FAGUS 451 



FAGUS, Linn. Gen. n. 951 (Tournefort, Inst, t. 351). 

 P. sylvatica, Linn. Sp. PI. 998 (1753). Beech. 



Top. Bot. 370. Syme, E. B. viii. 164, t. 1291. Nyman, 660. Fl. Oxf. 265. 

 Native. Sylvestral. Woods on the chalk phiteau. Plantations, 

 hedges, parks, and elsewhere. Tree. March-April. It ascends 

 to nearly 900 feet. 

 First record. Fagus, the Beech, in sylvis et montibus, Ger. 1444. 

 On the first heath behind Redding, in the way to Oxford, Merrett, 

 Pinax, 38, 1666. By the banks of the Thames are some entire 

 woods of Beech, Lyson's Magna Brit. 1806. Beech tree forms many 

 large woods in the county. Delights in a calcareous soil. No 

 verdure will grow under its shade, Mavor's Agr. Berks. 

 The Beech is found in all the districts, but it may be native only in 

 the Pang, Kennet, and Loddon. The delightful woods of Hampstead 

 Norris, Unwell, Basildon, Streatley, Sulham, Riever, Wargrave, 

 Sonning, Cookham, Park Place, and the Quarry woods near Marlow, 

 are chiefly composed of Beech. 



Undei- the shelter of the Beech, with the thick coating of almost 

 imperishable leaves, few plants occur ; these, however, include Neottia, 

 Monotropa, Cephalantliera^ Epipadis, Scilla ; and when the wood becomes 

 mixed with other trees, Ajaga, Lamium Galeobdolon, Milium, Elymus 

 CH.'opaeus, and Lysimachia nemorum are among the first plants to put in 

 an appearance. 



Fagus is found in all the bordering counties. 



SALICACEAE, Lindl. Nat. Syst. ed. 2, 186 (1836). 

 SAIiIX, Linn. Gen. n. 976 (Tournefort, Inst. t. 364^ 



[S. PENTANDRA, Linn. Sp. PI. 1016 (1753). Bay-leaved Willow, Sweet Willoic. 



Top. Bot. 374. Syme, E. B. viii. 202, t. 1303. Nyman, 664. Fl. Oxf. 270. 



Kecorded by Dr. Noehden in Mavor's Agr. Berks, 1809, ^^t almost certainly 

 an error. If correctly named, it could only have occurred as a planted 

 slirub, as it is a native only of the northern counties. 



S. pentandra is planted by the Cherwell near Oxford, and is also recorded 

 as an introduced plant from Surrey, Hants, and Wilts.] 



S. triandra, Linn. Sp. PI. 1016, n. 2 (1753). French Willow. 



Top. Bot. 375. Syme, E. B, viii. 215, t. 1313. Nyman, 664. Fl. Oxf, 271. 



Native. Paludal. Banks of streams, &c. Locally common. Small 



tree or shrub. April-May. 

 First record. S. triandra. Smooth Willow, Dr. Noehden, Mavors Agr. 

 Berks, 1809. 

 The aggregate species -S. triandra is rather common by the Thames 

 and Loddon. 



S. TRIANDRA, Linn. type. 



1. Isis. Near Appleton. Near Lechlade. 2. Ock. Kennington. 



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