O RANUNCULACEAE 



little parasite, Aecidium leucospermum, DC, is not uncommon on the 

 leaves, and sometimes on the flowers of this Anemone . . . especially in 

 Bagley Wood.' Turner's description in the Herball, 1551, refers to 

 A. Kemorosa ; see note under A. Pulsatilla. 



A. Nemorosa occurs in all the bordering counties. 



The specific narae Nemorosa is here spelt with a capital letter, because 

 it was used in a generic sense by Ruppius and other pre-Linnean writers. 



** A. RANUNCULOiDES, Linn. Sp. PI. 541 (1753). Yellow Wood Anemone. 



Nemo7'osics Ranunculus luteus, Lobel. Ic. 674 (1581). Cyb. Br. i. 75. Comp. 

 Cyb. Br. 475. Syme, E. B. i. 13, t. 12. Nyman, 3. Fl. Oxf. 3. 



Alien. Fields near Cliildrey Rectory, Eev. G. F. de Teissier, in Fl. Oxf. 

 1886. The Rev. C. I. Cornish informed me that it was cultivated in the rec- 

 tory garden, from which it had doubtless escaped. It occurs as an escape 

 from cultivation near Tubney. 



** A. APENNINA, Linn. Sp. Fl. 541 (1753). Blue Mountain Anemone. 



Cyb. Br. i. yS- Comp. Cyb. Br. 474. Syme, E. B. i. 12, t. 10. Nyman, 3. 

 Baxt. t. 43. Fl.' Oxf. 3. 



Alien. In a copse near Shellingford [not Shillingford as given in Baxter] 

 on the left hand in the lane from Hatford, after crossing the turnpike road ; 

 plentiful, Mrs. Pearce, in Baxt. Phaen. Bot. n. 43 (1834). 



This species, hke the preceding, has no claim to inclusion in our list of 

 indigenous plants. 



ADONIS, Linn. Gen. PI. n. 618 (Dill. Gen. 4). 



* A. annua, Linn. Sp. PI. 547 (1753). Pheasant's Eye, Bed Maithes. 

 A. autiimnalis, Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2, 771 (1762). A. aestivalis, With. 

 (not of Linn.). Cyb. Brit, iv. 80. 



Top. Bot. 4. Syme, E. B. i. 14, t. 13. Baxter, t. 7. Nyman, 4. PI. Oxf. 3. 

 Colonist. Agrestal. Cornfields on a gravelly or chalky soil, local 



and rare. A. May. 

 First record. In the cornfields about Yattendon, Mr. Bicheno, in Mavor's 



Agr. Berks, 1809. 



2. Ock. Near South Hinksey, Lawson, in Herh. Oxf. 1870. 



3. Pang. Yattendon, Bicheno. Yattendon. Prilsham. I have once 



or twice met with it on the hill called Wayley at Hampstead 

 Norris, Lousleij, in Eussell's Cat. Streatley, Witts, 1834, and 

 PampUn. Hampstead Norris, a solitary specimen, Watei-house. 

 Near Compton, Mrs. Napier. 



4. Kennet. Lambourn Woodlands, Mrs. Batson. 



5. Loddon. As a weed at Wargrave, rare, Melvill. 



The plant, as will be seen, is of very rare occurrence in Berkshire, 



and perhaps should be considered rather as a casual than a colonist. 



It has been found in a more or less naturalized condition in all the 



bordering counties. 



In writing A. annua, the author has restored the earliest name for this 

 plant in the binominal system, which was given to it in the lirst edition of 



