290 COMPOSITAE 



PETASITES, Adansj Fam. ii. 122 (Tournefort, Inst. t. 258). 



**P. FRAGRANs, Presl, Fl. Sic. I. 28 (1826). Winter Heliotrope. 



Nardosmia fragraTis, Reichb. Fl. Germ. Exs. 289. Tussilago fragrans, Vill. 

 in Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris, i. (1792) 72. Syme, E. B. v. 117, t. 781. 

 Nyman, 396. Comp. Cyb. Br. 533. 



Alien. Grows in the woods at Park Place, and on the banks of a stream at 

 Knowl Hill, opposite the Post Office, Stanton. In a hedge near Haines 

 Hill, not far from Wokingham, and in a hedge between Southcote and 

 Calcot Park. 



P. officinalis, Moench, Metli. 568 (1794). Butter Bur. 



P. vulgaris, Desf. F. Atl. 270 (1798), and Park. 419. P. Petasites, 

 Karst. Tussilago Petasites, Linn. Sp. PI. 866 (1753). 



Top. Bot. 254. Syme, E. B. v. 119, t. 783. Nyman, 397. Fl. Oxf. 169. 



Native. Paludal. Sides of I'ivers, river-brooks, canals, and wet places. 

 Locally common, and vrith a wide distribution. A conspicuous 

 feature of the Kennet vegetation. P. March -May. 



First record. Petasites vulgaris, with Uredo petasites, Grev., on it about 

 Oxford, Mr. Baxter's MSS. 1830. 



1. Isis. Wytham. Appleton. Buseot. 



2. Ock. Bugg's Mill, near Abingdon. Between South Moreton 



and Wallingford, and in orchards at Blewbury, Lousley in RusseU's 

 Cat. 1839. Shellingford, Richards. Cothill. Marcham, Walker. 

 Kennington. Radley. Wittenham. Sutton Courtney, &c. 



3. Pang. Between Frilsham and Bucklebury, Lousley, I. c. Streatley 



Weir, Tufnail, in Fl. Oxf. Pangbourn. Tidmarsh. 



4. Kennet. Southcote. Abundant along the Kennet, as at 



Theale. Midgham. Thatcham. Aldermaston. Kintburv'. 

 Chilton Foliat. Hungerford, &c. 



5. Loddon. Shiplake Weir and Harleyford, Stanlon. Sonning, 



Tufnail. Wargrave. Bisham. Bray. Wokingham. Windsor, &c. 



The female plant Petasites major, Jlorihus pediculis loyigis insidentibus, 

 Ray — Tussilago hybrida, Linn. Sp. PI. 866, is said to have been found near 

 Banbury in Oxfordshire, and I have seen it in Northamptonshire, but 

 I have not noticed it in Berkshire. A poor figure of an immature 

 specimen is given in Syme, E. B. t. 784. 



P. officinalis is found in all the bordering counties. 



**Calendula officinalis, Linn. Sp. PI. 921 (1753). Garden Marigold. 



This plant occurs as a garden escape, but is not permanent ; it has been 

 found near Grandpont, near Southcote, Didcot, Aston, Windsor, &c. 



DORONICUM, Linn. Gen. n. 862 (Tournefort, Inst. t. 277). 



*D. Pardalianches, Linn. Sp. PI. 885 (1753). Leopard's Bane. 



Comp. Cyb. Br. 534. Syme, E. B. v. 91, t. 761. Nyman, 349. Baxt. t. 157. 



Alien or denizen. Sylvestral. Plantations. Very local. P. July- August. 



