ONONIS 131 



Top. Bot. 103. Syme, E. B. iii. 11, t. 329. Nj-man, 149. Baxt. t. 77. 



Fl. Oxf. 73. 

 Native. Svlvestral and ericetal. Sandy fields, coppices, heaths, &r. 



Locallv common, but absent from considerable areas of the Clavs 



and Chalk. Shrub. February-July. 

 First record. Spartium scoparium, Broom, Alavor^s Agr. Berks, 1809. 



1. Isis. Wytham. Pusey. 



2. Ock. Bagley, Baxter, 1812. Wootton, BosivelL Tubney, Walker. 



Denchworth, Wait. Boar's Hill. Cothill. Chawley. Radley. 

 Coles' Pits. 



3. Pang. Streatley, Pamplin. Fence Wood, Ileivett, 1839. Oare. 



Langley. Cold Ash Common. Bucklebury. Bradfield. 



Hawkridge Wood, Ashampstead. Yattendon. Dark Lane 

 Copse. Curridge, &c. 



4. Kennet. Mortimer, Tufnail. Sandleford, Weaver. Burghfield. 



Aldermaston. Hampstead Marshall. Newbury Wash. Green- 

 ham Common. Inkpen. Snelsmore. Ufton. Padworth. 

 Pebble Hill. Wickham Heath. Tilcombe Green, &c. 



5. Loddon. Eemenham, Stanion. Risely. Finchampstead. Hurst 



Grove, Mdvill. Windsor Part, Bolton King. Ambarrow\ Wel- 

 lington. Sandhurst. Bagshot. Sunningdale. Ascot. Windsor 

 Park. Bracknell. Wokingham. Bearwood. Early Heath. 

 Coleman's Moor. Sonning Cutting. Hurst. Arborfield. 

 Winkfield. Farley Hill. Spencer's Wood Common. Ashley 

 Hill. Stubbing's Heath. Pinkney's Heath. Cookham, &c. 

 A prostrate variety or form, var. prostrata (Bailey), occurred near 

 Coleman's Moor, but it is not such an exti-eme form as the Cornish 

 maritime plant. In some of the more northern localities the Broom 

 has probably been planted. 



C. scoparius occurs in all the bordering counties. 



ONONIS, Linn. Gen. n. 772 {Anonis, Tournefort, Inst. t. 408% 

 O. repens, Linn. Sp. PI. 717 (1753). Rest Harrow^ Canunock. 



0. ine7-mis, Huds. Fl. Angl. 312 (1778). 



Top. Bot. 105. Syme, E. B. iii. 16, t. 331. Nyman, i6r. Fl. Oxf. 74. 

 Native. Pascual. Dry fields, i-oadsides, &c. Not uncommon. P. 



May-August. 

 First record. Anonis purpurea repens non spinosa provenit . . . praecipue 



circa Oxonium, Morison, Hist. Ox. ii. 171, 1680. Sonning, 3Ir. S. 



Rudge, in Herh. Brit. Mus. 1800, 



1. Isis. Wytham. Ashbury. Idstone. Bourton. Faringdon. 



Pusey. Besilsleigh. Cumnor. Eaton Stibble. 



2. Ock. South Hinksey, Baxter, 1827. Tubney, Walker. Jenny 



Bunting's Parlour. Cothill. Sandford. Wootton. Ufilngton. 



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