96 ALSINACEAE 



Heath. Sandhurst College grounds. Winkfield. Woking- 

 ham, &c. 

 Although somewhat local in the Isis, Ock, and Pang districts, 

 Stellaria graminea is abundant in the southern part of the Kennet and 

 the western side of the Loddon district. 



A form with laciniate petals (/. Iaciniata)hns occurred near Long Moor, 

 and one with rerj broad leaves has been seen on mud near Wytham, 

 The species is found in all the bordering counties. 



S. uliginosa, Murray, Prod. Stirp. Gott. 55 (1770). Bog Stiichivort. 



Larbrea uliginosa, Eeichb. Ic. FL Germ, et Helv. v. f. 3669. Alsine 

 uliginosa, Britton, not of Villars. 



Top. Bot. 79. Syme, E. B. ii. 99, t. 233. Nyman, t. 112. Fl. Oxf. t. 54. 

 Native. Paludal. Wet places, especially on peaty soil. Locally 



common. P. April- August. 

 First record. S. idiginosa. Bog Stitchwort, Dr. Noehden, Mavors Agr. 



Berks, 1809. 



1. Isis. Appleton, Walker. Wytham. See Fl. Oxf. 



2. Ock. Bagley Wood, Baxter, 18 12, in Herb. Oxf. Coxwell, Bellamy. 



Between South Hinksey and Childswell Farm, Baxter MS., 1831. 

 Hen Wood. Yatcombe Copse. Frilford. Tubney. Wootton Heath. 



3. Pang. Near Beedon, W. M. Rogers. Fence Wood. Cold Ash 



Common. Bucklebury Common. Hermitage. Oare Common. 



4. Kennet. Greenham Common, Riqoert Jones. Burghfield Heath. 



Mortimer. Padworth. Ufton. Aldermaston. Pebble Hill, 

 near Kintbury. Hampstead Marshall. Inkpen. Snelsmore 

 Common. Wickham Heath. 



5. Loddon. Wokingham, Tufnail. Crazey Hill. Warren Eow. 



Stanton. Wellington College, Penny. Sunninghill. Virginia 

 Water. Coleman's Moor. Bagshot Heath. Finchampstead. 

 Long Moor. Near Bearwood. Early Heath. Hurst. Windsor 

 Park. Cranbourn Park. Frogmore, &c. 

 The distribution of this species- is somewhat similar to the fore- 

 going, except that this is found in the more moist and shady places, 

 while the former is found in the sunny and drier spots of the 

 heathland. 



Sfellaria uliginosa is found in all the bordering counties. 



Obs. Strictly speaking, the generic name Alsine takes precedence of 

 Stellaria, as it comes first in the Species Plantarum, and has been adopted in 

 preference in the American check-list. 



ARENARIA, Linn. Gen. n. 505 (Ruppius). 



A. teuuifolia, Linn. Sp. PI. 424 (1753). Fine-leaved Cfiickweed. 



Alsine tenuifolia (J. Bauhin, Hist. iii. 364% Crantz, Inst. ii. 407 

 (1766:, andofFl. Oxf. 



