SOLIDAGO 273 



COMPOSITAE, Adans. Fam. ii. 103 (1763). 



CAKDUACEAE, Neck. Act. Ac. Theod. Pal. ii. 465 (1770). 



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



EUPATOmUM, Linn. Gen. n. 842 (Tournefort, Inst. t. 259), 



E. cannabimim, Linn. Sp. PL 838 (1753). Hemp Agrimony. 



E. Cannahinum mas, Ger. Em. 711. 

 Top. Bot. 250. Syme, E. B. v. 121, t. 785. Nyman, 396. Fl. Oxf. 169. 

 Native. Paludal, &e. Marshes, wet woods, stream-sides. Not un- 

 frequent and widely distributed, especially in the wooded portion 

 of the Thames Valley. It ascends to 700 feet in Kiever Wood, 

 where it is plentiful, and is a conspicvious feature of the Kennet 

 Valley. P. July-September. 

 First record. E. cannahinum. Dr. Noehden, Mavor's Agr. Berks, 1809. 



Sometimes the stem leaves are undivided, when it is the var. IN- 

 DTvisuM, DC. Prod. v. 180, but our plants are not, I believe, identical 

 with E. corsicum, Reg., which is by some authors considered to be 

 synonymous. 



E. cannahinmn, for which detailed localities are unnecessaiy, occurs 

 in all the bordering counties. 



SOLIDAGO, Linn. Gen. n. 859 (Vaill. 1720). 

 S. Virgaurea, Linn. Sp. PI. 880 (1753). Golden Rod. 



Virga aurea vulgaris, Park. 542. Virga aurea, Gerard, 348. 



Top. Bot. 255. Syme, E. B. v. 113, t. 778. Nyman, 387. Fl. Oxf. 167. 



Native. Ericetal,&c. Woods, thickets, and heaths. Very rare in the 

 northern part of the county, but locally common in the south- 

 west and in the heathy portion of the central part of the county. 

 It evinces a distinct partiality for sandy or gravelly soil. P. July- 

 September. 



First record. Golden Rod. In Chilsley woods, two miles from Oxford, 

 it grows abundantly, MS. in Lyfe's HerhaV, 1660. Hieracium Pidmon- 

 aria dictum angustifoUum. Found in an old Poman Camp at 

 Sidmonton not far from Newberry, Pay, Syn. 45, 1690, but the 

 locality is in Hampshire. Near Oxford [probably Boar's Hill], 

 Sir Jos. Banks, in Herb. Brit. Mus. 1760. 



2. Oek. Childswell Copse, MS. in Lyte. (Still there.) 



3. Pang. Cold Ash Common, Russell's Cat. Streatley, Pamplin, 



Heath Wood, near Bradfield. Hermitage. Oare. Oarebury 

 Hill Wood. Fence Wood. 



4. Kennet. Mortimer, Tufnail. Brimpton. Inkpen. Greenham 



Common. Sandleford. Enborne. Hampstead Marshall. Alder- 

 maston. Silchester. Snelsmore. Wickham, &c. 



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