126 SAPINDACEAE 



Reading, Bot. Guide. Pangbourn. Bradfield. YattendOn. 

 Compton, abundant. Moulsford. Basildon. Tilehurst. Sulham. 

 Bucklebury. 



4. Kennet. Locally common about Beedon and Catmore^TT. M. Rogers. 



Hedges near Reading, Bot. Guide. Chilton Foliat. Hungerford. 

 Kintbury. Inkpen. Lambourn. Shefford. Englefield. Theale. 

 West Ilsley, &c. 



5. Loddon. Cookham. Wargrave, Melvill, in Britt. Contr. Swallow- 



field, Tufnail. Park Place, Rose Hill, Stanton. Hedges near 

 Reading, Bot. Guide. Windsor, Everet. Maidenhead. Bisham. 

 Aston. Stubbing' s Heath. Waltham. Bearwood. Loddon- 

 side. Arborfield. Sonning. Finchampstead. Frogmore. 

 Rhamnus catharticus occurs in all the bordering counties. 



R. Fransfula, Linn. Sp. PI. 193 (1753). Berry-hearing Alder. 

 Frangula, Matth. Alnus nigra, sive frangula. Gerard, 1286. 



Top. Bot. 102. Syme, E. B. ii. 228, t. 319. Nyman, 145. Baxt. t. 219. 

 Fl. Oxf. 72. 



Native. Uliginal. Wet heaths, bushy places. Local and rather rare. 

 Confined to the peaty areas of the southern part of the county. 

 Shrub. May-Sept. Ripe fruit and flowers are often seen together 

 on the bush. 



First record. Alnus nigra baccifera, with the common Alders by Cole- 

 man's Moor nigh Reding, MS. in Ray's Cat. about 1680, cited in 

 Phyt. iv. 745, 1852. 



3. Pang. K. frangula. Near Streatley, Pamplin in Phyt. (1854^, 155. 



I have been unable to verify the record, nor has Mr. Tufnail 

 been able to meet with it. 



4. Kennet. Russell's Cat. 1839. Burghfield. Mortimer. Greenham 



Common, very fine specimens. Ufton Wood. Aldermaston. 



5. Loddon. Coleman's Moor, MS., I.e. One or two bushes by 



Loddon River below Loddon Bridge. Early, Lees, in Fl. Oxf. 

 Sunninghill, Baker, Cox's Wood, Penny. Finchampstead. 

 Near Jouldern's Ford. Wellington. Sandhurst. Broadmoor. 

 Wood near the river, Blackwater. 

 This species is practically confined to the sandy peaty tracts of the 

 Bagshot Sands. 



R. frangula is not recorded for Wiltshire or E. Gloucestershire, and 

 is extremely rare in Oxfordshire. 



SAPINDACEAE, Jussieu, Ann. Mus. xviii. 476 (181 1). 

 ACER, Linn. Gen. n. 1023 (Tournefort, Inst. t. 386\ 

 *A. Fseudo-platanns, Linn. Sp. PI. 1054 (1753^. Sycamore, 

 Acer majus, Gerard, 1300. 



