LYTHEACEJ]. 107 



V. Small trees in hedges near Apperton ! ; Newh. 

 VI. Hornsey, sp. Sowerby ; Winch. MSS. 

 First record : Johnson, 1629. Native on the chalk in District I. Per- 

 haps planted in most or all of the other localities. 



231. P. torminalls, Ehrh. Wild Service-tree. 



Sorbus torminalis (Ger.). 



Cyb, Br. ii. 367 ; iii. 425 ; Comp, 168. Syme E. B.iii. t. 481. 

 Woods and hedges ; rather rare. Tree. May. 



I. Harefield; Blackst. Fasc. 96. Just out of the county in Herts!; 

 Newh. Woods by Pinner Lane; Fl. Herts. Supp. 10. 

 IV. Frequent in this district. Hampstead Heath ; Johns. Eric. Woods 

 adjacent to Hampstead Heath ; MSS. Budd. Bishop's Wood ! ; 

 Mart. App. P. C. 68. Hedge in foot-ball field, Harrow ; Melv. 29. 

 Scratch Wood, Edgwarebury, abundant. 

 V. Bet. Perivale and Grreenford, one tree ; Lees. 

 VII, Formerly common. [Many small trees in a little wood a mile beyond 

 Islington; Ger. 1290.] In the pine- walks by Hampstead ; ilffrn'^/', 

 115. Cane Wood; Mart. App. P. C. 68. [Hedges bet. Regent's 

 Park and Hampstead, 1818; Bennett (v.s.).] [Hedge on north 

 side of Primrose Hill near Swiss Cottage ; Herb. Hardw.] Millfield 

 Lane. Hornsey Wood. 

 First record : Gerarde, 1597. The trees in Bishop's and Scratch Woods 

 are small, but there are two fine ones in Millfield Lane. Almost 

 confined to the clay. 



LYTHRACE^. 



LYTHRUM, Linn. 



232. Xi. Salicarla, L. Purple Loosestrife. 



Lysimachia purpurea spicata, Ger. em. (Blackst.). 

 Cyb. Br. i. 384 ; Comp. 174. Curt. F. L. f. 3. 



Sides of streams and ditches ; very common. P. July — September. 

 In all the districts. 

 VII. Fulham. Hackney Marshes. 



First record: BlacJcstone, 1737. [Blackstone mentions a state, LysiTua- 

 chiapurp. trifol. caule hexagono (VII.) by the sides of the canals at 

 Chelsea waterworks ; Blackst. Spec. 50.] 



[233. ]L. Hyssopifolia, L. 



Gratiola angustifolia, Ger. em. (Merr., Blackst.). 

 Cyb. Br. i. 383 ; iii. 430 ; Comp. 174. Syme E. B. iv. t. 492. 

 Damp places in fields ; very rare. A. June — September. 

 II. Marshy field by the road bet. Stanes and Lalam ( = Laleham), Mr, 

 Nichols ; Blackst. Spec. 33. 



