374 EHINANTHACEAE 



*S. vernalis, Linn. Sp. PI. 620 (1753). Ydloiv Figwort. 



S. flore luteo, Ger. Em. 717, 

 Comp. Cyb. Br. 541. Syme, E. B, vi. 125, t. 951. Nyman, 532. Fl.Oxf. 210. 

 Denizen. Heaths and bushy places. Very rare. P. April-June. 

 First record. S. vernalis. Yellow Figwort, Mr. Bicheno, Mavor's Agr. 

 Berks. 1809. 



3. Pang. Common about Bucklebury and Marsom [Marlstone], 



Bicheno, I c. See also Srn. Engl. Fl. iii. 140. Hermitage, Heicett's 

 Hist. Near Bucklebury in great plenty, Sheffield's MS. Buckle- 

 bury Common, Weaver, 1894. I have seen it there, but only in 

 a hedge of an orchard, where it is naturalized. It is said also to 

 grow near the church. 



4. Kennet. Newbuiy, Winch MSS., also spec, in Mrs. Cecil" s Herb. 1869. 



5. vernalis is recorded for Surrey, and it occurs at Dropmore in 

 Bucks, but probably planted. 



MIMUIjUS, Linn. Gen, n. 701 {Cynorrhyncium, Mitch. 3). 



*M. IiANGSDORFFii, Donn, in Sims, Bot. Mag, tinder t. 1501, and in Cat, Cantab, 



1 82 ( 1 8 1 2), Vellotv 3Ionkey-flower. 



M. guttatiis, DC, Cat, Hort. Monsp. 127 (1813), M. luteus, Pursh, Fl, Am. 



Sept, ii. 426 (1814), and of English authors, not of Linn, 

 Comp. Cyb. Br. 542, Syme, E, B. vi, 145, t, 967, Nyman, 536, Fl. Oxf 222. 

 Alien. Paludal. Margins of streams and marshes, thoroughly established, 



and forming locally a conspicuous feature in our flora. P. June -Oct. 

 First recorded under the name of 31. luteus by the Rev, W. M. B,ogers in 



Journ. Bot. 342, 1887, and as M. Langsdorffii by the author, 1, c, 479, 1896, 



3, Pang. 31. luteus. A well-established alien in the stream at Hampstead 



Norris, W. 31. Rogers. 



4, Kennet. 31. luteus., Newtown and Aldem Bridge, Weaver in HawTcins' 



Guide to Neicbury, 1890. Thatcham, Mr. F. Garry. Bagnor Bog, in 

 great quantity ; from this locality it has been carried down the Lam- 

 bourn stream into the Kennet. Plentiful in the Emborne stream from 

 Grreenbam Common eastward for some distance, owing its origin to 

 the ornamental water at Highclere, where it was originally planted. 



5, Loddon. Margin of island at Boulney Court, Stanton. 



Prof, E, L, Greene's paper on 3Tirmdus luteus in Journ. Bot. (1895) 4, suggested 

 to me the desirability of investigating our British specimens. 



In my opinion the Greenham plants clearly belonged to 31. Langsdorffii, 

 and Prof, Greene, writing from the Catholic University, Washington, in 

 September, 1896, endorses my opinion. 



So far I have seen no wild specimens of 3T. luteus in Berkshire (all of our 

 plants belonging to 3L Langsdorffii), biit a plant from a waste garden at 

 Appleton may. Prof. Greene thinks, be possibly the Linnean species. 



M. Langsdorffii was introduced into Europe by Langsdorff from Unashka 

 [Unalaska], one of the Fox Islands in North America. The true 3L luteus is 

 a native of South America, 



**M. MoscHATus, Dongl, in Lindl. Bot. Eeg. t, 1118 (1827), Comp, Cyb. Br, 542, 



A North American alien. Occurred in a naturalized condition in a small 

 ditch by the railway between Wellington College and Sandhurst. There 

 was no garden or signal-box in the immediate vicinity. 



