SENECIO 291 



First shown to me in Berkshire by Mr, Carles in 1892, and now recorded in 

 this Flora. 



1. Isis. It is plentiful in the plantation near Buscot ornamental water, 



whence specimens were sent by me to the Bot. Exch. Cluh in 1892. 



2. Ock. Near Besilsleigh, in a wooded part of the Park, and evidently 



the remains of a garden ; pointed out to me by Mr. Carles. 

 D. Pardalianches is recorded for Surrey and Wiltshire. 



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



Comp. Cyb. Br. 534. Syme, E. B. v. 92, t. 762. Fl. Oxf. 157. Nyman, 350. 

 Alien. Eelic of cultivation. Very rare. P. June-July. 

 Only record a specimen collected near Besilsleigh by Sir Joseph Banks about 

 1770 in Herb. Brit. 3Ius. 



D. plantagineum is recorded for Hampshire at Sidmonton, near to the 

 Berkshire border. 



SENECIO, Linn. Gen. n. 857 (Tournefort, Inst. t. 260). 

 S. vulg'aris, Linn. Sp. PL 867 (1753) and of Tragus. Common Groundsel. 

 Top. Bofc. 255, Syme, E. B. v. 80, t. 749. Nyman, 358. Fl. Oxf. 160. 

 Native. AgrestaL Cultivated ground, waste places. Ubiquitous, 

 except on the heaths of the south-vs^est and on the grassy tracts 

 of the chalk downs, and one of the earliest species to appear on 

 newly broken ground. One of oiu' commonest species. A. In 

 flower the whole year. 

 First record. Sonning, Mr. S. Budge in Herb. Brit. Mas. 1800. Published 

 as S. vulgaris in Mavor's Agr. Berks, 1809. 

 In rich soil the plant is nearly glabrous, but in dry arid soil and 

 in open situations the plant becomes covered with an arachnoid 

 pubescence. 



Var. RADiATUS, Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ. 386 (1837), is very rare ; I have 

 seen it at Grandpont, near Oxford. 



S. vulgaris occurs abundantly in all the bordering counties. 



S. sylvaticus, Linn. Sp. PI. 868 (1753). Wood Groundsel. 



S. viscosus, Sibth. not of Linn. S. montanum., Tabernaemont. Ic. 169. 



Erigerum, Gerard, 217. 

 Top. Bot. 255. Syme, E. B, v. 81, t. 750. Nyman, 358. Fl. Oxf. 160. 

 Native. Ericetal. Heaths and commons on dry sandy soil. Locally 



common, but absent from considerable areas. A. April-Sept. 

 First record. Bagley, Mr. Baxter's MSS. 1829. Published in Russell's 



Cat. 1839. 



1. Isis. Wytham. Pusey. Buckland. 



2. Ock. Bagley, Baxter. Frilford. Tubney. Wootton. Boar's 



Hill, Fl. Oxf. Chawley. Besilsleigh. Wittenham. 



3. Pang. Cold Ash Common. Bucklebury. Hermitage. Oare. 



4. Kennet. Mortimer, Tufnail. Eoad beyond Wash water, Russell. 



Aldermaston. Burghfield. Ufton. Padworth. NewburyWash 

 Common. Greenham. Crookham. Wickham. Snelsmore, &c. 



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