238 UMBELLIFERAE 



1. Isis. Near Cumnor, Bosivell. 



2. Ock. Shippon. Didcot. 



8. Pang. Streatley, Pamplin. Pangbourn, by the railway. 



4. Ken net. Newbury. Reading Abbey. 



5. Loddon. Old walls near the Tower, Cranbourn Chase, Bolton King. 

 Var. CRISPDM (sub. Petroselinum), DC, Prod. iv. 102, occurred as a garden 



outcast at Marcham. It is the form more usually cultivated. 



The Parsley occurs as a garden escape in all the bordering counties. 



**C. Carvi, Linn. Sp. PI. 263 (1753). Caraway. 



Carvi, Lonicerus. Apium Cai'vi, Crantz, Stirp. Austr. ed. i, iii. no. 



Comp. Cyb. Br. 519. Syme, E. B. iv. in, t. 582. Nyman, 307. Fl. Oxf. 140. 



Casual. Waste places, and rarely in meadows. Very rare. Not native. 

 A. July. 



First record. ' Tell him (Mr. Brokesby) that Mr. Bobart has found Carawaies 

 in a close near Audley [? Early], which is not far from Reading. "Tis 

 a good Distance from any Garden, and he took it for certain to be wild,' 

 Hearne, Collections (edi. Doble, 1884), May 21-4, 171 1, 165. 



1. Isis. [In a meadow off the Botley Road, Boswell, but the locality is in 



Oxfordshire.] 



2. Ock. By the railway near Didcot. 



4. Kennet. Burghfield meadows, and sporadically elsewhere, Tufnail. 



I have not been able with certainty to identify Mr. Bobart's locality. 

 At Botley the plants owed their origin to some sweepings from a public- 

 house being scattered in the field. It was then customary to have a tray 

 of Caraways on the public-house bar for drinkers to chew in order to 

 disguise the smell of liquors. 



C. Carvi has no claim to be considered native in Berkshire, or in any 

 bordering county. 



[C. Bdlbocastanum, Koch, in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xii. (1824) 121. Bunium 

 Bulbocastanum, Linn. Sp. PI. 243 (1753). Is reported from Bucks, and as 

 a casual ? in Hants.] 



C. seg-etum, Benth. & Hook. fil. Gen. PI. i. 890 (1867). 



Corn Parsley, Honewort. 

 Sison segetum, Linn. Sp. PI. 252. Petroselinum segetum, Koch, Nov. Act. 



Cur. xii. i. (1824) 128. 

 Top. Bot. 189. Syme, E. B. iv. 105, t. 577. Nyman, 309. Fl. Oxf. 140. 

 Native. Glareal. Dry sunny hedge-banks. Very local. A. or B, 



July-September. 

 First record. Sison segetum. Hedges near Eton but rare, Mr. Gotobed 



in Botanist'' s Guide, 1805. 



1. Isis. Near Botley, on the road to Eynsham, Baxt. Phaen. Bot. 



n. 360. Cumnor, Bosicell. Near Bablock Hythe. 



2. Ock. Sunningwell, Garnsey. VVest side of Boar's Hill. Dry 



Sandford. Plentiful between Dry Sandford and Wootton. 



3. Pang. Near Englefield. Between Pangbourn and Tidmarsh. 



Cholsey Lane. 



4. Kennet. In many places [near Elcot], Reeks in Britt. Conir. 



Between Cold Ash and Shaw. 



6. Loddon. Hedges near Eton, Gotobed. [The locality may be in 



