366 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE PLANTS. [December, 



There is little obvious difference between the stems and leaves 

 of V. Thapsus and those of V. thapsiforme. Both the plants are 

 tall, from four to six feet high, with Avoolly leaves. Only the 

 bracts of the latter-mentioned are more acuminate than they are 

 in the former, which are like the leaves, only more pointed. The 

 points in V. thapsiforme are elongated. In this species the 

 sepals (lobes of the calyx) are hairy and pointed. The prominent 

 distinction is in the corolla, which is very much larger than in 

 any form of V. Thapsus, and the two lobes of the corolla contigu- 

 ous to the two long stamens are much larger than the three 

 opposite lobes, and of a different shape, being elongated. In 

 V. Thapsus, the lobes are equal. These two characters are con- 

 stant in all the examples seen. The two more elongated stamens 

 are quite smooth, and the anthers are attached throughout; the 

 latter are deep-orange, and the stamens and hairs are yellowish- 

 green. 



In V. phlomoides, for this plant has recently established itself 

 near the middle of Clapham Common, the leaves are not woolly 

 on the upper side, but of a very light green colour, and are much 

 smaller than they are either in V. Thapsus, or V. thapsiforme. 

 The bracts are not acuminate, and the lobes of the corolla are 

 equal. The corolla is not so large as that of V. thapsiforme, but 

 larger than in V. Thapsus. The longer stamens are also quite 

 smooth, and the anthers are attached, as in V. thapsiforme. V. 

 phlomoides is but a small plant when compared with its two 

 relatives, being not above half a yard high in the recently ob- 

 served station. Note. — This rare plant, V. phlomoides, was first 

 observed on Clapham Common, the 29th August, 1861, and 

 again on September 13th. Here it was spread over about a 

 couple of rods or so, and there might have been then from thirty 

 to forty plants, some of them in flower, but the greater part of 

 them only with radical leaves. 



A List of Plants found near Slough, Stoke, and Burnham Beeches, 

 Bucks. By W. T. Dyer. 



Alchemilla arvensis. Stoke. 

 Anayallis caridea. Stoke. 

 Asplenium Trichomanes. Stoke. 



