CELASTRACE^. RHAMNACE^. 73 



CELASTBACE^. 



Stapliylea pinnata, L. Cyb. Br. i. 273 ; iii. 404. VII. Kenwood, Hunter ; 

 Park Hampst. 29. A cultivated shrub. 



EUONYMUS, Linn. 

 1&9. S. europseus, L. Spindlc-tree. 

 E. Thecqjhrasti, Ger. em. (Blackst.). 



Cyb. Br. i. 272 ; iii. 404 ; Comp. 136. Syme E. B. ii. t. 317. 

 Hedges and woods ; rather rare. Shrub. May, June. 

 I. Harefield!; Blackst. Fasc. 27. Old Park Wood. Pinner. Near 



Yewsley ! ; Ncwb. 

 II. Bet. Hampton Cqurt and Kingston Bridge, in several places. 



Staines ! ; Newb. 

 IF. Harrow Grove, abundant ; Melv. 20. Bishop's Wood ; Lawson. 

 V. Apperton ; Greenford ; Melv. 20. Horsington Hill. 

 First record : Blackstone, 1737. Loudon mentions {Arb. et Frut. Brit. 

 497) a bush of this in Kensington Gardens, 15 feet high. 



EHAMNACE^. 

 EHAMNUS, Linn. 



150. R. catharticus, L. Buckthorn. 



Cyb. Br. i. 273 ; Comp. 136. Syme E. B. ii. t. 318. 

 Hedges ; rare. Shrub or small tree. June, July. 



I. In some places near Harefield, sparingly; Blackst. Fasc. 86. Near 



Harefield, but just out of Middlesex ! ; Newb. By Elstree Eeservoir. 



II. Near Staines. Eoad from Hampton Court to Sunbiiry, H. C. W. ; 



New B. G. 98. Bet. Sunbury and Walton Bridge. Bet. Hampton 



and Hampton Court ! ; Newb. 



IV. By the Brent in the meadows bet, Hendon and Hampstead ; Irv. MSS. 



By the Brent, near Neasdon ; Farrar. 

 V. Near Heston ; Masters. By the Brent, about Porivale ; Lees. 

 VII. [Lane bet. Paddington and Notting Hill, 1820; Bennett {v.s.).~\ 

 First record: Blackstone, 1737. 



151. R. Frangrula, Z. Black or Berry-bearing Alder. 

 Alnus nigra baccifera, Lugd. (Johns.). 



Cyb. Br. i. 274; iii. 404 ; Comp. 136. Syme E. B. ii. t. 319. 



Woods and bushy places ; rather rare. Shrub. May, June. 



I. In Whiteheath Wood on Harefield Common, abundantly ; Blackst. 



Fasc. 4. Pinner ; Melv. 20. Side of road from Harrow Weald 



Common to Burnt Oak Farm. 

 IV. Harrow Park ; Melv. 20. Hampstead Heath ; Johns. Enum. AVoods 



at Hampstead ; Ger. 1286. North Heath and Bishop's Wood, 



plentiful. By the Brent near Kingsbury ; Farrar. 



