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1. Isis. Pusey Wood, Bosicell. Appleton Lower Common. Wytham 



Wood. 



2. Ock. In a wood near Besilsleigh, Baxter. Fyfield, Miss F. M. 



Parker. Tubney, Walker. Cothill. Bagley Wood. 



3. Pang. Common in some of the woods about Hampstead Norris^ 



particularly in Beechwood, Lousley in Russell's Cat. Ilsley 

 Warren. Hermitage, Lousley in Heivett's Hist. Ilsley Warren, 

 Heivett, 1838, in Herb. Brit. Mus. Wood near Streatley, Baxter and 

 Pamplin. Tilehurst, Holland. Unwell Wood. Bucklebury. 



4. Kennet. West Woodhay, Bicheno in Mavor, I. c. 



5. Loddon. Bisham Wood and moist woods generally [near 



Marlowl, Mill. Wargrare, introduced, Britt. Contr. Bulmarsh, 

 Holland. Long Moor, not native. 

 The flowers are usually blue, but flowers of a chocolate brown and 

 white have also been noticed. 



Aquilegia vidgaris, which is certainly native in Berkshire, is re- 

 corded from all the bordering counties. 



DELPHINIUM. Linn. Gen. PI. n. 602 (Toiirnefort, Inst. t. 241). 



*D. Ajacis, Eeichb. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. iv. f. 46jo'{? Linn. Sp. PL 531). 

 Larkspur. 



D. C'onsolida, Sibth. et Sm. Fl. Graeca, Prod. i. 370, et Sm. Fl. Brit, (not of 

 Linn.). D. segetum, flare coeruleo, Ray, Syn. 273 (1724). C'onsolida regalis 

 arvensis, flare coe/ndeo, C. B. Pin. 142. 



Comp. Cyb. Br. 87. Syme, E. B. i. 62, t. 47 (small plant). Nyman, 21. Baxt. 



t. 297. Fl. Oxf. 15. (The D. Ajacis of the Linneau Herbarium is D. 



orientalis, Gray.) 

 Casual or nolonist. Cornfields and waste places. Local and rare, and not 



constant in its localities. A. July-August. 

 First record. Cookbam Lock. Britten's Contr. 1871. 



2. Ock. Cornfields on Boar's Hill, plentiful in 18H9. On rubbish-heaps 



near Abingdon. 



3. Pang. Fields at back of Streatley Woods. Basildon, Tiifnail^ in Fl. Oxf. 



4. Kennet. Wickbam, Mrs. Batson. Roadside, Compton. Waste ground 



near Reading, 1890. 



5. Loddon. Waste ground near Cookbam Lock, 1865, Britt. Contr. War- 



grave, Melvill, 1. c. Railway-side near Maidenhead. 

 D. Ajacis does not appear to have been recorded, even as a casual, from 

 East Gloucestershire or Buckinghamshire. 



** D. PEKEGKiNUM, Liun. Sp. PI. 531 (1753). Nyman, 21. 



This southern species occurred as a casvial at Grandpont in 1891. The 

 ground is now built over. On the continent it is a very variable species. 



**AcoNiTUM Napellus, Liuu. Sp. PL 532 (1753). Monkshood, Wolfsbane. 



Napellus verus coeruleus, Ger. Em. 972. Syme, E. B. i. 64, t. 48. Nyman, 20. 

 Baxt. t. 87. 



Alien. Meadows and hedges. Rare and certainly introduced. P. July- 

 August. 



