SCABIOSA 271 



First record. D. 2^ilosus, Sonning Lane, Mr. S. Rudge, in Bot. Guide, 

 1805, and Herb. Brit. Mus. 1800. 



2. Ock. About Besilsleigh, Britf. Contr. Marcham. 



3. Pang. Stanmore, Heivetfs Hist Unwell Wood, Lawson, in Herh. Oxf. 



4. Kennet. Great Shefford, Palmer. Beedon Wood, Miss E. Buck- 



land. Pingewood, near Grazely, Holland. Silchester. Weston. 



5. Loddon. Sonning Lane, Radge. (Still there in 1896.) Near 



White Waltham Church, Hurst MSS., and near Windsor, 1833. 

 Gordon MS. in New Bot. Guide. Near Ruscombe. 

 D. pilosus occurs in all the bordering counties. In Bucks it is found 

 in Clivedon woods near the river. 



SCABIOSA, Linn. Gen. n. 108 (Tournefort, Inst. t. 263, 264). 

 S. Succisa, Linn. Sp. PI. 98 (i753\ Devil's Bit Scabious. 



Succisa glabra, C. B. Pin. 269. S. pratensis, Moench, Meth. 489. 

 Morsus Diaboli, Ger. Em. 726, 

 Top. Bot. 219. Syme, E. B. iv. 250, t. 677. Nyman, 345. Fl. Oxf. 155. 

 Native. Pratal. Pastures^ moist woods, heaths, &c. Common and 

 generally distributed, but more frequent in stiff soil. P. June- 

 August. 

 First record. S. succisa, Mavors Agr. Berks, 1809. 



In damp woods, such as Fence Wood, Cothill Marsh, &c., the plant 

 becomes much taller, glabrous, and with the cauline leaves dentately 

 cut. It would appear to be the var. glabrafa (Schott. in Roem. et 

 Schult. Syst. Veg. iii. 61, as a species:. The hairy plant is var. his- 

 pidula, Peterm. Fl. Lips. 119. 



The marsh-ditches by the railway near Abingdon and the fields in 

 the neighbourhood afford great quantities of this plant. 



The flowers are normally purplish blue, but sometimes they occur 

 of a dingy white, and rarely of a dull red colour. 



Scabiosa Succisa occurs plentifully in all the bordering counties. 



In 'HodkeT's Student's Flora the calyx bristles are said to be four in number, 

 but I find them as frequently "with five ; they vary on the same head. 



S. Columbaria, Linn. Sp. PL 99 (1753). Small Field Scabious. 



Scabiosa minor, sive Columbaria, Gerard, 582. 

 Top. Bot. 219. Syme, E. B. iv. 251, t. 678. Nyman, 343. Fl. Oxf. 155. 

 Native. Pascual. Dry calcareous pastures^ chalk downs, railway 



banks, &c,, evincing a decided preference for limestone or chalk. 



On the grassy downs of the latter formation it is a specially 



characteristic feature. Locally abundant. P. June-September. 

 First record. Sonning, Mr. S. Rudge, in Herb. Brit. Mus. S. columbai la, 



Russell's Cat. 1839 



1. Isis. Buckland, Russell. Ashbury. Idstone. Cumnor. 



2. Ock. Happy Valley on the Boar's Hill Range, Boswell, in Fl. Oxf. 



