I06 HYPERICACEAE 



3. Pang. Bennett's Wood, Streatley, Boswell. Ilsley. Hampstead 



Norris Wood, Lousley in Hewett's Hist. Tidraarsh, NewboulcL 

 Bradfield, Ashmole. Unwell Wood, Sister Jane Frances. 



4. Kennet. About Crookham, Eussell's Cat. 1839 (not Cookham as 



given in Baxt. Phaen. Bot.) and cited in Britt. Coyitr. West 

 Woodhay, Reeks in Britt. Contr. Mortimer, thickets near the 

 Gamekeeper's house, Tufnail. Brimpton Wood. 



5. Loddon. At the top of Bisham Wood, and in moist woods 



generally, Mill, 1843. Park Place, Kose Hill, Stanton. Billing- 

 bear Park, Penny. Bowsey Hill. 

 Hypericum Androsaemum is recorded from all the bordering counties. 



*H. cALiYciNUM, Linn. Mantissa, i. 106 (1767). Rose of Sharon. 



Comp. Cyb. Br. 494. Syme, E. B. ii. 147, t. 267. Nyman, 131. Fl. Oxf. 61. 

 Alien. Hedges, shrubberies, plantations. P. Jnne-October. 

 First record. Near Reading, Dr. Dauheny in Herb. Oxf. about 1840, 



1. Isis. Buckland, Boswell. Evidently introduced. 



2. Ock. Lockinge, planted by Lord Wantage, but in some places now 



apparently naturalized. 



3. Pang. Sulham woods, Tufnail. Escape near Yattendon House. 



4. Kennet. Near Newbury, Weaver. Padworth. 



5. Loddon. Very abundant in Park Place, where the rabbits do not 



touch it, Stanton. Windsor Park. 



H. calycinum, which was introduced as long ago as 1676 by Sir G. Wheler, 

 from Eastern Europe, is more or less naturalized in all the bordering 

 counties. 



**H. HiEciNUM, Linn. Sp. PI. 784 (1753). 



Androsaemum foetidum, Spach, in Ann. Sc. Nat. 2nd ser. v. 419. Syme, 

 E. B. ii. 146, t. 266. Nyman, 131. Comp. Cyb. Br. 494. 



AUen. Natiu'alized in the grounds of Southcote House near Reading. 



K. perforatum, Linn. Sp. PI. 785 vi753)' S^- John's Woii. 



Top. Bot. 88. Syme, E. B. ii. 148, t. 268. Nyman, 133. Baxt. t. 80. 

 Fl. Oxf. 64. 



Native. Septal, &c. Open woods, hedges, bushy places on heaths, 

 waysides, &c., preferring sunny situations. Very common in 

 some localities and with a general distribution, although less 

 frequent on the clay soils of the county. P. June-September. 



First record. Sonning, Mr. S. Rudge, 1800, Herb. Brit. Mus. Hypericum 

 perforatum, Dr. Noehden, Mar or s Agr. Berks, 1809. 

 H. perforatum is a rather variable plant, but it is chiefly found in 



two marked forms in Berkshire. The type is taken to be the tall 



plaiit with broad leaves which is more frequently found in the north 



of the county. 



Var. ANGUSTiFOLiUM, DC, Fl. Fr. Suppl. 630, occurs on the drier 



heaths and chalk downs of the central and southern parts of the 



county ; it is a smaller plant with narrower leaves, and was first 



recorded for Berkshire by the author from Unwell Wood in Rep. of 



