112 MALVACEAE 



Bradfield, Jenkinson. Unwell Wood, Lawson in Herb. Oxf. 1870 

 Sulham, Titfnaih Near Cold Ash Common. Englefield. Her- 

 mitage. Ashampstead. Aldworth. Ashridge. Tilehurst. 

 Bucklebury. Near Tidmarsh. Hampstead Norris. Frilsham. 

 4. Kennet. Newbury, RiisseU's Cat. Beedon Wood, W. M. Rogers. 

 Greenham. Newbury. Theale. Brimpton. Midgham. Theale. 

 Aldermaston. Padworth. SneLsmore. Lambourn. Sliefford. 

 Burghfield. Silchester. Kintbuiy. Catmore. Bagnor. Ink- 

 pen, &c. 

 f). Loddon. Finchampstead, Penny. Remenham, Stanton. Woking- 

 ham, Craivleij. Ambarrow. Arborfield. Twyford. Maidenhead. 

 Sonning. Coleman's Moor. Bagshot. Frogmore. 

 Var. INTERMEDIA, Gren. and Godr. Fl. Fr. i. 289, which l)as the radical 

 leaves reniform, crenulate, and the stem leaves divided into segments 

 {lanieres etroUes), has been seen at Hampstead Norris, Theale, Hermitage, 

 Newbiny, Mortimer, and Padworth. 



Var. Ramondiana, Gren. and Godr. 1. c, has all the leaves entire and 

 dentate ; in 1895 I found it growing rather plentifully near Tilehurst. 

 Specimens were sent to the Bot. Exch. Club in that year. 



Var. LACiNiATA, Gren. and Godr. 1. c, has all the leaves divided into 

 segments and is our common form. 



White-flowered specimens have been noticed at Theale and Mortimer. 

 M. moschata occurs in all the bordering counties. 



M. sylvestris, Linn. Sp. PI. 689 (1753, and of Gerard, 785 (1597)- 

 Common Mallow, Cheeses. 



Top. Bot. 85. Syme, E. B. ii. 167, t. 281. Nyman,i29. Fl. Oxf. 60. 

 Native. Viatical. Waysides, waste ground. Most frequently near 

 villages and particularly fond of growing at the base of a sunny 

 wall. Occurs on the Abbey ruins at Reading. Common and 

 generally distributed through the county. P. May-October. 

 First record. '■Malta vulgaris similisjlore albo minore. Found within ye 

 walls of Windsor Castle. It continues the colour and smallness of 

 the flower from seed.' The specimen, which w^as collected by 

 Mr. S. Rand before 1700, is preserved in the Du Bois Herbariutn at 

 Oxford. Included in RusseWs Cat. 1839. 

 Var. LAsiocARPA, mihi. The carpels are described in Englisli Botany 

 as being glal)rous, but .-pecimens have been found with hairy carpels 

 at Abingdon, near South Hinksey, &c. In other respects the plant 

 does not appear to differ from the type. 



Var. MicRANTHA, Bromf. Fl. Vectensis, 80 (1856). This was described 

 by its author as having flowers only a quarter of the normal size, 

 and of a deeper and more uniform purple colour. Plants with flowers 

 about half the normal size occurred at Reading in 1896. The plant 



