NAETHECIUM 495 



GAGEA, Salisb. ap. Koenig et Sims Ann. Bot. ii. (1806) 555. 

 G. fascicularis, Salisb. 1. c. Yellow Star of Bethlehem. 



G. lutea, Ker-Gawl. in Bot. Mag. t. 1200 (1809). Ornithogaliim luteum, 



Linn. Sp. PI. 306 (1753), and of Gerard. 



Top. Bot. 402. Syme, E. B. ix. 193, t. 1522. Nynian, 725. Fl. Oxf. 306. 



Native. Sylvestral. Woods. Very rare. P. March-April. 



First record. Ornithogalum luteum. In Merley Wood, near Oxford, 



Br. Lightfoot's MSS. 17 o. In woods about Oxford, E. B. t. 21, 1791. 



1. Isis. Merley Wood, Lightfoot. Cumnor Hurst, Rav. T. 0. Marshall, 



Journ. Bot. ix. (1871) 147, and Rev. E. F. Linton, 1875, in Rep. of 

 Bot. Rec. Club. [The remark of the editor, Mr. T. R. Briggs, that 

 the plant 'is possibly not indigenous at Cumnor,' is without 

 foundation. The plant is native there.] 



2. Ock. Near Childswell Farm, 1883. I have not seen it recently. 

 4. Kennet. Inkpen, near Newbury, 1841,^. -ZTe^^•ef^. The locality may 



be in Hampshire, but Mr. Bicheno recorded it as from Berkshire. 

 Gagea is recorded for Oxfordshire, Hants, Wilts, and Gloucestershire. 



COLCHICUM, Linn. Gen. n. 415 (Tournefort, Inst. tt. 181-2). 

 C. aiitumnale, Linn. Sp. PI. 341 (1753% Meacloiv Saffron. 



Top. Bot. 407. Syme, E. B. ix. 225, t. 1544. Nyman, 743. Fl. Oxf. 309. 

 Native. Pratal, sylvestral. Damp woods, meadows, thickets ; evinces 



a preference for calcareous, chalky, or clayey soil. Very local. 



P. August- September. 

 First record. C. autumnale, Mr. Bicheno, in Mavors Agr. Berks, 1809. 



1. Isis. Cumnor, Newton Young, in Walk. Fl. Near Appleton, Neicton 



Young. Eaton Stibble, Barrett, in Baxt. Phaen. Bot. 17. Near 

 Eynsham, Hiss Swann. Near Appleton Common. 



2. Ock. Marcham, Walker. Copse near Childswell Farm, F. T. 



Richard. Meadows near Wittenham, Bellamy. Between Tubney 

 and Appleton. Near Bagley Wood, very rare. 



3. Pang. In Ashridge Wood, East Ilsley. In a hedge near Hatch 



Gate. Hampstead Norris, not common, Lousley in RusselVs Cat. 

 1839. Woolvers, Hewett's Hist. 



4. Kennet. Hungerford Park water meadows. Miss Morrice. Near 



Wickham, Mrs. Batson. Near Inkpen. 

 Colchicum is recorded from all the bordering counties. 



NARTHECIUM, Huds. Fl. Angl. 127 (1762). 

 M". ossifragum, Huds. 1. c. 128. Lancashire Asphodel. 



Anihericum ossifragum, Linn. Sp. PI. 311 (1753). 

 Top. Bot. 403. Syme, E. B. ix. 222, t. 1542. Nyman, 745. Fl. Oxf. 309. 

 Native. Uliginal. Bogs and peaty places. Locally common, but 

 restricted to the southern side of the county. P. June-August. 



