ASTRAGALUS 147 



Chester. Mortimer. Hampstead Marshall. Pebble Hill. 



Crookham Heath. Beenham. Snelsmore. Woodhay. Shefford. 



Chilton Foliat. Theale. Thatcham, &c. 

 5. Loddon. Sonning, Rudge. Frequent about Wellington College, 



Penny. Frequent about Park Place, Stanton. Wargrave, Melvill. 



Windsor, Bolton King. Winkfield. Hurst. Farley Hill. Joul- 



dern's Ford. Finchampstead. Eisely. Bagshot Heath. Early. 



Ambarrow. Long Moor. Barkham. Wokingham. Stubbing's 



Heath. Hurley. Bisham, &c. 

 Two forms of this plant are found, namely, a sub-glabrous and 

 a hairy form ; the latter is the more common. The former, Avhich 

 may be designated as var, glaber, Brebisson, Flore de la Normandie, 

 87 (1869), L. major, var. glabriusculus, Bab. Man. Brit. PI. ed. 2, 80, is 

 a nearly glabrous plant, but with the leaflets ciliated on the margin. 

 It has been noticed in all the districts, as at Wytham, Hinksey, 

 Bradfield, Padworth, and Bracknell. 



Between Bracknell and Wellington College some very dwarf speci- 

 mens of L. uliginosus were found with the flower-heads densely covered 

 with down, probably the result of some disease. Mr. Tufnail has 

 noticed a similar form at Sonning, Early, and Mortimer. 

 L. uliginosus occurs in all the bordering counties. 



ASTRAGALUS, Linn. Gen. n. 799 (Tournefort, Inst. t. 233). 



A. danicus, Retz, Obs. Bot. fasc. iii. 41 (1783). Purple Milk Vetch. 



A. hypoglotiis, auct. var,, not of Linn. Mantissa. A. arenaria, Huds. 

 Fl. Angl., not of Linn. 

 Top. Bot. 117. Syme, E. B. iii. 74, t. 376. Nyman, 194. Baxt. t. 453. 



Fl. Oxf. 84. 

 Native. Pascual. Grassy places. Very local and rare. P. May-June. 

 First recorded in this Flora. 



4. Kennet. Near West Ilsley, Miss A. G. Humfrey. 



I detected a tiny scrap of this plant adhering to a specimen of 

 Lathyrus pratensis, which was gathered by Miss Humfrey between West 

 Ilsley and Catmore Wood in 1894. I have not yet been able to 

 discover the exact locality. 



This plant formerly occurred in one locality in Oxfordshire, and is 

 recorded for Wiltshire and East Gloucestershire. 



A. glycyphyllos, Linn. Sp. PL 758 (1753). Milk Vetch, Wild Liquorice. 



Hedtjsarum Glycyrhizata, Gerard, 1056. A. Ghjcyphyllos, Index Kew. 

 Top. Bot. 116. Syme, E. B. iii. 75, t. 377. Nyman, 193. Fl. Oxf. 84. 

 Native. Septal. Hedge- sides, calcareous fields, thickets on calcareous 



soil. Local. P. May-September. 

 First record. Sonning, Mr. S. Rudge, 1800, Herb. Brit. Mus. By the 



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