158 COMPOSITE. 



Tottenham and Edmonton, 1867 ; Cherry. In the watery lane at 

 Edmonton ; Forst. Midcl. Bury Street, Edmonton. 



First record : BlacJcstone, 1737. Common by the Thames. 



FILAGO, Linn. 



362. P. grermanica, L. Cudweed. 

 Gnaphcdkun vulgare majus, C. B. Pin. (Blackst.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 105. Syme E. B. v. t. 736. 



Dry fields and roadsides ; rather common. A. July, August. 



I. Harefield ; Blackst. Fasc. 33. Eastcot, W. M. H. ; Melv. 47. Road- 

 side on south of Harrow Weald Common. 

 II. Staines. Towing path bet. Hampton Court and Kingston Bridge, near 

 the former. Eulwell. Near Teddington Ey. Station. 



III. Drilling Ground, Hounslow, scarce. 



IV. Stanmore ; Varenne. Hampstead ; Irv. MSS. 

 V. Hanwell ! ; Newb. Turnham Green. 



VI. Trent Park, near Southgate ; Cole. 



First record: Blackstone, 1737. 



363. F. spathulata, Presl. 



Cyb. Br. ii. 106 ; iii. 459. Syme E. B. r. t. 738. 

 Dry banks and roadsides ; very rare. A. July — September. 

 II. A few plants near Staines, on the Hampton road. Near Hampton 



Court, by the towing-path. 

 III. A few plants on waste ground by the river, near Twickenham Church. 

 First record : H. C. Watson, 1852. ('In Middlesex,' Ci/b. Br. iii. 459.) 



364. F. minima, Fr. 



Least Cudweed (Pet.). 



Cyb. Br. ii. 105 ; iii. 458. Syme E. B. v. t. 739. 



Dry fields and heaths ; rare. A. June — September. 



I. Harrow Weald Common ! ; Melv. 47 ; in plenty. Stanmore Heath, 



1827-30; Varenne. 

 II. Field near Teddington Ry. Station. 



III. Abundant on Hounslow Heath. 



IV. Hampstead ; Pet. H. B. Cat. and Irv. MSS. 

 First record; Petiver, 1713. 



F. gaUica, L. should be looked for. It was gathered by Lightfoot ' near 

 Iver, Bucks' (close to our boundary), and the specimen is preserved in 

 the Banksian Herbarium in the British Museum. A note by Petiver 

 {Shane MSS. 3333, fol. 98) appears to imply that he found it near 

 Enfield in 1696. 



