LINUM ^ 115 



LINUM, Linn. Gen. n. 349 (Tournefort, Inst. t. 176). 

 L. catharticum, Linn. Sp. PI. 281 (1753). Purging Flax, Mill Mountain. 

 Linocarpos, ThaL L. stjlvesti-e caihartiaim, Ger. Em. 560. 



Top. Bot. 83. Syme, E. B. ii. 181. t. 289. Curt. Fl. Lond. iii. t. 119. 



Nyman, 126. Fl. Oxf. 58. 

 Native. Pascual. Dry pastures, heaths, chalk do%vns, and waysides. 



Common and widely distributed. Ascends to the top of Walbury 



Camp, 959 feet. A. May-October. 

 First record. L. catharticum, Eusseirs Cat., 1839 (without locality}. 



Winter Hill, &c., Mr. G. G. Mill in Phyt. i. 985, 1843. 

 L. catharticum occurs in all the bordering counties. 



**Ii. usiTATissiMUM, Linn. Sp. PI. 277 (1753). Flux, Linseed. 



Comp. Cyb. Br. 493. Syme, E. B. ii. 184, t. 292. Baxt. t. 353. Nyraan, 12!^. 

 Fl. Oxf. 58. 



Casual. Waste places, mbbish-heaps, by the railway on ballast, near flour- 

 mills, but without the slightest pretension to be considered a native 

 plant. A. June-September. 



First noticed in the county by Mr. J. C. Melvill in 1871. 



1. Isis. Wytham. Lechlade. 



2. Ock. Grandpont. Didcot. Wootton. 



3. Pang. Xear Pangbourn. Tilehurst. 



4. Kennet. Newbury. Near Southcote. Calcot. 



5. Loddon. Farm near Crowthorn, as L. atigustifolium. Penny in Britt. 



Contr. 1871. NearSandford Mill on waste ground, t7. C. Melvill. Plentiful 

 in a field of oats near Culham, Stanton. Twjrford. Maidenhead. 



[Ii. angustifolium, Huds. Fl. Angl. ed. 2, 134 (1778). 



Top. Bot. 83. Syme, E. B. ii. 185. t. 2qi. Nyman, 125. Fl. Oxf 58. 



Error. Recorded for Berkshire in Britt. Contr. in error ; for Oxfordshire in 



one locality only for one year, for E. Gloucestershire with considerable 



doubt, and for Surrey, Hants, and Wilts.] 



GEEANIACEAE, St. Hil. Expos. Earn. ii. 51 (1805). 



GERANIUM. Linn. Gen. PI. n. 746 (Tournefort, Inst. t. 142). 

 [G. SANGuiNEUM, Liuu. Sp. PI. 683 (1753). Bloody Crane's-bill. 



Top. Bot. 100. Syme, E. B. ii. 191, t. 293. Nyman, 136. 



On the Grotto, Windsor Park, but planted. 



Oxfordshire and Hampshire, but only as an introduced plant.] 



G. PHAEUM, Linn. Sp. PI. 681 (1753). DusTcy Geranium. 



G. phaeum sen fuscum, Morison. Comp. Cyb. Br. 495. Syme, E. B. ii. 192, 

 t. 294. Nyman, 137. Fl. Oxf. 66. 



Alien. Hedges near houses, an escape from cultivation. Very rare. P. 



June-September. 

 First record. Sonning, Mr. S. Rudge in Herb. Brit. Mus. 1800. (Perhaps from 



his garden.) 



■ 1. Isis. Near Carswell, in the vicinity of a garden, Miss M. Niven. 

 [4. Kennet. The Adbury locality given in Britten's Contr. is in Hampshire.] 

 5. Loddon. Sonning, Budge, I. c. Remenham Lane, Stubbs in Britt. Contr. 

 G. phaeum is reported as a more or less naturalized plant from Oxfordshire, 

 Hampshire, Wiltshire, and Surrey. 



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