viNCA 339 



First record. L. vulgare, Mr. Bicheno, in Bfaiw's Agr. Berks, 1809. 

 Abundant in the neighbourhood of Oxford, Baxi. Phaen. Bot. n. 119. 



The Privet occurs plentifully in all the districts ; it is especially 

 abundant in Tubney and Appleton Woods, and is, I believe, un- 

 doubtedly native. The flowers are attractive to flies, and the odour is 

 disagreeable. 



Ligusirum is found in all the bordering counties. 



**Syringa vulgaris, Linn. Sp. PI. 9 (1753). Lilac. 



Curtis, Bot. Mag. t. 183 (1792). Nyman, 495. Fl. Oxf. 193. 

 Alien. A native of Persia and Hungary, which has become semi-wild in 

 a few situations, but only as a relic of cultivation. 



1. Isis. Near Paringdon, F. T. Richards. 4. Kennet. Near Pad- 



worth. Near Calcot Park. 5. Loddon. Eailway-side near 



Maidenhead. 



APOCYNACEAE, Lind. Nat. Syst. ed. 2, 299 (1836). 

 VINCA, Linn. Gen. n. 261 {Pervinca, Tournefort, Inst. t. 45). 

 *V. major, Linn. Sp. PI. 209 (1753). Great Periwinkle. 



Clematis daphnoides maior, C. B. Pin. 302. 

 Comp. Cyb. Br. 537. Syme, E. B. vi. 62, t. 905. Nyman, 497. Baxt. 



t. 158. Fl. Oxf. 193. 

 Denizen. Septal. Hedgerows, &c. Local and rather rare. Under- 



shrub. P. June- August. 

 First recorded by Mr. Gotobed in the Botanist's Guide, 1805. 



1. Isis. Buckland. 



2. Ock. Blewbury. Near East Hagbourn, Lousleij m Russell's Cat. 



3. Pang. Hampstead Norris, Lousley, I.e. Between Tilehurst 



Station and the Brickyard. Bucklebury. 



4. Kennet. In Berks, but near Adbury, Hants, certainly naturalized 



if not indigenous, Bicheno in Mavor. Near Kintbury. 



5. Loddon. In a hedge near Old Windsor, Gotohed. Hurst Grove, 



Melvill. Park Place, Stanton. Cookham. Wargrave, Britt. Contr. 

 Twyford. Barkham. Arborfield. 

 Vinca major is recorded for all the bordering counties, but not for 

 East Gloucestershire. 



*V. minor, Linn. Sp. PI. 209 (1753). Lesser Periwinkle. 



Vinca Pervinca minor, Ger. Em. 894. 

 Top. Bot. 275. Comp. Cyb. Brit. 246. Syme, E. B. vi. 63, t. 906. 



Nyman, 497. Fl. Oxf. 194. 

 Denizen. Septal. Thickets, hedges, &c. Eather rare. Under-shrub. 



January-October, 

 First recorded in Sir Jos. Banks' MSS. about 1770, and published by 

 Mr. Bicheno in Mavor's Agr. Berks, 1809. 



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