284 COMPOSITAE 



3. Pang. Fence Wood, Bunny. Hampstead Norris, Lousley. Cold 



Ash Common, W. M. Rogers. Very luxuriant at Pangbourn. 

 Purley. Moulsford, &c. 



4. Kennet. Woodhay Common, Bunmj, I. c. West Ilsley. Welford. 



Lambourn. Chilton Foliat. Kintbury. Sandleford. Beenham. 

 Thateham. Theale. Southcote, «&;c. 



5. Loddon. By the river-side, Marlow, Mill. Wellington, Craidey. 



Loddon Bridge, Tufnail. Bagshot. Finchampstead. Swallow- 

 field. Wokingham. Ascot. Binfield. Windsor Park. Frogmore. 

 Bray. Cookham. Stubbing's Heath. Wargrave. Early, &c. 

 A. Ptarmica occurs in all the bordering counties. 



ANTHEMIS, Linn. Gen. n.8'jo\Chamaemelum, Tourn. Inst. t. 281). 

 A. Cotula, Linn. Sp. PI. 894 (1753). Mather, Stinking May-weed, ^ Margs.' 



Cotula, Dodoens, Pempt. 258. Chamaemelum foetidum, C. B. Pin. 135. 

 Top. Bot. 262. Syme, E. B. v. 49, t. 720. Nyman, 362. Fl. Oxf. 161. 

 Native. Agrestal. Cultivated fields and Avaste places. Generally 

 distributed and too abundant in many of our cornfields. A. May- 

 October. 

 PMrst record. A. cotula, Stinking Camomile, Di\ Noehden, Mavor's Agr. 

 Berks, 1809. 

 This plant is detested by those working in the cornfields since it 

 often produces annoying blisters ; whether this is due to an acrid prin- 

 ciple present in the plant, or is merely caused by the mechanical 

 irritation caused by the achenes, is, I believe, not conclusively 

 proved. 



The stubble fields in 1893 were full of the blossoms of this species. 

 A. Cotula occurs in all the bordering counties. 



A. arvensis, Linn. Sp. PI. 894 (1753). Corn Chamomile. 



Top. Bot. 261. Syme, E. B. v. 51, t. 721. Nyman, 361. Fl. Oxf. 161. 

 Native. Agrestal. Cornfields. Local. Evincing a preference for 



calcareous or sandy soil. A. May-September. 

 First record. Botley Pound, Mr. J. Benwell, 18 12, in Walk. Fl. 1883. 



1. Isis. Botley Pound, Benwell. Wytham. Appleton. 



2. Ock. Wantage, Dyer. Foxcombe Hill, Garnsey, in Fl. Oxf. Fril- 



ford. Cothill. Didcot. Lockinge. Blewbury. Upton. King- 

 ston Bagpuze. 



3. Pang. Bradfield, Moulsford. Streatley. Basildon. East Ilsley. 



Yattendon. Aldworth. Bucklebury. Tilehui-st. Reading. 

 Sulham. Tidmarsh. Purley. 



4. Kennet. Mortimer, Tufnail. Padworth. Upton. Theale. New- 



bury. Riever Wood. Lambourn. Calcot. 



5. lioddon. Near Ascot Racecourse, Watson. Sonning, Tufnail 



