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Whistley Green. Shinford Green. Windsor Park. Ascot, 

 Bray. Haws Hill. 

 Var. spicATUM, Moq.-Tand. in DC. Prod. xiii. 2. 62 -C. acutifoUum, Sm. 

 E. B. t. 1481, is the more common form and the one to which the 

 greater parts of the above record refer. 

 5. Loddon. Hurst Grove, Melvill. 



Var. cymosinn^ Cheval. Fl. Gen. Par. 385, and Moq.-Tand. 1. c. 

 Whistley Green. Grandpont. 



C. polyspermum is found in all the bordering counties. 



*C. Vulvaria, Linn. Sp. PI. 220 (1753). Stinking Orache. 



C. olidum, Curt. Fl. Lond. f. 5, t. 20, and E. B. t. 1034. 

 Top. Bot. 343. Sjme, E. B. viii. 12, t. 1187. Nyman, 624. Fl. Oxf. 250. 

 Native. Viatical. Eubbish-heaps. garden ground on rich soil. Eare 



and local. A. July-September. 

 First found in Berkshire by the author in 1890. 



2. Ock. Garden ground in Abingdon. Abundant on rubbish on 

 Abingdon Eacecourse, and on rubbish between Abingdon and 

 Oxford. On rubbish at Didcot. 

 As the above records show, the plant has more the appearance of an 

 introduced species in the county. 



The specific name Vulvaria was used by Dalechamps in reference to 

 its disgusting odour, due, it is said, to the presence of trimethylamine. 

 It is recorded for all the bordering counties except E. Gloucestershire. 



C. album, Linn. Sp. PI. 219 (1753). Goose/oot, Fat-hen. 



Top. Bot. 346. Syme, E. B. viii. 13, t. 1188-90. Nyman, 624. Fl. Oxf. 250. 

 Native. Agrestal, &c. Waysides, cornfields, garden ground, manure- 

 heaps, &c. Abundant and generally distributed over the culti- 

 vated part of the county. A. June-October. 

 First record. Sunninghill, Sir Jos. Banks, 1773. Sonning, Mr. S. Rudge, 

 in Herb. Brit, Mas. 1800. C. viride, Dr. Noehden, Mavor's Agr. Berks, 

 1809. 



C. album is a variable plant. Three varieties are given in our British 

 lists. 



Var. CANDicANS (Lam. Fl. Fr. iii. 248 (1778), as a species) = var. 

 commune, Moq.-Tand. I.e. 71, Syme, E. B. 1188. This plant, which 

 may deserve sub-specific rank, is common in cornfields in all tlie 

 districts, and is sometimes found growing in barren ground on their 

 borders. 



Var. VIRIDE (Linn. Sp. PI. 219 (1753% as a species\ Moq.-Tand. 1. c. 

 Syme, E. B. viii. 14, t. 1189. Cultivated ground, waste places, &c. 

 Generally distributed. 



Vai*. PAGANUM (Eeichb. Fl. Germ. Exc. 579, as a species) r- var. vi'tvns, 

 Syme, E. B. viii. 14, t, 1190 = var. viridesccns, St. Amans. 



