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Henley, J. Sherard, in Eay^s Syn. (Dillenius), *282, 1724. See also 

 Billenius Hort. EVham. 198, t. 163, where f. 197 is said to be drawn 

 from a Henley plant. 



2. Ock. A few plants, tlie seeds of which have been conveyed by 



passing trains from Didcot, &c., have been found by the Great 

 Western Kailway, near the Oxford Gas-works. Plentiful on 

 chalk rubble by the railway near Didcot, and also on the em- 

 bankment made for the new loopline there. Also on the chalk 

 embankment between Didcot and Upton, and between Didcot 

 and Cholsey. Culham railway-side. 



3. Pang. Near Basildon, E. Forster, Jun., in Bot. Guide, 1805. Chalk 



between Streatley and Basildon, Bicheno, in Winch, add. Low- 

 biu-y, Hewett's Hist. Shooter's Hill, Pangbourn. In a clay-pit 

 between Theale and Parley, Walk. Fl. Streatley, Phyt. vi. 238, 

 n. s. King Standing Hill. Tilehurst. Abundant on chalk 

 rubble between Pangbourn and Tilehurst, and between Tile- 

 hurst and Eeading. Sulham. Unwell, wood-side. Moulsford. 

 Between Moulsford and Wallingford abundantly. Lowbury. 

 Ashampstead. Compton. East Ilsley Downs. 



4. Kennet. Newbury, by the side of the railway. 



5. Loddon. In a Field on the left Hand the Eoad from London, 



on a steep Bank a little before you come to the town [Henley], 



plentifully, Sherard, I. c. On the chalk hill going down to 



Henley plentifully, Sm. Fl. Brit. 659, 1800. This scarce plant, 



A. monspessulanum, grows plentifully on Henley Hill, in the 



parish of Eemenham, Mavor's Agr. Berks, 1809, and Lyson's Magna 



Brit. 1806. Kailway between Wargrave and Henley, Melvill. 



Henley, Sir J. E. Smith, in Herb. Linn. Soc. Henley, Br. 



Richardson of Bierly about 1726, in Herh. Billenius at Oxford. Park 



Place. Wargrave, Britt. Conir. Starve-all Farm, Crowthorn, 



Penny. Near Marsh Mill. Wargrave Eoad. Near Hemerton, 



Stanton. Windsor, Everett. Between Maidenhead and Twyford, 



Chalk ballast near Eeading. Near Bray. 



The colour of the flowers is said in Hooker's Students' Flora to be 



violet, in Babington's Man. Brit. Bot., white with blue veins, and 



in Syme's English Botany, white with purple veins, the palate with 



a yellow spot, but the colouring of the plate does not bear out the 



description. The colour is indeed very variable : more frequently it is 



as Babington describes it, but forms have been noticed with dark 



purple flowers without striations ; with violet blue flowers on which 



striations can be seen ; with white flowers, yellow palate, and striae 



nearly absent ; and a very beautiful form with coral pink flowers and 



few striations. These appear to be variations and not the result of 



hybridization. All the flowers had the shape typical of repens. 



