I02 ALSINACEAE 



is referred to a paper by Mr. Geo. Nicholson in the Journ. of Bot. for_ 

 1880, 16-19, ai^d to one by the author which appeared in the same 

 Journal for 1891, 173-175. The flowers of S. sativa have a valeriana- 

 ceous odour which I have not noticed in S. vulgaris, but I by no means 

 assert that it is not present in the latter. 



5. sativa occurs in the counties of Oxford, Wilts, Hants, and Surrey. 



BUD A, Adans. Fam. ii. 507 (1763) {Tissa, Adans. 1. c). 

 B. rulara, Dumort, Fl. Belg. no (1827). Red Sandwort, Purple Spurrey, 



Mavor. 

 Arenaria rubra, var. campestris, Linn. Sp. PI. 423. Spergularia rubra, 



Pers. Syn. i. 504 (1805). Lepigoniim rubrum, Wahl. Fl. Gothob. 



45 (1820). Tissa campestris, Prantl. Spergularia campestris, Asch. 



Fl. Brand. 94, not of Willk. and Lange. Alsine campestris, Crantz, 



Inst. ii. 407. Spergula p)ur])urea, J. Bauhin, Hist. iii. 722. 

 Top. Bot. 76. Syme, E. B. ii. 129, t. 254. Nyman, 122. Fl. Oxf. 57. 

 Native. Glareal. Sandy heaths and cultivated fields. Local. A. 



June -September. 

 First record. Arenaria rubra. Dr. Noehden, Mavor's Agr. Berks, 1809. 



1. Isis. Wytham. 



2. Ock. Bagley Wood, Baxter, MS., 1812. Wootton. Abingdon, 



Boswell. Powder Copse Hill, Sister Jane Frances. Bay worth, 

 Thurland. Tubney, Walker. Marcham. Frilford. Cothill. 



3. Pang. Streatley, Pamplin. Tilehurst, Tufnail. Bucklebury. 



Frilsham. Hawkridge Wood. Cold Ash Common. Fields 

 near Unwell Wood. Curridge. 



4. Kennet. Greenham Common, Stubbs, in Britt. Contr. Mortimer. 



Padworth. Ufton. Aldermaston. Snelsmore. Wickham Heath. 

 With a small form (var. brevifolia = Arenaria rubra, var. brevifolia, 

 Gibson, Phyt. (1843) 218). 



5. Loddon. Wargrave, Melvill. Wellington College Grounds, Penny. 



'Near Henley, Mr. Stanton. Hnrst, Melvill MS. Sonning. Finch- 

 ampstead. Farley Hill. Bracknell. Coleman's Moor. Bearwood. 

 Ascot. Sunningwell. Long Moor. Risely. Sandhurst College 

 Grounds. Binfield. Winkfield. 

 B. rubra occurs in all the bordering counties. 



B. marina, Dumort, Fl. Belg. no (1827). 



Spergularia salina, Presl, Fl. Cech. 95 (1819). Arenaria rubra, var. 

 marina, Linn. Sp. PI. 423 (i753)- Tissa marina, Britton. 

 Top. Bot. 74. Syme, E. B. ii. 129, t. 255. Nyman, 122. 

 Native. Marshy meadow by the side of a saline spring. Very local. 



P. May-July. 

 First found in Berkshire by the author in 1890. 

 2. Ock. In a meadow to the south of Marcham. 



