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meadows, preferring the company of other herbage. Local. P. 

 April-July. 

 First record. Caryophyllus holosteus arvetisis medius . . . invenit D. Sherrard 

 [Sherard] prope Oxoniam, Mr. Doody in Raij Syn. Apjp. 245, 1690. 



1. I sis. Wytham meadows. 



2. Ock. Near Oxford, Sherard, 1. c. Devil's Back Bone, 1827, 



Baxter. Ferry Hinksey. Radley. Between Iffley and Sandford. 

 Near Abingdon very fine. 



3. Pang. Opposite Caversham in ditches near the Thames, F. W. 



Stansfield. Near Moulsford. 



4. Kennet. Thatcham, Russell" s Cat. Newbury, Bicheno in Winch MSS. 



Kintbury, Reeks in Briit. Contr. 



5. Loddon. S. glaiica. Moist meadows near Eton, Gotobed, in Bot. 



Guide, 1805. (Probably in Bucks.) Ditches by the Thames, 

 Bisham, Medmenham, and Cookham, Britt. Contr. Near Wel- 

 lington College, Penny. Meadows about Wargrave, Stanton. 

 Sonning meadows, Tufnail. Coleman's Moor. Near Loddon 

 Bridge. New Bridge on the Blackwater. Near Ruscombe. 

 Var. PAii\T[FLOE,A (Kl. and Richt.) under S. glauca, see Reichb. Ic. Fl. 

 Germ. v. f. 4909 b, has been seen near Abingdon. 



-S. palustris, which is confined in Berkshire to low-lying marshy 

 ground, is found in all the neighbouring counties. 



S. g-raminea, Linn. Sp. PI. 422, a (1753). Heath Stitchwort. Lesser 



Stitchxvort. Alsine graminea, Britton. 

 Top. Bot. 79. Syme, E. B. ii. 98, t. 232. Nyman, 112. Fl. Oxf. 54. 

 Native. Pascual, ericetal. Pastures, heaths on sandy or gravelly 



soil. P. April-September. 

 First record. S. graminea, Dr. Noehden. Hedge-banks, &c. Mavor's 



Agr. Berks, 1809. 



1. Isis. Buscot, Bellamy. Carswell, Miss M. Niven. Wytham. Near 



Faringdon. Pusey. Appleton. 



2. Ock. Marcham, Walker. Cumnor Hurst, Morrison. Boar's Hill. 



Frilford. Uflfington. Tubney. Didcot. Bagley. Wittenham. 



3. Pang. Pangbourn. Cold Ash Common (a large-flowered form). 



Fence Wood. Bucklebury. Oare Common. 



4. Kennet. Mortimer, Tufnail. Aldermaston. Hampstead Marshall. 



Greenham and Crookham Commons. Pad worth. Ufton. New- 

 bury Wash Common. Wickham Heath. Snelsmore Common. 



5. Loddon. Near Reading, Ridley, in Herb. Brit. Mus. Common 



about Park Place, Stanton. Marlow, Mill. Windsor, Bolton King. 

 Farley Hill. Early Heath. Sonning Cutting. Loddon 

 Bridge. Bearwood. Finchampstead. Near Wellington College. 

 Risely. Bracknell. Ascot. Windsor Great Park. Stubbing's 



