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of D. deltoides in Berkshire, and until that occnrrence is confirmed, the 

 plant will have to be queried. Mr. Tufnail tells me it is well established at 

 Messrs. Sutton's farm in the grassy borders, probably introduced with foreign 

 seeds. 



It is recorded for the counties of Buckingham, Wilts, Surrey, and Oxford, 

 where Dr. Neil showed it me growing in a grass field near the Warneford 

 Asylum ; it may possibly have been introduced in the latter locality. 



TUNICA, Scop. Fl. Carn. ed. 2, i. 298 (1772). 

 T. prolifera, Scop. Fl. Carn. ed. 2, i. 299 (1772). 



Bianthusproliferj Linn. Sp. PI. 410 (1753). Anneria prolifera, Lobel. 

 Top. Bot. 62. Syme, E. B. ii. 51, t. 196. Nyman, 106. Fl. Oxf. 50. 

 Native. Glareal. Sandy places. Very local and rare. A. June-July. 

 First record. Bianthus proUfer. From the neighbourliood of Windsor, 

 Mr. W. A. Leicis in Herb. Bot. Soc. Bond. See Cyh. Br. 1. 190, 1847. 

 2. Ock. In a sandy place on the Boar's Hill Kange in 1894. Not 



seen since. 

 5. Loddon. Near Windsor, Lewis. (The locality may be in 



Buckinghamshire.) 

 South Hampshire is the only county bordering on Berkshire fi'om 

 which it is recorded. 



Nyman puts this plant in the genus Tunica. Mr. Williams places it 

 in the sub -genus Proliferastrum of Bianthus. 



SAPONARIA, Linn. Gen. 499. 



*S. Vaccaria, Linn. Sp. PI. 409 (1753). Coio Basill, Gerard. 



Vaccaria., Gerard, 398. V. pyrainidata, Medik. Phil. Bot. i. 96. 

 Cyb. Brit. i. 194. Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. vi. t. 245, f. 4996. Nyman, 98. 



Fl. Oxf. 49. 

 Casual. Waste places, cultivated fields, railway ballast. A. July- August. 

 First record. S. Vaccaria has occurred in Berkshire, Watsons Cyb. Brit. 



i. 194, 1847. 



1. Isis. Near Wytham Mill. 



2. Ock. Upton, Miss Fry. North Moreton, Sister Jane Frances. By the 



side of railway near Oxford, at Grandpont, and at Didcot. 



3. Pang. Near Tilehiirst, Tufnail. and at Pangbourn. 



4. Kennet. Newbury Railway, Weaver. 



5. Loddon. Railway embankment. Maidenhead. 



As a casual S. Vaccaria has been found in all the bordering counties. 

 *S. officinalis, Linn. Sp. PI. 408 (1753). Soapioort. 



S. vidgaris, J. Bauhin, Hist. iii. 346 (1651). S. major laevis, C. B. Pin. 

 206. 

 Top. Bot. 64. Syme, E. B. ii. 53, t. 197. Nyman, 98. Baxt. t. 37. 



Fl. Oxf. 49. 

 Denizen. Viatical. Hedges, waste places, usually near houses. Bare. 



P. July- September. 

 First record. S. officinalis, Mr. Gotobed in Bot. Guide, 1805. 



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