rubiacej:. 139 



Cyb. Br. ii. 9 ; Comp. 200. Ciirt. F. L. f. 1.* 



Hedges and woods ; very common ? Twining Shrub. June — September. 



Frequent in all the districts except VII., for which we have no record. 



First record; Blackstone, 1737. The form (? young state) with lohed 

 leaves, has been noticed — (I.) P.fol quercinis, Merr. In White-heath 

 Wood, plentifully; Blackst. Fasc. 75.— (IV.) In Bishop's Wood, 

 M. # G. 343. Highgate Woods ; Irv. MSS. and Land. Fl. 158. Eoad 

 from Harrow to Kenton, bet. turnpike and ry. bridge ; Melv. 38 {v. s.). 

 —(V.) Green Lane, Greenford Eoad; Melv. 38.— (VII.) Hornsey 

 Wood, M. # G. 343. 



L. Xylosteum, L. Cyb. Br. ii. 10; iii. 448. Syme E. B. iv. t. 641. III. 

 Two shrubs in Harrow Grove ; Melv. 38. VII. [In a hedge nearly 

 opposite Lower Nursery, Haverstock Hill ; Irv. MSS. and Lond. Fl. 

 158.] No doubt planted in both localities. 



RUBIACE^. 



SHERARDIA, Linn. 



315. S. arvensis, L. 



Alisson Plinii (Turner). Rubeola arvensis repens carulea, C. B. Pin. 



(Blackst.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 22. Syme E. B. iv. t. 663. 



Fields and waste ground ; rather common. A. June — August. 

 I. Harefield ; Blackst. Fasc. 88. Kuislip ; Melv. 39. 

 II. Stanwell Moor. Tangley Park. 



III. Drilling Ground, Hounslow. Grass lawn, Twickenham. 



IV. Hampstead; Irv. MSS. and Cooper, 102. Near Harrow Ey. Station; 



Farrar. 

 V. A little from Syon ; Turn. Names. Among the corne beside Sion ; 

 Turn. i. 39. Turnham Green ; near Kew Bridge Ey. Station ! ; Newh. 

 Horsington Hill. 

 VI. About Highgate ; Cooper, 104. Trent Park, Southgate ; Cole. 

 VII. Waste ground opp. Veitch's Nursery ! ; Newb. Eoadside, Prince's 

 Gate, S. Kensington, 1867. 

 First record: Turner, 1548 ; also first as a British plant. 



ASPERULA, Linn, 



316. A. odorata, L. Woodruff. 

 Asperula, Ger. (Blackst.). 



Cyb. Br. ii. 23. Syme E. B. iv. t. 660. 



Woods and shady places; rather lare. P. May, June. 

 I. Woods, Harefield ! ; Blackst. Fasc. 8. Euislip ; Farrar. 



* The only fault to be found with this drawing is, as was noticed by Sir J. E. Smith, 

 that the stem is made to twist from right to left instead of from left to right. 



