422 CHENOPODIACEAE 



Found in all the districts in rich cultivated ground and garden soil, 

 especially turnip and mangold fields, manure-heaps, &c. 



Var. ANGUSTiFOLiA (Smith, FI. Brit. iii. 1092. E. B. t. 1774, as 

 a species). A. patuJa, Wahl. not of Linn. 

 Top. Bot. 249. Syme, E. B. viii, 29, t. 1202. Fl. Oxf. 251. 

 Native. Agrestal. Cultivated fields. Abundant and generally dis- 

 tributed in almost every cornfield, and with Polygonum aviculare 

 especially noticeable in the stubble. A. June-October. 

 A. patida is found plentifully in all the bordering counties. 



A. hastata, Linn. Sp. PI. 1053 (i753)j not of Linn. Herb. 



A. patida, Sm. Fl. Brit. iii. 1091, and E. B. t. 936 (not of Linn. 



Herb.). A. SmitJdi, Syme, E. B. viii. 32. 

 Top. Bot. 349. Syme, E. B. viii. 32, 1. 1205. Nyman, 627. Fl. Oxf 251. 

 Native. Agrestal. Waste ground, rubbish-heaps, garden ground. 



Not uncommon. A. .July-September. 

 First recorded by Mr. H. C. Watson in Britt. Conir. 187 1, but without 



locality. 



1. Isis. Near Wytham. Buscot. Botley. Appleton. 



2. Ock. Grandpont. Abingdon. South Hinksey. Ferry Hinksey. 



Wantage. 



3. Pang. Between Tilehurst and Reading. Tidmarsh. 



4. Kennet. Near Reading. Southcote. 



5. Loddon. Sonning. Shinfield, Tufnail. Maidenhead. Bray. 



Windsor. 



More frequent than the above records show. 



In the saline meadow at Marcham a form of this (var. salina) 

 occurred, in which the leaves were veiy succulent, more covered with 

 mealy clothing, and more prostrate in habit. 



A. hastata is recorded for all the bordering counties. 



A. deltoidea, Bab. Prim. Fl. Sarn. 82 (1839). 



A. nilv. simiata, Lobel. Ic. 254. Put to A. hastata in Index Kewensis. 

 Top. Bot. 349. Syme, E. B. viii. 31, t. 1204. Nyman, 627. Fl. Oxf. 251. 

 Native. Paludal, &c. Sides of rivers, ponds, and brooks, damp waste 



ground. Locally common. A. August -October. 

 First recorded from Maidenhead by Prof. C. C. Babington in Trans. 

 Bot. Soc. Edin. 13, 1840. See also Pfujt. 289, 1843. 

 This plant, which may usually be distinguished by its paler 

 yellowish-green foliage, is found in all our districts. 



1. Isis. The autJior in Rep. of Exch. Club, 1892. Wytham. Cumnor. 



Appleton. 



2. Ock. South Hinksey. Marcham, the author in Rep. of Exch. Club, 



1892. Sutton Courtney. Wittenham. Kennington. Radley. 

 Sandford. Didcot. Cholsey. 



