276 COMPOSITAE 



lishecl as Filago germanka, Dr. Noehden, in flavor's Agr. Berks, 1809. 



On Boar's Hill it was so abiindnnt in the late autumn of 1894 as 



to be noticeable for a considerable distance. 



Var. LAXA, mihi = F. canescens, Tar. laxa, Corbiere, Nouv. Fl. Norniandie, 



330 (1893 , differs from the type by being more diffuse in habit, 



branching at the base, and having laxer leaves, thus simulating F. 



fipathulafa. It occurs by roadsides, &c., as at Padwoi'th, on Boar's Hill, 



near Newbuiy, &c. 



F. germwnca occurs in all the bordering counties. 



F. apiculata, G. E. Smith in Phyt. ii. (1846) 575. 



F. lutescens, Jord. Obs. PI. Crit. iii. 201 (1846). F. germanka, var. 

 hifescens, Gren. & Godr. Fl. Fr. ii. 192. 

 Top. Bot. 253. Syme, E. B. v. 68, t. 737. Nyman, 384. Fh Oxf. 166. 

 Native. Glareal. Dry sandy fields, and railway-banks on sandy soil, 



to which it appears limited. Very local. A. July-September. 

 First record. Wargrave, Mr. J. C. Melvill in Britt. Contr. 187 1. 



4. Kennet. In a sandy field near Padworth, the author in Re}], of 



Bot. Exch. Cliih, 1892. 



5. Loddon. On road between Hare Hatch and Crazey Hill, near 



Wnvgviwe, 3Ieh'iJL Plentiful on the east side of Sonning Cutting, 

 growing with F. minima and F. geymanka, and well answering 

 to the original description. Specimens from this locality were 

 sent to the Bot. Exch. Club in 1890 by the author. Ambarrow. 

 Finchampsteacl. 

 F. apkiilaia is recorded for Surrey, Hants, and Oxfoi'dshire. 

 In the Index Keicensis, F. apkulata is made synonymous with F. ger- 

 manka, while specific rank is given to F. spathulata. 



P. spathulata, Presl, Delic. Prag. 99 (1822). 



Top. Bot. 253. Syme, E. B. v. 69, t. 738. Nyman, 384. Fl. Oxf. 165. 

 Native. Glareal, &c. Dry fields and roadsides, not only in the grass, 

 but also on the bare margins. Chiefly on calcareous soil. Very 

 local and not common. A. July-September. 

 First record. Wootton and Tubney, the author in Rep. of Bot. Rec. Club, 

 1881. 

 •2. Oek. Wootton and Tubne)', I.e. Dry Sandford. Cothill. Fril- 



ford. Besilsleigh. Cumnor Hurst. 

 5. Loddon, Wargrave, Melvill. Coleman's Mooi*. Rev. A. H. Melvill. 



Stubbing's Heath. Near Knowl Hill. 

 F. spatlatlaia is recorded for Bucks, Oxfordshire, Hants, and Surrey. 



P. minima, Fries, Nov. Fl. Suec. 268 (1828), cf. 99 (i822\ Least 

 Cudweed. 



F. moniana, Sibth. Fl. Oxon. 262, not of Linn. Gnaphalium minimum, 



