304 COMPOSITAE 



Frilford. Near Besilsleigh. Marcham. Cothill. Abingdon 

 Racecourse. Cumnor Hurst. I thiixk it is native in the district 

 about Frilford. 



3. Pang. East Ilsley, iowsZe?/, 1. c. Goring. Moulsford. Bradfield. 



4. Kennet. Near Reading, J. Carroll, 1849, Het-h. Brit. Mus. Inkpen, 



&c., Reeks, in Britt. Contr. By the Rennet's mouth on ballast, 

 Tufnail. 



5. Loddon. At the corner of tlie village of Hurley, Mill. Early. 



Sonning. Twyford. Maidenhead. Long Moor. 

 It is recorded for all the bordering counties, but not for East 

 (rloucestershire. 



MARIANA, Hill, Veg. Syst. iv. 19 (1762). 

 Silybmn, Adans. Fam. ii. 116 (1763), ex Vaillant. 

 **M. Mariana, HiU, Hort. Kew. 6i (176S). Milk Thistle. 



M. lactea, Hill, Herb. Brit. i. j-; (1769). Silyhuvi Marianum, Gaertn. Fruct. 

 ii. 378. Carduus Marianus, Linn. Sp. PI. 823 (1753). C. Mariae, Gerard, 989. 

 Comp. Cyb. Br. 531. Syme, E. B. v. 4, t. 681. Nyman, 404. Fl. Oxf. 172. 

 Casual. Viatical. Eoadsides, waste ground. Rare. B. May -September. 



Sporadic. 

 First record. Carduus Marianus, Dr. Noeliden in Mavor's Agr. Berks, 1809. 

 1. Isis. Longwortli. 2. Ock. Plentiful by roadside about a mile 



from Abingdon, Baxter, 1827. Upton, Miss Fry. Still occurs there and 

 on Abingdon Racecourse. Railway-side, Didcot. 3. Pang. 



Railway-side near Reading. 4. Kennet. Near Newbury. 



5. Loddon. Wargrave, Melvill. By the railway near Maidenhead. 

 In the latter place it occurs also in Bucks. 

 It is recorded for all the bordering counties. 



SERRATULA, Linn. Gen. n. 831 (Dill. Giss. 8). 

 S. tinctoria, Linn. Sp. PI. 816(1753), ^^^ of Tabernaemont. Saw-wort, 



Tindorius Jlos secundus. Tragus. Serratula purpurea, Gerard, 576. 

 Top. Bot. 240. Syme, E. B. v. 28, t. 704. Nyman, 417. Fl. Oxf. 176. 

 Native. Sylvestral, glareal. Woods, thickets, heathy places, hedge- 

 row^s, and rarely on grassy downs. Local. P. June-September. 

 First record. Grove, Mr. Baxter's MSS. 1832, and Baxt. Phaen. Bot. 174, 

 1837. 



1. Isis. In Cumnor Meadow in great abundance, Baxter. 



2. Ock. Grove, Baxter. Wootton, Boswell, in Fl. Oxf. Ufiington, by 



the canal-side, very fine specimens. Near Letcombe Castle. 

 Boar's Hill. Cothill. 



3. Pang. Compton Downs. Oare. Langley Wood. 



4. Kennet. Mortimer, TufnaiJ. Burghfield. Aldermaston. Inkpen 



Common. Downs near Farnborough. Silchester. 



5. Loddon. Wellington College, Penny. Easthampstead, Crawley. 



Early Heath, Tufnail. Sandhurst. Bracknell. Bagshot. Risely. 

 Finchampstead Leas. Abundant by the railway between Ascot 

 and Bracknell. 



