LEGUMINIFEE^. 75 



Eough pastures ; rare. Small shrub. July — September. 

 I. Harefield ; Blackst. Fasc. 31. Field by Elstree Eeservoir. Harrow 

 Weald Common, W. M. H. ; Melv. 21. 

 IV. Near Wood House, Kingsbury ; Irv. M88. Hampstead Heath ; Johns. 

 Emcm. Meadow bet. Finrhley and Bishop's Wood, E. H. Button ; 

 Cooper Su-p'P- 12. Near Scratch Wood, Edgewarebury, abundant. 

 S.E. side of the Brent towards the reservoir ; Farrar, 

 V. Northolt; Melv. 21. 



First record: Johnson, 1632. Chiefly on the stiflf" clay. In both the 

 localities where we have seen it, it grows with Trifolium medium ; and 

 a similar companionship is noticed by the authors of the Fl. Herts. 



155. C angelica, L. Needle Furze. 



Gcnistella, Tnig. (Johns.). G. acideata, Ger. cm. (Blackst.). 

 Cyb. Br. i. 279 ; iii. 405 ; Comp. 138. Syme E. B. iii. t. 326. 

 Damp parts of heaths ; rather common. Shrub. June, July. 

 I. Harefield!; Blackst. Faso. 31. Euislip Common ; Melv. 21. Harrow 

 Weald Common, scarce. Stanmore Heath. 



III. Hounslow Heath. Drilling ground. 



IV. Hampsteed Heath ! ; Ger. 1139. 



V. Old Oak Common ; Britten. Near Willesden Junction ; Newb. 

 VI. Hadley ! ; Warren. Enfield. 

 VII. South Heath, Hampstead. 

 First record : Gerarde, 1597. 



SAROTHAMNUS, Wimm. 



156. S. scoparius, Koch. Broom. 



Genista vidgaris, Ger. em. (Blackst.). Spartium Scoparium, L. (Curt.). 



Cyb. Br. i. 274; iii. 404; Comp. 137. Curt. F. L. f. 5. 



Heaths, waysides, and railway banks ; very common. Shrub. May — 

 July. 



In all the districts, preferring a dry gravelly soil. 

 VII. Poplar ; Newb. Bank of North London Eailway, near Dalston Junc- 

 tion. South Heath, Hampstead. Kilburn. 



First record: Blackstone, 1737. 



ONONIS, Linn. 



157. O. arvensls, Fries. 



Anonis non spinosa purpurea, Ger. (Blackst.). 



Cyb. Br. i. 280 ; Comp. 138. Syme E. B. iii. t. 331. 



Eoadsides, on sand ; rare. P. June — August. 



I. In the lane near Harefield Mill ; Blackst. Fasc. 7. Abundant on a 

 bank by the paper mills : perhaps the same locality. Another place 

 towards Eickmansworth ! ; Newb. (Harrow Weald and Euislip Com- 

 mons ; Melv. 21; probably 0. campestris was intended.) 



