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VAIiERIAlSTELIiA, Pollich, Hist. PI. Palat. i. 29 (1776). 

 V. olitoria, Pollich, 1. c. p. 30 (1776). Lamb's Lettuce. 



Valeriana locusta. var. olitoria, Linn. Sp. PI. 33 (1753). Lactuca agnina, 

 Ger. Em. 310. Fedia olitoria, Vahl, Enum. 11. 19. 

 Top. Bot. 216. Syme, E. B. iv. 240, t. 669. Nyman, 338. Fl. Oxf. 153. 

 Native. Agrestal, &c. Dry hedge-banks, walls, and cornfields. Kather 

 common and widely distributed, but absent from a considerable 

 area of the heathy districts. A. April- June. 

 First record. South Hinksey, Mr. Baxter MSS. 1812. Cornfields, 

 frequent, Mr, G. G. Mill in Phytologist, 1. 983, 1843. 

 The common form in Berkshire has the fruit glabrous. 

 Var. LAsiocARPA, Reichb. Fl. Germ. Exc. 198 (1831), with hairy fruit, 

 occurs at Cothill, Tidmarsh, Pangbourn, &c., but Is easily overlooked. 

 V. olitoria occurs In all the bordering counties. 



V. carinata, Lois. Not. PI. de Fr. 149 (1810). 



Fedia carinata, Stev. in Mem. Soc. Nat. Mosc. v. (181 7) 346. 

 Top. Bot. 216. Syme, E. B. iv. 241, t. 670. Nyman, 339. Fl. Oxf. 154. 

 Colonist. Septal. Dry banks. Very local and rare. A. May-June. 

 First found in Berkshire by the author in 1893. 



3. Pang. On the margin of a sandy field between Tidmarsh and 



Bradfield. 



4. Kennet. On a dry bank near Stock Cross Common. 

 It is cultivated in gardens as a salad. 



V. carinata Is recorded for the counties of Oxford, Surrey, and Wilts. 



V. rimosa, Bast. In Desv. Journ. de Bot. ill. (1814) 20. 



V. Auricula, DC, Fl. Fr. Suppl. 492 (1815). Fedia Auricula, Mert. 

 & Koch, Deutsch. Fl. 1. 400. 

 Top. Bot. 217. Syme, E. B. iv. 241, t. 671. Nyman, 339. Fl. Oxf. 154. 

 Colonist. Agrestal. Cultivated fields, very local. A. June-July. 

 First found in Berkshire by Miss Fry, and by Mr. G. H. Morrison In 1890. 



1. Isis. Near Cumnor in cornfields, Morrison. 



2. Ock. Near Blewbury. 



3. Pang. Near Compton, Miss Fry. Clover-field near Basildon. 



5. Loddon. Cornfields each side of Penny's Lane, Stanton. In ditch 



near Lord Downshlre's gate-entrance to Easthampstead Park, 

 Rev. G. R. Bidlock-Webster. 

 V. rimosa Is recorded for all the bordering counties except Bucks. 



V. dentata, Poll. Hist. PI. Palat. 1. 30 (1776). 



Valeriana locusta, dentata, Linn. Sp. PI. 33. Valerianella Morisonii, DC, 

 Prod. iv. 627. Fedia dentata, Vahl, Enum. 11. 20. 

 Top. Bot. 217. Syme, Iv. 243, t. 672. Nyman, 339. Fl. Oxf. 154. 

 Colonist. Agrestal. Cultivated fields, more frequent on calcareous 



