244 UMBELLIFERAE 



Top. Bot. 206. Symp, E. B. iv. 168, t. 624. Nyman, 301. Fl. Oxf. 136. 



Native. Sylvestral, &c. Hedges, fields, shady places, thickets, &c. 

 Abundant, and generally distributed in rich moist soil. The 

 commonest species of the order in the lower parts of the country 

 and the earliest to flower. P. March-May. 



First record. Chaerophyllum sylvesire, Mavors Agr. Berks, 1809. 



This is one of our conspicuous woodland and meadow-side plants, 



and is often painted by artists in pictures of the Thames valley. 



Mr. G. D. Leslie figures it on p. 138 of Our River. 

 It occurs in all the bordering counties. 



**C. SATIVUM, Bess. Prim. Fl. Galic. i. 219 (1819). Common CJiervil. 

 C. sylvestre, Bess, in Index Kewensis. C. Cerefolium. 



Scandix Cerefolium, Linn. Sp. PI. 257 (1753). Anthriscus Cerefolium, Hoffm. 

 Umb. 41. Chaerophyllum sativum, Lam. Fl, Fr. iii. 438. 



Comp. Cyb. Br. 520. Syme, E. B. iv. 167, t. 623. Nyman, 301. Fl. Oxf. 136. 



Casual. Waste ground. Rare. A. May. 



First record. Scandix cerefolium, Windsor, Mr. Grotobed, Bot. Guide, 1805. 



5. Loddon. Hedge near Windsor, probably from a garden, Gotobed, 1. c. 



It has occurred in Oxfordshire and Hampshire. 



FOENICULUM, Adans. Fam. ii. 101 (Tournefort, Inst. t. 164). 



*P. vuLGARE, Miller, Gard. Diet. ed. 8 (1768). Fennel. 



F. capillaceum, Oilib. Fl. Lituan. ii. 40 (1782). F. officinale. All. Fl. Ped. 

 ii. 25 (1788). F. Foeniculum, Karst. Deutsch. Fl. 837 (1880-3). Anethum 

 Foeniculum, Linn. Sp. PI. 263 (1753). 

 Comp. Cyb. Br. 193. Syme, E. B. iv. 133, t. 601. Nyman, 292. Fl. Oxf. 133. 

 Alien. Waste places, railway-banks. Rare. P. June-August. 

 First record. Anethum foeniculum. Dr. Noehden, Mavor^s Agr. Berks, 1809. 

 Near Sandhurst, Baxt. Phaen. Bot. n. 176 (1837). 

 2. Oek. Waste ground near Abingdon Racecourse, evidently of garden 

 origin. 



4. Kennet. Abundant on the railway embankment, Newbury, where it 



is well-established and was first observed by Mr. Reeks. 



5. Loddon. Abundant on the banks of the Loddon [Blackwater] near 



Sandhurst, Miss Delaviotte in Baxt. I. c. Waste ground near Windsor. 

 Railway-side near Maidenhead. 

 Foeniculum occurs as an escape from cultivation in all the bordering 

 counties. 



OENANTHE, Linn. Gen. n. 314 (Tournefort, Inst. t. 166). 



Oe. fistulosa, Linn. Sp. PI. 254 (1753). Water Dropwort. 



Top. Bot. 194. Syme, E. B. iv. 124, t. 593. Nyman, 298. Fl. Oxf. 135. 

 Native. Paludal. Wet ditches, marshy fields, pools. Rather local. 

 P. June-September. 



First record. Oenanthe aquaiica minor, Park. In the ditches about 

 Medley and Binsey Common, and almost everywhere about 

 Oxford, Plot, Nat. Hist. Oxf. 1677. See Oe. fistulosa, Mavors Agr. 

 Berks, 1809. 



