262 AMENTIFERiE. 



III. A large tree by the Thames, near Kiehmond Bridge. 

 IV. Bishop's Wood, Hampstead. 



VI. Edmonton. 



First record: Blackstone, 1737. Much planted, especially in London, in 

 the parks and squares, along with P. monilifera, P. balsamifera, P. 

 angvlata, &c., of North American origin. 



[MYRICA, Linn. 



630. M. Gale, L. Butch or Bog Myrtle. 

 Myrtus Brabantica sen Elceagnus Cordi (Ger., Merr.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 408. Syme E. B. viii. t. 1298. 



Heaths ; very rare. Shrub. May. 



II. By Colbrooke; Ger. 1228. 

 III. On Hunslow Heath ; Merrett, 82. 



Eirst record: Gerarde, 1597; last, Merrett, 1666. It is with some hesi- 

 tation that we include this plant. It is not found in Herts, Essex, or 

 Buckinghamshire, but its occurrence in abundance on Bagshot Heath, 

 Surrey, much lessens the improbability of its former existence in the 

 somewhat similar district of Hounslow Heath.] 



BETULA, Linn. 



631. B. alba, L. Birch. 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 380. 



Woods and heaths ; rather rare. Tree. May. 



1. B. verrucosa, Ehrh. 

 Syme E. B. viii. t. 1295. 



II. Eulwell. 

 III. On and near the Drilling Ground, Hounslow. Whitton Park inclosure. 

 V. Near HanweU ! ; Warren. 



2. B. glutinosa. Fries. B. pttbescens, Ehrh. (L. Cat.). 

 Betula, Lob. (Johns., Blackst.). Syme E. B. viii. t. 1296. 

 I, Harefield!; Blackst. Fasc. 10. 



IV. Hampstead Heath ; Johns. Enum. Bishop's Wood ! ; Warren. 

 First record: Johnson, 1632. An exotic species, often planted, is some- 

 times mistaken for the indigenous Birch. 



ALNTJS, Tourn. 

 632. A. glutinosa, Gaertn. Alder. 



Alnus, Ger. (Blackst.). 



Cyb. Br. ii. 380 ; iii. 507. Syme E. B. viii. t. 1294. 

 Sides of streams, wet woods, &c. ; very common. Tree. March — April. 

 Throughout all the districts. 



VII. Banks of Lea, South Heath, Hampstead. 



