86 ALSINACEAE 



4. Kennet. Cornfield at Newbury, New Sot. Ghdde, 1835, wliere tlie 



Botanist's Guide of 1805 is cited for its occurrence in Berkshire, but I am. 

 unable to find any reference there. Possibly Watson had in mind 

 a manuscript note made by Mr. Winch in a copy of Smith's Flora 

 Britan?iica, which is in the Libx-ary of the Linnean Soc, where it is 

 said to grow in cornfields at Newbury, on the authority of Mr. Bicheno. 



5. Loddon. In the grounds of Wellington College, Penny. 



S. angflica, Linn. Sp. PI. 416 (1753). SmaU Corn Caichjly. 



Lychnis arvensis anglica, Lobel. Ic. 97 (1655). 

 Top. Bot. 65. Syme, E. B. ii. 60, t. 202. Nyman, 97. Curt, Fl. Lond. 



iv. t. 30. Fl. Oxf. 49. 

 Colonist or Native. Agrestal, viatical. Sandy cornfields, gravelly 



waysides, &c. Local and rather rare. A. June-August. 

 First record. S. anglica, Mr. H. C. Watson and Kev. C. W. Penny in 



Britt. Contr. 187 1. 

 2. Ock. About Tubney, Walker. Sandy cornfields on the Boar's 



Hill Range. 



4. Kennet. Mortimer, Holland. Bucklebury, Mr. Weaver. Midgham. 

 .5. Loddon. Near Wellington College, Penny. Near Wokingham, 



Craicley. Eemenham, but not common, Stanton. Ambarrow. 

 Finchampstead. Roadside near Wokingham. Abundant in 

 fields near Bracknell. 

 Probably both S. anglica and S. quinquevtdnera are varieties of the 

 continental S. gcdlica, Linn. 



5. anglica has been reported for all the counties bordering on Berk- 

 shire, except East Gloucestershire. 



S. noctiflora, Linn. Sp. PI. 419 (1753). Night-floicering Catchfly. 



Lychnis noctiflora (Pa,rk, 1640V Schreb. Spic. Fl. Lips. 31. Melandrium 

 noctiflorum, Fries, in Bot. Notis. (1843) 143. 

 Top. Bot. 66. Syme, E. B. ii. 66, t. 209. Nyman, 93. Fl. Oxf. 48. 

 Colonist. Agrestal. Cornfields, especially on sandy soil. Local. A. 



July-November. 

 First record. S. noctiflora, Mr. Baxter in Piw^. Midi. Fl. App. iii. 37, 1821. 



1. Isis. Coi'nfield near Wytham Wood, 5ax<er. Cumnor. Faring- 



don. Pusey, &c., Bosicell. Between Kingstone and Charney, 

 Wait. Appleton. 



2. Ock. Fields between Kennington and Bagley, r/n«toHc?. Between 



Ferry Hinksey and Cumnor, Boswell in Fl. Oxf. Shippon. 

 Radley. Cumnor. Frilford. Boar's Hill. Marcham. Chawley. 

 Wittenham. Near Didcot. 



3. Pang. Moulsford. Ilsley. Bradfield. Sulham. Tilehurst. 



4. Kennet, Field above Little Shefford Fai'm full of it, Mrs. Batson. 



Burghfield. Beenham. Padworth. 'Theale. 



5. Loddon. Abundant about Wargrave, Britten. Remenham, 



