PEIMULACEiE. 225 



First record: Johnson, 1629, Has become scarce round London, from 

 being dug up and carried away for sale. Probably absent from the 

 sandy S.W. parts. Plants with red flowers have been observed (VI.) 

 at Colney Hatch ; W. G. Smith, and at Bury Hall, Edmonton. 



Hybrids between 546 and 547. P. officinali-vulgaris, Syme E. B. vii. 

 tt. 1132, 1133. Great Cowslips. Oxli])s. P. pratensis inodora lutea, 

 Ger. em. (Blackst.). P. elatior, and P, caulescens (Melvill). I. Pas- 

 tures at Pinner, W. M, H. ; Melv. 62. Pinner Hill. About Harefield, 

 frequently; Blackst. Fasc. 81. IV. Occasionally in pastures about 

 Harrow, W. M. H. One plant in Bentley Priory Woods with Prim- 

 roses ; Melv. 62. Stanmore ; Varenne. The specimen in Herb. Harr. 

 is nearer P, vulgaris than P. veris;=P. variabilis, Goup. (Bab. Man.)?. 

 P. elatior, Jacq. does not occur. 



547. P. veris, Huds. P. officinalis, L. (Syme E. B.). Cowslip. Paigle. 

 P. pratensis. Lob. (Johns.). P. veris major, Ger. em. (Blackst.). 



Cyb. Br. ii. 293 ; iii. 490. Syme E. B. vii. t. 1 130. 



Meadows and banks ; rather common. P. April — June. 



I. Harefield ! ; Blackst. Fasc. 81. Euislip. Bank of North-Western 



Ey. Elstree, Potter's Bar. 

 II. Staines. 



III. Fields about Harrow; Cooper, 115. Bank of North-Western Ey. 



IV. Abundant on railway bank ! ; Football Field, Harrow ; Melv. 62. 



Hampstead Heath ; Johns. Emim. and Herb. Budge. Mill Hill, 

 1846; Morris (v.s.). Field bet. Bishop's Wood and Finchley; field 

 near Grolder's Oreen ; Bavies. Kingsbury ; Farrar. Bentley Priory. 

 V. Northolt; Cole. 



VI. Finchley Common, 1842; Herb. Hardw. Edmonton. 

 VII. Bet. Kentish Town and Hampstead ; Johns. Eric. 

 First record : Johnson, 1629. 



LYSIMACHIA, Linn. 



548. K. vulgraris, L. Loosestrife. 

 L. lutea, Ger. em. (Blackst.). 



Cyb. Br. ii. 297 ; iii. 490. Curt. F. L. f. 5 (drawn from a Thames 



specimen). 

 Sides of streams, ditches, and ponds ; rather rare. P. July — September. 

 I. Near Harefield ! ; Blackst. Spec. 50. In the meadows near Uxbridge 

 Moor, very frequent ; Blackst. Fasc. 56. Eound Coppin, near Ux- 

 bridge, 1839, D. Cooper; Herb. Young. 

 II, Colne, near Yewsley ! ; Staines ! ; Newb. Thames at Laleham, 1815 ; 

 Herb. G. ^ R. Bet. Sunbury and Hampton ! ; Newb. Bet. Hampton 

 Court and Kingston Bridge ! ; Bloxam. Bet, Strawberry Hill and 

 Teddington by the river, very abundant. 

 III. By the river- side near Twickenham ! ; M.^- G. 264. Bet. Twickenham 



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