HYPERICUM 105 



record was corrected, and the place of growth said to be Virginia 



Water. The Philosoph. Mag. for 1824, on p. 287, states that Mr. 



Forster finds it plentifully, not. we believe, ' near Binfield/ bnt on 



' the Dam-head at the Cascade, Virginia Water.' 



5. Loddon. Elatine hexandra still occurs in Virginia Water, near the 



Cascade, but this portion of the Lake is in Surrey ; so far 



I have been unable to find it in the Berkshire part. Did it ever 



occur there ? It occurs in a pond at Sandhurst in both Surrey 



and Berkshire, and also in another pond, but nearly choked 



with Littorella, near Wellington College. 



Var. SESsiLiFLOKA, mihi. The Sandhurst plant has the capsules 



sessile and the seeds slightly more curved than those in my Scotch 



specimens, and the whole plant is smaller. Instead of growing in water 



a foot or more deep as in SjotLmd, in Berkshire it appears limited to 



very shallow water and the sandy margin of the water ; but perhaps 



the level of the water in the last two years may have been lower 



than is normally the case. 



E. hexandra is found in Surrey and Hampshire. 



E. Hydropiper, Linn. Sp. PI. 367 (1753). 



Top. Bot. 62. Syme, E. B. ii. 142. t. 263. Nyman, 123. 



Native. Lacustral. Sandy margins of ponds. Excessively rare. A. 



July-August. 

 First discovered in Berkshire by the author in i8g6. 



5. Loddon. Very sparingly in a pond near Sandhurst. 



E. Hydropiper is found in Surrey only of the counties bordering 

 Berkshire, but will probably be found in Hampshire. The plant is 

 very minute, and for many years it evaded me. The lower water this 

 summer (1896) may perhaps have assisted my examination. 



HYPERICACEAE, Lindl. Nat. Syst. ed. 2, 77 (1836;. 

 HYPERICUM, Linn. Gen. n. 808 (Tournefort, t. 131). 

 H. Androsaemum, Linn. Sp. PI. 784 (1753). Tutsan, Park leaves. 



Androsaemum vulgare, Park. 575 (1646). A. officinale, All. Fl. Ped. ii. 

 147. 

 Top. Bot. 88. Syme, E. B. ii. 143, t. 264. Baxt. t. 39. Nyman, 131. 



Fl. Oxf. 61. 

 Native. Sylvestral and septal. Woods and hedges. Local and rather 

 rare. Probably absent from the north of the county. P. June- 

 August. 

 First record. Androsaemum. In my orchard at Bradfield, E. Ashmule's 

 MS. in IHoio's] Phijt. Brit, in Bodleian Libranj about 1654. 



