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4. Kennet. Newbury, RusselVs Cat. Snelsmore. Greenham. Wick- 



ham. Mortimer. Burghfield. Inkpen. Kintbury. Sulhamp- 

 stead. Theale. Padworth. Silchester, &c. 



5. Loddon. Hurst Grove, on the lawn, Melvill. Reading. Early. 



Sonning. Ruscombe. Wargrave. Hurley. Bisham. Stub- 



bing's Heath. Waltham. Pinkney's Green. Binfield. Bray. 



Clewer. Bagshot. Sandhurst. Finchampstead. Ambarrow. 



Bracknell. Ascot. Wokingham. Bearwood. Windsor Park. 



Frogmore, ^'c. 

 Var. LASiOLAENA, milii, Thrincia hirta, var. lasiolaena, Bischoff, Beitr. 

 Fl. Deutsch. & Schweiz. (1851) 43. The plant with glabrous periclines. 

 leiolaena (Bisch. 1. c), sub Thrincia = Ya,T. psilocaJyx, DC. Prod. vii. 99, 

 also occurs. 



Leontodon hirtum is recorded from all the bordering counties. 



Ii. hispidum, Linn. Sp. PI. 799 (1753). Rough Dandelion. 



Apargia hispida, Hoffm. Deutsch. Fl. ed.2, ii. 113. Hedypnois hispidum, 

 Huds. Fl. Angl. 340 (1778). 



Top. Bot. 224. Syme, E. B. v. 133, t. 793. Nyman, 468. Fl. Oxf. 184. 



Native. Pratal and pascual. Meadows, pastures, grassy chalk downs, 

 waysides, &c. Rather common and widely distributed. A notice- 

 able plant on the chalk downs and in calcareous pastures. P. 

 May-September. 



First record. Apargia hispida, South Hinksey, Mr. Baxter, MSS. 1827, 

 Wytham, Mrs. Westwood, 1835, t'n Herb.Druce. Published in RusselVs 

 Cat. 1839. 

 The very large form, which occurs in calcareous meadows at Hurley, 



is probably the var. ericetorusi (Klett Richter, Fl. Lip. 65, as Apargia). 



A small form, with more dentate and very hairy leaves, which occurs 



in dry fields near Radley, is px-obably the var. crispatus, of L. protei- 



formis (Godr. in Fl. Fr. ii. 299% 



L. hispidum is recorded for all the bordering counties. 



Obs. In Mavor's Agr. Berks L. officinale, L. palustre, and L. Taraxaci are 

 given ; one of these may possibly refer to this species. 



Ii. autumnale, Linn. Sp. PI. 798 (1753). Yellow DeviVs-bit. 



Apargia autumnalis, Hoffm. Deutsch. Fl. ed. 2, ii. 113. Hedypnois 

 autumnale, Huds. Fl. Angl, 341 (1778). 



Top. Bot. 224. Syme, E. B. v. 134, t. 794. Nyman, 469. Fl. Oxf. 185. 



Native. Pascual, &c. Meadows, pastures, waysides, chalk downs, 

 wall-tops, &c. Abundant throughout the county and the com- 

 monest species of its genus. P. May-September. 



First record. Sonning, Mr. S. Rudge, in Herb. Brit. Mus. 1800. L. au- 

 tumnale, Dr. Noehden, Mavor's Agr. Berks, 1809. 

 L. autumnale is a very variable plant. Sometimes the leaves are 



