dr. Ay res, Prof. Williams, Prof, Daubeny, Prof. M. A. 

 Lawson. Mrs. Westwood, Mr. H. E. Garnsey, Mr. Henry Boswell, 

 Mr. T. Cartwright, and others 



Herh. Linn. Sac. The Herbarium of the late Sir James E. Smith at the 

 Linnean Society, Burlington House, has a few local specimens, 

 but it is not very conveniently arranged for consultation. 



Herb. Pharm. Soc. The Herbarium of the Pharmaceutical Society, 17 

 Bloomsbury Square, W.C, contains a few local specimens collected 

 by Mr. T. Thurland and the author. 



Herb. Kew. Tlie Herbarium at the Royal Gardens, Kew. Two im- 

 portant collections to British botanists are kept separate from the 

 huge general collection, namely, the herbaria of Mr. H. C. Watson 

 and Mr. W. Borrer. 



Herh. Cecil. A small collection made by Mrs. Cecil, in the possession of 

 the Northamptonshire Natural History Society, contains a few 

 plants from the neighbourhood of Newbury. 



Herb. Syme. The collection of Dr. J. Boswell Syme, in the possession 

 of Mr. F. J. Hanbury, of The Common, Upper Clapton. 



Herh. Druce. The author's Herbarium contains almost all the plants 

 mentioned in the Flora. 



He7-h. Bicheno. The Herbarium of the late Mr. J. Bicheno is in the 

 Swansea Museum. Some time ago the author inquired of the officials 

 if it contained plants from Berkshire, but he was informed that it 

 did not. Recently, and since the text of the Flora has been printed. 



