aquifoliacej:. oleace^. 183 



First record : Gerarde, 1597. The only station given for this plant in Fl. 

 Herts., Oxhey Wood, is almost on the Middlesex boundary. 



AQUIPOLIACEiE. 



ILEX, Linn. 



432. Z. Aquifolium, L. Holly. 



Aquifolimn, Ger. (Merrett, Blackst.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 164. Syme E. B. ii. t. 316. 



Woods, heaths, and hedges ; rather rare. Tree. June. 

 I. Harefield!; Blackst. Fasc. Z. Uxbridge ; Cole. South Mims. 

 II. Bushey Park ! ; Newh. 



III. Near Hounslow ! ; Newh. 



IV. Hampstead Heath!; M. ^ G. 201. St^nmore; Varenne. About 



Harrow, not unfrequent ; Melv. 50. Deacon's Hill. 

 VI. Hadley ! ; Warren. Wlietstone. Winchmore Hill Wood. 

 First record: Merrett, 1666. With variegated leaves, 'neer Highgate ' 

 {Merrett, 3), and ' about Tottenham' {M. 8f G.). There are some fine 

 old trees in the Old Park Woods at Harefield, and old stumps on 

 Hampstead Heath. 



OLEACEiE, 

 LIGUSTRUM, Linn. 



433. Xi. vulgrare, L. Privet. 

 Ligustruni (Ger., Johns., Blackst.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 164. Curt. F. L. f. 5. 



Thickets and hedges ; rather common. Shrub. June, July. 

 I. Harefield ! ; Blackst. Fasc. 52. Pinner chalkpits. South Mims. 

 II. Hammonds, near Staines. 



III. By the Cran, Hounslow Heath. 



IV. Hampstead Heath; Johns. Eric. Koad from Finchley to Hendon ! ; 



Newb. 

 V. Near Hanwell ! ; Warren. 

 VI. Edmonton. 

 VII. Near Fulham ; M. ^ G. \b. Near Kilburn ; Herb. G. # E. 



First record: Gerarde, 1597, who says it grows 'naturally in every 

 wood and hedgerow of our London gardens ' (p. 1208). Often 

 planted. 



FRAXINUS, i. 



434. * r. excelsior, L. Ash. 

 Fraxinus (Johns., Blackst.). 



Cyb. Br. ii. 165. Syme E. B. vi. t. 902. 



