ASPERULA 265 



1. Isis. Fields near Cumnor. Buckland. 



2. Ock. Fields between Hinksey and Cumnor, Thurland. Dench- 



worth, Wait. Blewbury. Hagborne. Marcham. Frilford. 

 Near Lockinge. Boar's Hill. Near Dry Sandford. 



3. Pang. Moulsford, Neichould, I.e. Pangbourn. Unwell Wood, 



Lawson in Herb. Oxf. Bucklebiiry. 



4. Kennet. Newbury, Weaver. Padworth. Inkpen. 



G. tricorne is probably more frequent than the foregoing records 

 show, as from its place of growth it is easily neglected or overlooked. 

 It occurs in all the bordering counties, 



**G. SPURITJM, Linn. Sp. PI. 106 (1753). Comp. Cyb. Br. 522. Occurred as 

 a casiial plant on rubbish near Grandpont and by the railway at Didcot, 

 but in each case for only one season. 



ASPERULA, Linn. Gen. n. 113. 



A. odorata, Linn. Sp. PI. 103 (1753), and of Parkinson (1640). Woodruff. 



Top. Bot. 215. Syme, E. B. iv. 228, t. 660. Nyman, 332. Fl. Oxf. 151. 



Native. Sylvestral. Woods and thickets. Eather rare in the neighbour- 

 hood of Oxford, abundant in woods on the chalk downs, but less 

 frequent in the heathy woods of the south-west. P. May-June. 



First record. Wilde Madder growes in Copse by Chyllsey Woods, MS. in 

 Lyte's Herball, 1660 ; and ^. odorata in Mavors Agr. Berks, 1809. 



2. Ock. Childswell Woods, MS. in Lyte. Bagley Wood, Baxt. Phaen. 



Bot. 46. Tubney, Walker. Rare on the Boar's Hill range. 



3. Pang. Streatley, Pamplin. Common about Beedon, W. M. Rogers. 



Unwell Wood. College Wood. Abundant in most of the woods 

 in this district. 



4. Kennet. Wickham, Mrs. Batson. Shaw, Weaver. Ufton Court, 



18:^5, Kirbrj. Welford. Riever Wood. CatmoreWood. W. Hsley. 

 Tilcombe Green. Inkpen. Hampstead Marshall. 



5. Loddon. In all the woods about Marlow, 3Iill. Common about 



Park Place, Rose Hill, Stanton. Well. Coll. List. Wargrave. 



Ashley Hill. Bowsey Hill. Near Cookham. Culham Woods 



near Hurley. Windsor Park. Quarry Wood. Very large and 



free flowering in 1896. 

 A. odorata is found in all the bordering counties. 



The seeds, Mr. F. Tufnail informs me, often take longer than a year 

 to germinate. 



A. cynanchica, Linn. Sp. PI. 104 (1753). Quinancy-tvort. 



Top. Bot. 215. Syme, E. B. iv. 229, t. 661. Nyman, 333. Fl. Oxf. 151. 



Native. Pascual. Grassy chalk downs, of which it is an abundant 



and characteristic plant. Limestone pastures, local and rare. 



Absent from the Clays and Bagshot Sands. P. May- September. 



