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hanging wood on the north escarpment of the Chalk forming 



the south-west boundary of the county, June, 1890, the author, 



1. c. It occurred not only with the usual rich blue flowers, but 



with flowers of a verypale tint, and also with pure white blossoms, 



/. alha. The upper limit of its growth was probably not far short 



of 800 feet in altitude. 



M. sylvaiica is recorded for Surrey, Hants, Gloucestershire, and, in 



the locality given above, it extends also into Wilts. In Dropmore 



Park, Buckinghamshire, the var. lactea, Boenn. Prod, Fl. Monast. 56, 



occurs, but it is doubtless the offspring of cultivated plants. 



M. annua, Moench, Enum. PI. Hass. 81 (1777). Mouse-Ear Scorpion 

 Grass, 

 M. arvensis, Lam. Fl. Fr. ii. 213 (1778), not of Hill. M. mtermedia. 

 Link, Hort. Berol. i. 164 (1821-2). M. Scorjoioides, Linn. Sp. PI. 131 

 (1753)) P-P-j not of Hill, Veg. Syst. vii. 55, t. 52 U772), which is 

 M. palustris. M. scorpioides arvensis hirsuta, Ger. Em. 338. 

 Top. Bot. 325. Syme, E. B. vii. 105, t. 1108. Nyman, 520. Fl. Oxf. 204. 

 Native. Agrestal and sylvestral. Woods, cultivated fields, hedge- 

 banks, waste ground, fallow fields, &c. Veiy common and 

 generally distributed. A. April-July. 

 First record. M. arvensis, Field-Mouse Ear, Dr. Noehden, Mavors Agr, 

 Berks, 1809. 

 Vai'. UMBRosA = -M'. arvensis, var. umhrosa, Bab. Man. Brit. Bot. ed. 6, 

 242. M. sylvaiica, Pamplin, Phyt. v. (1854") 154, not of Hoffm. 



Common in some of the woods on the Chalk, where I have seen 

 extensive tracts coloured blue with it, 



M. annua occurs in all the bordering counties. 



M. collina, Hoffm, Deutsch. Fl. ed. i, 61 (i79i\ 



M. hispida, Schlecht. in Ges. Naturf, Freunde Berl, Mag, viii. (1814") 

 230, M. arvensis, Sm. E, B. t. 2558, and Link, not of Lamarck. 



Top. Bot. 325. Syme, E. B, vii. 106, t, 1109. Nyman, 520. Fl. Oxf. 204. 



Native. Glareal. Heaths, sandy fields, both of arable and pasture, 

 walls, &c. Locally abundant. A. or B. April-June. 



First record. Lucas' Hospital, Wokingham, Mr. Ed. Forster &hout 1810 

 in Herb. Brit. Mus,, and Mr. H. BosicelVs MS. i860. 



1. Isis. Carswell, Miss M. Niven. Wytham, Cumnor, BoswelL 



Besilsleigh. Pusey. Longworth, 



2. Ock. Hinksey, Abingdon, BosivelL Marcham, Walker. Bagley 



Wood, Dyer, 1864. Tubney. Besilsleigh, Boar's Hill. S. 

 Hinksey. Sunningwell, Near Cole's Pits. Frilford. Wittenham. 



3. Pang. Bradfield, Jenkinson. Sulham, Tufnail. Bucklebur}-. 



Pangbourn. Streatley. Ashanipstead. Hawkridge, Frilsham. 

 Compton. Cuiridge Common, Tilehurst. 



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