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samaras and is much the less frequent form, but it has been noticed 

 at Eadley, Cothill, Tubney, Ashampstead, Mortimer, Wargrave, &c. 

 Specimens were distributed through the Bot. Exch. Club, 1891, from 

 Radley by the author. See Rep. p. 325. 



A form of A. campestre {dissectifolium) is reported by Mr. J. C. Melvill 

 from between Osney and Binsey, but the locality is in Oxfordshire. 



The MajJh is found in all the bordering counties. 



LEGUMINOSAE, Adans. Earn. 1763. 



CASSIACEAE, Link, Handb. ii. 135 (1831). Fapilionaceae , 



Linn. Ph. Bot. 33 (1751). Ord. Nat. (1764). 

 GENISTA, Linn. Gen. n. 766 {Spartium, Tournefort, Inst. t. 412). 

 G. angiica, Linn. Sp. PI. 710 (1753). Needle Furze, Petty Whin. 



G. aculeata, Gerard, 1 140, 

 Top. Bot. 105. Syme, E. B. iii. 8, t. 326. Nyman, 151. Fh Oxf. 73. 

 Native. Ericetal. Heaths. Local. Shrub. April July. 

 First record. G. angiica, Dr. Noehden, Mavor's Agr. Berks, 1809. 



2. Ock. A little beyond Childswell Farm, Baxter in Walk. Fl. 1833. 



(Now probably extinct.) 



3. Pang. Pangbourn Marsh, Tufnail. Bradfield, Jenkinson. Oare 



Common. Bvicklebury Common. Cold Ash Common. 

 •i. Kennet. Greenham Heath, Rupert Jones. Burghfield and Mor- 

 timer, Bird, 1833. '^Still there in 1895.) Wickham, Mrs. Batson. 

 Silchester. 

 5. Loddon. Cookham Down, Mill. Wellington College, Penny. 

 Twyford, Thome. Hurst, Melvill. Arborfield, Taijler. Sunning- 

 hill Bog. Bagshot Heath. Eisiely. Finchampstead Leas. 

 Pinkney's Heath. 

 Genista angiica is practically absent from the northern half of the 

 county, but is not very rare on the heaths of the south. 



G. angiica, which is one of the plants which are the first to disappear 

 before cultivation, is recorded for all the bordering counties, except 

 E. Gloucestei'shire, but is almost extinct in Oxfordshire. 



G. tinctoria, Linn. Sp. PI. 710 (1753 . Dyer's Green-weed, Wood Waxen. 



Genistella tinctoria, Gerard, 1134. 

 Top. Bot. 104. Syme, E. B. iii. 9, t. 328. Nyman, 153. Fl. Oxf. 74. 

 Native. Ericetal, pascual. Heaths, dry pastures, and borders of 



marshes or bogs. Shrub. Local and rather rare. May-August. 

 First record. Base broom grows plentifully about Oxford, MS. in Lytes 

 Herhall, 1660. G. tinctoria. Dr. Noehden, Mavor's J^gr. Berks, 1809. 

 1. Isis. Near Bablock Hythe, Boswell, i860. 



