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LILIACEAE 



Alien. Rare. P. April. Coley Park, Eeading, Miss Vansittart, 1881, in 

 Herb. Brit. Mus. 

 Recorded as an introduced plant from Oxfordshire, Surrey, and Wiltshire. 



O. umbellatum, Linn. Sp. PL 307 (1753). Star of Bethlehem, Stars. 



Comp. Cyb. Br. 582. Syme, E. B. ix. 196, t. 1524. Nyman, 727. Fl. 

 Oxf. 306. 



Denizen or native. Pascual and prataL Meadows, pastures, osier- 

 holts, &c. Local and uncommon. P. May-June. 



First recorded in Mr. Britten's Contributions^ 1871. 



1. Isis. Near Faringdon. Near Lechlade. In a field between 



Watchfield and Shriven ham near Penny Brook, in great 

 quantity. The field in which it chiefly occurs is an upland 

 meadow (183 feet bench mark) and is of considerable length. 

 The Ornithogalum is very plentiful over the upper portion of it, 

 and is locally called ' Stars.' There are no traces of buildings 

 near, and the plant has the appearance of being indigenous. 

 The villagers think it to be native. Specimens were distributed 

 through the Bot. Exch. Club, 1892, by the author. I also found 

 it in an adjoining field, but sparingly. 



2. Ock. Two patches in meadows between Shillingford and Clifton 



Hampden Bridge, no cottage anywhere near, Berks, T. H. 

 Grose, M.A. Besilsleigh, in the Park, but here evidently the 

 remains of the old garden of Speaker Lenthall. On the Kidge- 

 way near the White Horse, found by ilfr. W. W. Taylor in 1896 

 on the ' Field day ' of the Oxfordshire Nat. Hist. Society. 



3. Pang. Marlstone. Bucklebury. Relics of cultivation. 



4. Kennet. Near Kintbury. 



5. Loddon. Islands on the Thames near Shiplake, Tufnail. At foot 



of Winter Hill and in Quarry Wood, Britten. Wellington Coll. 

 brickfield. Penny. Remenham Lane, Stiibbs in Britt. Contr. Park 

 Place, near the river, Stanton. Well naturalized near Victoria 

 Bridge, Windsor, Bolton King. 

 As a doubtful native or as an introduced plant 0. umbellatum is found 

 in all the bordering counties. 



O. pyrenaicum, Linn. Sp. PI. 306 (1753). Spiked Bethlehem Star. 



Top. Bot. 402. Syme, E. B. ix. 197, t. 1525. Nyman, 727. Fl. Oxf. 307. 



Native. Sylvestral. Woods. One of our most local species. P. Aug. 



First record. 0. pyrenaicum, Spiked Bethlem Star, Dr. Lamb, in Mavor^s 

 Agr. Berks, 1809. 

 3. Pang. Near Langley, Dr. Lamb. Plentiful in Ashridge Wood, 

 Ilsley. In the woods between Compton and Hampstead Norris, 

 Lousley in Russell's Cat. 1839. On the banks by the side of Green- 

 ham and in the last year's cuttings in Ashridge, also in Compton 

 Wood, W. Heioett, 1838. East Ilsley, abundant in woods. 



