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VI. Edmonton. Whetstone. 

 VII. [Marylebone fields, 1815; Herb. ^ #. i?.] 

 First record: Blackstone, 1737. 



185. V. sepium, L. 



V. maxima dumetorum, Ger. em. (Blackst.). 



Cyb. Br. i. 319 ; Comp. 151. Syme E. B. iii. t. 388. 



Woods and hedgebanks ; rather common. P. June — August. 



I. Harefield! ; Blackst. Fasc. 108. Pinner. South Mims. 



III. Near Worton. 



IV. Eailway embankment near Harrow; Melv. 23. Deacon's Hill. 



Bishop's Wood, Hampstead. Mill Hill ; Cole. Near Finchley ! ; 

 Newb. 

 V. Horsington Hill. Near Lampton. 

 VI. Hadleyl; Warrin. Edmonton. Enfield. 

 VII. Hornsey Wood ; Herb. Hardw. Millfield Lane. 



First record: Blackstone, 1737. Noticed with jpure white flowers near 

 the Vicarage, Hendon ; Irv. Lond. Fl. 175. 



186. V. sativa, L. Vetch. 



1. *V. saiiva, Smith. 



Comp. 150. Syme E. B. iii. t. 392. 



Borders of fields and roadsides ; always the result of cultivation. Very 

 little grown in Middlesex. 



2. V. angustifolia, Roth. Cracca major (Johns.). V. sylvestris, Ger. 

 em. (Blackst.). 



Cyb. Br. iii. 335 ; Comp. 150. Syme E. B. iii. t. 393. 



Fields, waste places, and roadsides, chiefly on a light sandy soil ; common. 



A. May— July. 

 I. Harefield!; ^/acX-sif.i^ase. 108. Elstree. South Mims. 

 II. Staines. Sunbury. Teddington. 



III. Near Hounslow. Near Hatton. Near Hospital Bridge. 



IV. Harrow Weald ; Hind. Renter's Lane, Hendon ; Davies. 



V. Apperton ; Hind. Near Ealing ! ; near Twyford ! ; Hanwell ; Newb. 

 Turnham Green. Near Chiswick Railway Station. Field by Thames 

 just opp. Mortlake, abundant. 

 VI. Gt. Northern Ry. bank, Colney Hatch. 



VII. Bet. Kentish Town and Hampstead ; Johns. Eric. [Hyde Park 

 Dicks. H. SJ] W. Lond. Cemetery, Brompton, abundant. Isle of Dogs. 

 Under this is included V. Bobartii, YoTSt.{Si/me E. B. iii. t. 894), extreme 

 states of which look very different from the type. Such forms are 

 found at Sunbury, in the field by the Thames opposite Mortlake and in 

 the W. London Cemetery. The plant near Chiswick Ry. Station was 

 as large as V. sativa, Sm., but preserved its distinctive characters. 

 Dickson's Hyde Park plant is labelled ' V. lathyroides,' and the 



