caryophyllacej:. 55 



1. A. serpyllifolia, L. (Bab.). Syme E. B. ii. 235. 



1. Uxbridge, 1839, H. Kingsley ; Herb. Brit. Mus. Harefield ; Blackst. 



Fuse. 5. In Harefield clialk-pits. 

 II. Teddington. 



III. Twickenham, abundant. Isleworth. Harrow; Mciv. 14. 



IV. Hampstead Heath ; Johns. Enurn. 



V. Turnham Green, abundant. Hanwell ! ; Warren. 

 VI. Edmonton. 

 VII. Hampstead. Clapton, 1 846 ; Morris (v. s.). 



2. A. leptoclados, Gruss. Syme E. B. ii. t. 236. 

 I. Harefield ! ; Newb. 



II. Bet. W. Drayton and Yewsley ! ; Newb. Staines. 



III. Field near Hounslow ! ; Newb. Twickenham. Isleworth. Harrow ; 



Herb. Harr. 

 V. Acton Green ! ; Newb. South wall of Chiswick House. 

 VI. Colney Hatch ! ; Newb. Clapton; Morris (v. s.). 

 First record : Johnson, 1632. A. leptoclados will probably turn out to 

 be the commoner Middlesex plant. 



STEILARIA, Linn. 

 103. S. media, Wither. Chickweed. 



Alsi7ie media, C. B. P. (Blackst.). 

 Cyb. Br. i. 222 ; Comp. 122. Syme E. B. ii. t. 229. 

 Cultivated and waste land ; very common. A. February — October. 

 Abundant throughout all the districts, but we have few notes of its oc- 

 currence in I. 

 VII. In London itself it is a common weed, growing in the squares, and on 

 pieces of waste ground everywhere. 

 The apetalous form {var. 0, Bab.), called S. Borceana by Jordan, was met 



with (V.) in a sandy field at Chiswick. (VII.) Isle of Dogs ! ; Newb. 

 First record : Blackstone, 1737. 



10ft. S. Holostea, L. Great Stitchwort. All-bones. 



Cyb. Br. i. 223 ; Comp. 123. Syme E. B. ii. t. 230. 



Woods and hedges, among grass ; common. P. April — June. 



I. Potter's Bar. South Mims. Harefield ! ; Newb. 

 II. Staines. 

 III. Hatch End. Heston. 



IV. Stanmore. Harrow. Hampstead ; Pet. H. B. Cat. Bishop's and Tur- 



ner's Woods, and North Heath, Hampstead. 

 V. Near Hanwell!; Newb. Acton; Tucker {v. s.). Near Brentford; 



Hemsley. Near Willesden Station ; Warren. 

 VI. Colney Hatch. Whetstone. Edmonton. Near Enfield ; Tucker. 

 VII. Marylebone fields, 1815; Herb. G. ^ B. Near Lea Bridge ; Cherry. 

 Hornsey Wood. 

 First record: Petiver, 1715. This is not included in Blackst, Fuse. 



