270 DIPSACEAE 



soils, but not confined to them. Not uncommon and widely dis- 

 tributed. A. May-September. 

 First record. Valeriana dentata (without locality), Mr. T. B. Flower in 

 Robertso7i's Env. of Reading, 1843. 



1. Isis. Cumnor, Fh Oxf. Idstone. Shrivenham. Appleton. 



2. Ock. Shippon. Boar's Hill. Radley. Cothill.^ Didcot. Challow. 



Wantage. Blewbury. Wallingford. Lowbury. Cholsey. Aston 

 Tirrel. Upton. Lockinge. Tubne3\ Kingston Bagpuze. 



3. Pang. Sulham, Tufnail. Streatley. Basildon. Pangbourn, Tile- 



hurst. Bradtield. Bucklebury. Frilsham. Yattendon. Comp- 

 ton. East Ilsley. Aldworth. 



4. Kennet. Elcot, Reeks. Padworth. Englefield. Hungerford. West 



Ilsley. Lambourn. Farnborough. Donnington. Inkpen. 



5. Loddon. Windsor, Everett. Wargrave, Britt. Contr. Remenham, 



Stanton. Near Lord Downshire's entrance-gate, Easthampstead, 

 Bullock- Webster. Bowsey Hill, Melvill. Early. Hurst. Maiden- 

 head. Bisham. Cookham. Sonning. 

 Var. DASYCARPA (Stevens sub Fedia , Asch. Fl. Brand. 282. V. mixta, 

 Duf. Hist. Valer. 58, t. 3, f. 6. The haiiy-fruited variety is not un- 

 common ; I have it noted for Boar's Hill, Shippon, Cothill, Blewbury, 

 Compton, Aldworth, Bucklebury, Padworth, T^vyford, Maidenhead, &c. 

 V. dentata occurs in all the bordering counties. 



DIPSACEAE, B. Juss. Hort. Trianon (1759). 



DIPSACUS, Linn. Gen. n. 107 (Tournefort, Inst. t. 265). 



D. sylvestris, Huds. Fl. Angl. 49 (1762), and of C. B. Pin. 385. Teasel. 



D. fullonum, var. a, Linn. Sp. PI. 97 (1753). 

 Top. Bot. 218. Syme, E. B. iv. 245, t. 674. Nyman, 345. Fl. Oxf. 156. 

 Native. Septal. Damp hedges and roadsides, wet woods. Common 



on clayey soil throughout the county. B. July-September. 

 First record. Sonning, Mr. S. Rudge, in Herb. Brit. Mus. 1800. D. syl- 

 vestris, Dr. Noehden, Mavors Agr. Berks, 1809. 

 The Teasel is too widely spread and too conspicuous a plant to need 

 the special mention of localities ; it is figured in a picture of the 

 Loddon in Oxir River by Mr. G. D. Leslie. I have seen it growing on 

 a mud-topped wall in Appleford. 



B. sylvestris occurs in all the bordering counties. 



D. pilosus, Linn. Sp. PI. 97 ^1753). Shepherd's Rod, Small Teasel. 



Virga pastoris, Lobel (i57o\ 

 Top. Bot. 219. Syme, E. B. iv. 248, t. 676. Nyman, 345. Fl. Oxf. 156. 

 Native. Septal. Damp hedgerows, shady banks, and sides of streams. 

 Local and rather rare. P. July-September. 



