HEDERA 253 



Top. Bot. 203. Syme, E. B. iv. 163, t. 620. Nyman, 281. Fl. Oxf. 130. 

 Native. Sylvestral, septal. Hedgerows, borders of fields and woods 



and waste places. Abundant and generally distributed. A. 



July-September. 

 First record. C. anthriscus, Dr. Noehden, Mavor's Agr. Berks, 1809. 



C. Anthriscus is an abundant plant in all the bordering counties. 

 After the disappearance of Cerefolimn sylvestre and Ch. temulum this takes 

 their place as the common plant of the hedges and waysides. 



C. nodosa, Scop. Fl. Carn. ed. 2, i. 192 (1772). Knotted Parsley. 



Tordylium nodosum, Linn. Sp. PI. 240 (1753). Torilis tiodosa, Gaertn. 



Fi-uct. i. 82 (1788). 

 Top. Bot. 204. Syme, E. B. iv. 164, t. 621. Nyman, 282. Fl. Oxf. 131. 

 Native. Glareal. Dry sunny banks, borders of fields on gravellj" 



soil. Local. A. May-August. 

 First record. Torilis nodosa, Mr. G. G. Mill, in Phyt. i. 987, 1843. 



2. Ock. Wootton, F. W. Bennett, in Fl. Oxf. Shippon. Abingdon. 



Cothill. Near Bagley Wood. Jenny Bunting's Parlour on 

 Boar's Hill. Didcot. 



3. Pang. Streatley Road, Lees, 1883, in Herb. Brit. Mus. Near East 



Ilsley. 



4. Kennet. Between Newbury and Hermitage, Jackson. Wickham. 



Miss Bowen. West Ilsley. Catmore. Hermitage. 



5. Loddon. Windsor, Everett. Cookham Green, Mill. Near White 



Waltham. 

 C. nodosa, which in Berkshire is often found in company with 

 Carum segetum, occurs in all the bordering counties. 



HEDERACEAE, Linn. Ord. Nat. (1764). Araliaceae, 

 Vent. Tabl. iii. 2 (1799)- 



HEDERA, Linn. Gen. 249 (Tournefort, Inst, t. 384}. 



H. Helix, Linn. Sp. PI. 202 (1753). Common Ivy. 



Top. Bot. 185. Syme, E. B. iv. 181, t. 633. Nyman, 319. Fl. Oxf. 144. 



Native. Woods, hedges, old buildings, &c. Frequent except on the 



chalk downs. Climbing shrub. August-November. 

 First record. Sonning, Mr. S. Budge, in Herb. Brit. Mus. 1800. In- 

 cluded in Mavor's Agr. Berks, 1809. 



With Sphaeria punctiformis, Grev., and Hysterium foliicolum, var. 

 Hedei'ae, Grev., on the ivy about Oxford, Baxt. Phaen. Bot. n. 32, 1834. 



In 1887, during the severe snowstorm, many leaves of ivy at 

 Wytham had a long icicle pendant from the terminal lobe. 



H. Helix occurs in all the bordering counties. 



