CEEPIS 311 



As a casual it is recorded for all tlie bordering counties except East 

 Grloucestershire. 



**C. NicAEENSis, Balb. Misc. ii. 28 (1804-6) and ex Pers. Syn. ii. 376. 



Reichb. Ic. Fl. Grerm. et Helv. xix. t. 1440. Nyman, 457. 



Casual or colonist. Agrestal. Cviltivated fields. Local and rare. A. or B. 



Jiine-Aiigust. 

 First recorded by the author in the Rep. of Exch. Club for 1893. 



1. Isis. Meadows near Wytham. 3, Pang. Near Tilehurst. 



5. Loddon. Near Ascot, by the side of the railway. 



Var. EGLANDULosus, Cr^pin, Notes PL Eares ou Crit. de la Belg. fas. ii. 64 

 (1862), occurred with the type at Wytham and Tilehurst. 



C. nica^ensis occurs in Oxfordshire at Headington Wick, and is also 

 recorded for Hants. 



[C. PALUDosA, Moench, Meth. 535 (1794). Hieracium paludostim, Linn. Sp. PL 

 Syme, E. B. v. 163, t 821. Is recorded in the Wellington Coll. List, but 

 as an error for some other species. C. paludosa is not likely to occur in 

 Berkshire.] 



C. virens, Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2, 1134 (1762). S7yiooth Succory Hawkiveecl. 



C. tecfoncm, Huds. FL AngL 301 and Sm. E. B. t. 11 11, not of Linn. 

 C. capillaris, mihi not of Wallroth. Lapsana capiUaris, Linn. Sp. PL 

 812 (1753). Hieracium Aphacoides, Gerard, 234. 

 Top. Bot. 227. Syme, E. B. v. 160, t. 818. Nyman, 457. Fl. Oxf. 182. 

 Native. AgrestaL Cultivated iBekLs, meadows, dry banks, sides of 

 roads, heaths, &c. Very common and widely distributed. B. 

 May-Sept. One of our most ubiquitous and polymorphic species. 

 First record. C.tectorum, without locality in RusselVsCat 1839. C. virens, 

 everywhere [about Marlow"", Mr. G. G. Mill in Phyt i. 989, 1843. 

 C. virens exists under several modifications, as might be expected 

 from its not being restricted to one kind of soil or situation. The 

 more distinct of these are — 



Var, AGRESTis (Waldst. & Kit. PL Ear. Hung. iii. 244, ex Willd. Sp. 

 PL iii. 1602, as a species). This plant bears considerable resemblance 

 to C. biennis, as the anthodes are twice as large and the stigmas are 

 darker than those of C. virens. 



It has been noticed in all the districts. 1. Isis. Wytham. 



Longworth. Coleshill, &c. 2. Ock. Wootton. South Hinksey. 

 Radley. Didcot, &c. 3. Pang. Tidmarsh. Tilehurst, &c. 4. Ken- 

 net. Theale. Kintbury. Sulhampstead. Southcote, &c. 5. Loddon. 

 Early. Twyford. Waltham. Warfield. Finchampstead. Bray. 

 Clewer, &c. 



Var. DIFFUSA (DC. Cat. Hort. Monsp. 98, as a species). 

 A slender diffuse form, common on dry heaths and sandy roadsides, 

 having smaller flowers and pubescent phyllaries, characters which 

 may possibly be caused by the place of growth, since M. Lloyd says 

 that seeds of C. diffusa yielded a leafy-stemmed plant 6-9 decimetres 

 high. 



