VERBASCUM 363 



Native. Viatical. Koadsides, banks, hilly slopes, open woods, &c. 

 Local, but widely scattered through the county, B. June- 

 September. 



First record. Verbascum foemina flore luteo magno, Bauhin. Found by 

 Redding, [How's] Phyt. Brit. 1650. (This record in Ashmole's copy 

 of the Phijtologia has the initials of J. Watlington appended.) 

 Sonning, Mr. S. Budge in Herb. Brit. Mus. 1800. 



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



2. Ock. Bagley, Garnsey. Marcham, Walker. Denchworth, casual. 



Wait. Tubney. Boar's Hill. Cothill. Shippon. Besilsleigh. 

 Kingston Bagpuze. Didcot. Uffington. Near Wallingford. 



3. Pang. About Hampstead Norris, but not common, Lousley w 



Neivbury Cat. Streatley, Pamplin. Common about Beedon, 

 W. M. Rogers. Ashampstead. Pangbourn. Basildon. Mouls- 

 ford. Chalk-pit near Englefield. Tilehurst. Abundant and 

 luxuriant between Pangbourn and Streatley by the railway. 

 Hermitage. Ashridge Wood. Unwell Wood. Yattendon. 

 Frilsham. Aldworth. Compton. Hampstead Norris. Buckle- 

 bury. Standford Dingiey. Bradfield. 



4. Kennet. Mortimer, Tufnail. Wickham, Mrs. Batson. Burghfield. 



Shefford. Lambourn. Snelsmore. Newbury. Little Common, 

 Hungerford. Kintbury. Theale. Wasing. Aldermaston. 

 Bucklebury. Midgham. Hampstead Marshall. 



5. Loddon. By Reading, Phyt. Brit. Sonning, Rudge. Frequent 



about Park Place and Rose Hill, Stanton. Wokingham, E. Forster 

 in Brit. Mus. Herb. Chalk-pit, Wargrave. On chalk rubble, 

 near Reading. Bisham. Barkham. Farlej^ Hill. Finchamp- 

 stead. Maidenhead. Bagshot. Coleman's Moor. Beai'wood. 

 Wokingham. Loddon Bridge. Cookham. Stubbing's Heath. 

 Bray. Waltham. 

 V. Thapsus occurs in all the bordering counties. 



V. nigriini, Linn. Sp. PI. 178 (1753'. Black Mullein. 

 V. nigrum vulgare, Park. 61. 



Top. Bot. 287. Syme, E. B. vi. 114, t. 940. Nyman, 530. Fl. Oxf. 209. 



Native. Viatical. Sunny waysides, borders of fields, quarries, &c. 

 Local, evincing a partiality for limestone, chalk, or sandy soil 

 containing calcareous matter. B. or P. June -August. 



First record. Sonning, Mr. S. Rudge in Herb. Brit, Mus. 1800. Verbascum 

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



1. Isis. Road^iide between Besilsleigh and Appleton, Baxter in Walk. 



Fl. About Appleton, abundant. Miss Hoskins, Baxt. Phaen. Bot. n. 85. 



2. Ock. Marcham, Walker, Wootton. Dry Sandford. Cothill. 



Roadside by Tubney Wood. Sunningwell. Between Tubney 

 and Kingston Bagpuze. 



