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CELASTRACE^. 



Stapliylea piniiata, L. Cyb. Br. i. 273 ; iii. 404. VII. Kenwood, Hunter ; 

 Park Hamjpst. 29. A cultivated shrub. 



ETIONYMUS, Linn. 

 149. E. europaeus, L. Sjpindle-tree. 

 E. Thecyphrasti, Ger. em. (Blackst.). 



Cyb. Br. i. 272 ; iii. 404 ; Comp. 136. Syme E. B. ii. t. 317. 

 Hedges and woods ; rather rare. Shrub. May, June. 

 I. Harefield!; Blackst. Fasc. 27. Old Park Wood. Pinner. Near 



Yewsley ! ; Newb. 

 II. Bet. Hampton Court and Kingston Bridge, in several places. 



Staines ! ; Newb. 

 IV. Harrow Grove, abundant ; Melv. 20. Bishop's Wood ; Lawson. 

 V. Apperton ; Greenford ; Melv. 20. Horsington Hill. 

 First record : Blackstone, 1737- Loudon mentions {Arb. et Frut. Brit. 

 497) a bush of this in Kensington Gardens, 15 feet high. 



RHAMNACE^. 

 EHAMNUS, Linn. 



150. R. catliarticus, 7/. Buckthorn. 



Cyb. Br. i. 273 ; Comp. 136. Syme E. B. ii. t. 318. 

 Hedges ; rare. Shrub or small tree. June, July. 



I. In some places near Harefield, sparingly; Blackst. Fasc. 86. Near 



Harefield, but just out of Middlesex ! ; Newb. By Elstree Keservoir. 



II. Near Staines. Road from Hampton Court to Sunbury, H. C. W. ; 



New B. G. 98. Bet. Sunbury and Walton Bridge. Bet. Hampton 



and Hampton Court ! ; Newb. 



IV. By the Brent in the meadows bet. Hendon and Hampstead ; Irv. MSS. 



By the Brent, near Neasdon ; Farrar. 

 V. Near Heston ; Masters. By the Brent, about Perivale ; Lees. 

 VII. [Lane bet. Paddington and Notting Hill, 1820; Bennett (y.s.).] 

 First record: Blackstone, 1737. 



151. R. Frangula, L. Black or Berry -hearing Alder. 

 Alnus nigra baccifera, Lugd. (Johns.). 



Cyb. Br. i. 274; iii. 404 ; Comp. 136. Syme E. B. ii. t. 319. 

 Woods and bushy places ; rather rare. Shrub. May, June. 

 I. In Whiteheath Wood on Harefield Common, abundantly ; Blackst. 



Fasc. 4. Pinner ; Melv. 20. Side of road from Harrow Weald 



Common to Burnt Oak Farm. 

 IV. Harrow Park ; Melv. 20. Hampstead Heath ; Johns. Emom. Woods 



at Hampstead ; Ger. 1286. North Heath and Bishop's Wood, 



plentiful. By the Brent near Kingsbury ; Farrar, 



