DIGITALIS 375 



LIMOSELIjA, Linn. Gen. n. 694 {PlaniagineUa, Dill. Gen. 6). 

 1m. aquatica, Linn. Sp. PI. 631 (1753)- Mudwort. 



Top. Bot. 298. Syme, E. B. vi. 146, t. 968. Nyman, 549. Fl. Oxf. 219. 

 Native. Paludal. Very rare and local. Muddy ditches. A. August. 

 First found in Berkshire by the author in 1896. 



5. Loddon. In a muddy ditch near Sandhurst, 1896. 



[* Binsey Common,' Britt. Contr.'] Binsey Common is in Oxfordshire, 

 and no longer yields Limosella, which is recorded for Surrey and 

 Hampshire, but I am afraid has been destroyed in the Brockenhurst 

 station. 



DIGITALIS, Linn. Gen. n. 676 i^Tournefort, Inst. t. 73). 



D. purpurea, Linn. Sp. PI. 621 (1753), and of Gerard. Foxglove. 



Top. Bot. 295. Syme, E. B. vi. 127, t. 952. Nyman, 535. Fl. Oxf. 211. 



Native. Sylvestral. Heaths, dry open woods, commons, and bushy 

 places. Locally common, but evincing a decided preference for 

 sandy or gravelly soil. B. or P. May-September. 



First record. Foxeglove. It growes plentifully in Chylsey [Childswell] 

 wood beyond Hincksey, MS. in Lijte's Herball, 1660. Digitalis purpurea, 

 Dr. Noehden and Mr. Bicheno in Mavofs Agr. Berks, 1809. 



1. Isis. Abundant near Cumnor, Baxter, Phaen. Bot. n. 113. 



2. Ock. Childswell Wood, MS. in Lijte. Still there in 1896. 



Near Marcham, Walker. Hen Wood, Sister Jane Frances. Tubney. 



3. Pang. Very common in some woods about Hampstead Norris. 



Plentiful in Park Coppice and Down Wood, Lousley in Russell's 

 Cat. Streatley, Pamplin. Hawkridge Wood. Ashampstead. 

 Basildon. Fence Wood. Oare Wood. Tilehurst. Curridge 

 Near Yattendon. Bucklebuiy. 



4. Kennet. Very luxuriant near Newbury, but rarely or never 



found in the Vale of the White Horse, Bicheno. Greenham, 

 Weaver. Mortimer, Tufnail. Abundant over the heathy tract, 

 as at Snelsmore, Wiekham, Hampstead Marshall, Inkpen, &c. 



5. Loddon. Bowsey Hill Wood. Wargrave, MelviU. Eemenham 



Wood, Stanton. Wokingham. Ambarrow. Windsor Park. 

 Knowl Hill. Bracknell. Ascot, &c. 

 Digitalis purpurea is found in all the bordering counties. 



VERONICA, Linn. Gen. n. 25 (Tournefort, Inst. t. 60). 



**V. spiCATA, Linn. Sp. PI. 10 (1753). Syme, E. B. vi. 161, t. 982. 

 Alien. Casual. Three or four plants in Wellington College brickyards, 

 Hev. C. W. Penny in Britt. Contr. 1871. 



[V. HTBRiDA, Linn. Sp. PI. 11 (i753)- Syme, E. B. vi. 162, t. 983. 



' Welsh SpeedweU,' Dr. Noehden in Mavor's Agr. Berks. An error,] 



