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Heath, where they have occurred for several years. A dwarf form 

 with smaller flowers and very red stems and foliage, has been noticed 

 on chalk rubble at Didcot, on walls at Kintbury, on a wall at Comp- 

 ton, and on the chalk embankment of the railway at Hampstead 

 Norris, &c. In the Report of the Bot. Record Club for 1886, 119, Dr. F. A. Lees 

 suggested that this might be a hyln-id of G. Rohertianum and G. lucidum, 

 but was worth further study ; our plant is certainly not a hybrid, 

 but is probably the form called var. rubricaulis, Horn, in Willk. et 

 Lange, Prod. Fl. Hisp. iii. 530. 



G. Robeiiiamini occurs in all the bordering counties. 



ERODIUM, L'Herit. Geraniologia, t. i, ad 6 (1787). 



E.cicutarium,L'Herit. in Alton, Hort.Kew.ed. i, 11.414(1789). Hemlock- 

 leaved Crane' s-biU. 

 Geranium Cicutae folio imdorum, Ger. Em. 945. G. cicutarium, Linn. Sp. 

 PI. 680 (1753). 



Top. Bot. 94. Syme, E. B. ii. 206, t. 307. Nyman, 140. Fl. Oxf. 70. 



Native. Agrestal, giareal. Sandy fields and heaths, waysides, wall- 

 tops, &c. Locally common and widely distributed, but absent 

 from a large area of the Clays and Chalk. A. or B. April- 

 September. 



First record. Geranium tnoschatum (sic\ Dry pastures, Dr. Noehden, 

 Mavors Agr. Berks, 1809. G. cicutarium, South Hinksey, Mr. Baxter's 

 MSS. 1812. 



1. Isis. Carswell, Miss M. Niven. Besilsleigh. Longworth. Wytham. 



Appleton. Cumnor. Buekland, Boswell. Faringdon. Pusey. 

 Botley. Wytham. 



2. Ock. South Hinksey, Baxter. Cumnor Hurst, Morrison. Coles' 



Pits, Bellamy. Marcham, Walker. Hanney and Denchworth, 

 Wait. Boar's Hill. Wootton. Frilford. Abingdon. Cothill. 

 Culham (fine specimens). Didcot. Radley. Very large speci- 

 mens at Kingston Bagpuze. 



3. Pang. Streatley, Pamxjlin. Bucklebury. Hawkridge. Cold 



Ash. Oare. Bradfield. Fields near Unwell Wood. Hermitage. 



4. Kennet. Pile Hill, Weaver. Wickham, Mrs. Batson. Abundant 



on the side of the railway near Reading. Burghfield. Newbury. 

 Mortimer. Southcote. Very common in this district. 



5. Loddon. Wellington College, Penny. Park Place. Remenham, 



frequent, Stanton. Very fine specimens in a field above Cookham 

 and near Winter Hill. Windsor Park. Finchampstead. Am- 

 barrow. Bracknell. Bearwood. Stubbing's Heath. Sandhurst. 

 Ruscombe. Very luxuriant between Bray Wick and Maidenhead, 

 Sonning Cutting, &c. 

 Erodium cicutarium is found in all the bordering counties. 



