28o COMPOSITAE 



I. Conyza, DC. Prod. v. 464 (1836). Ploughman's Spikenard. 



Comjza sqiuirrosa, Linn. Sp. PL 861 (1753). C. major vulgaris, C. B. 



Pin. 265. 

 Top. Bot. 257. Syme, E. B. v. 99, t. 767. Nyman, 393. Fl. Oxf. 168. 

 Native. Septal, &c. Koadsides and hedge-banks, heathy places. Local. 



Evincing a decided preference for calcareous or sandy soil. P. 



Jul3^-October. 

 First record. Conyza squarrosa, Dr. Noehden, Mr. Bicheno, Mavor's Agr. 



Berks ^ 1809. 



1. Isis. Wythani, very abundant. Near Besilsleigh. Near Buckland. 



2. Ock. Bagley, Baxter. Pusey Wood, Boswell. Marcham, Walker. 



Near Abingdon, Bicheno. Lowbury. Tubney. Cothill. Near 

 TJffington. Jenny Bunting's parlour on Boar's Hill. 



3. Pang. Hampstead Norris, Lousley in Russell's Cat. Streatley, 



Pamx>lin. Moulsford, Fl. Oxf. Sulham, Tufnail. Ashampstead. 

 Pangbourn. Bradfield. Bucklebury. Plentiful by the railway 

 between Pangboui'n and Streatley. Aldwoz-th. 



4. Kennet. Chieveley. Catniore, uncommon, W. M. Rogers. Very 



fine specimens at Shefford. 



5. Loddon. New Lock, Marlow, Mill. Common on the Chalk about 



Park Place, Stanton. Henniker's Lodge, Penny. Loddon Bridge, 

 Tufnail. Cookham, Everett. Near Wellington College Station. 

 Stubbing's Heath. Hurley. Maidenhead. Quarry Wood. 

 The young plant befoi'e flowering bears much resemblance to the 

 young states of the Foxglove. 



I. Conyza, which is much more frequent in Berkshire than the above 

 records show, is found in all the bordering counties. 



PULICARIA, Gaertn. Fruct. ii. 461 (1791). 

 P. dysenterica, Gaertn. 1. c. Fleabane, Middle Elecampane, Mavor. 



Inula dysenterica, Linn. Sp. PI. 882 (1753). Conyza media, Ger. Em. 482. 

 Top. Bot. 258. Syme, E. B. v. 102, t. 770. Nyman, 394. Fl. Oxf. 168. 

 Native. Paludal. Marshes, wet ditches, and the sides of roads. 

 Locally common and widely distributed, showing as decided 

 preference for clayey soil as Imda Conyza does for calcareous or 

 sandy ground. P. July-September. 

 First record. Imda dysenterica, Dr. Noehden, Mavor''s Agr. Berks, 1809. 



Var. LONGiRADiATA, Druco in Midi. Nat. (1887) 78, with much 

 longer and less contiguous florets of the ray, occurs on Boar's Hill near 

 the brickyards, and in Wytham Wood, &c. In the Report of the Bot. 

 Record Club for 1886, p. 129, Dr. F. Arnold Lees, describing it under the 

 name of var. pulchella, speaks of it as ' a handsome form, loss cottony 

 than the type, with beautiful long-rayed flowers.' Although the 



