76 LBGUMINIFER^. 



II. Staines!; bet. Hampton and Sunbury ! ; Niwb. By the towing-path 

 bet. Hampton Coui't and Kingston Bridge, nearer tlie latter. Near 

 Teddington. 



IV. Hampstead ; Irv. MSS. 

 First record: Blackstone, 1737- 



153. O. campestris, A'oc/«. 0. spinosa, Z. (L. Cat.). Rist Harrow. 

 Anonis spinosafl. furpurco, Ger. (Blackst.). 

 Cyb. Br. i. 281; iii. 405 ; Cump. 138. Syme E. B. iii. t. 330. 

 Roadsides, commons and fields; rather common, P. June— September. 

 I. In the lane near Harefield Mill ; Blackst. Fasc. 6. Pinner Hill ; 

 Hind. Near Yewsley ! ; Newb. Koad from Harrow Weald Common 

 to Burnt Oak Farm. 

 II. About Staines in several places. By the towing-path bet. Kingston 



Bridge and Hampton Court. 

 IV. Hampstead ; Irv. MSS. Near Wembley Green ; near Brent Eeservoir ; 

 Farrar. Eoadside by Harrow Weald Church. Golder's Green. 

 V. Bet. Perivale and Ealing ; Lees. 

 VII. South Heath, Hampstead ; abundant. 

 First record: Gerarde, 1597. Gerarde (p. 1141) noticed it with white 

 flowers in our London pastures ; and Newton {MSS.), bet. Battle 

 Bridge * and Hygate. 



MEDIC AGO, Linn. 



M. sativa, L. Lucerne. Cyb. Br. i. 283. Syme E. B. iii. t. 334. Of 

 rare occurrence. Not indigenous, and but little cultivated in the 

 county. Has been observed about (I.) Pinner; Melv. 21; (V.) near 

 Willesden Ey. Station ; and (VII.) on the site of the Exhibition of 

 1862 at South Kensington. It is fond of railway banks. 



159. M. lupulina, L. Trefoil. Nonsuch. Yellow Clover. 

 Trifolium liiteum minimum, Ger. em. (Blackst.). 



Cyb. Br. i. 284 ; iii. 406 ; Comp. 139. Curt. F. L. f. 2. 



Dry fields, roadsides and waste ground ; very common. A. or B. May — 



August. 

 Through all the districts. 

 VII. South Heath, Hampstead. Green Lanes, Newington. Kensington 

 Gore. Craven Hill. Hackney Wick. Isle of Dogs ! ; Newb. 

 First record: BlaoJcstone, 1737. More often introduced than really wild ; 

 much cultivated for fodder under the name of Trefoil. 



160. ns. maculata, jSi6z!^. 



Medica arabica, Cam. and M. minor fruct. cochl. asp. (Johns.). Tri- 

 folium cochleat.fol.cordato maculate, C.B.P. (Blackst.). M.polymorpha, 

 L. (Curt.). 



Cyb. Br. i. 285 ; iii. 406; Comp. 139. Curt. F. L. f. 6. 



* A bridge over the Biver Fleet, near where King's Cross Station is now. 



