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V. Small trees in hedges near Apperton ! ; Newh. 

 VI. Hornsey, sp. Sowerby ; Winch. MSS. 

 First record : Johnson, 1629. Native on the chalk in District I, Per- 

 haps planted in most or all of the other localities. 



231. P. tormlnalls, Ehrh, Wild Service-tree. 

 Sorhus torminaUs (Ger.). 



Cyb. Br. ii. 367 ; iii. 425 ; Comp. 168. Syme E. B. iii. t. 481. 

 Woods and hedges ; rather rare. Tree. May. 



I, Harefield ; Blackst. Faso. 96. Just out of the county in Herts ! ; 

 Newh. Woods by Pinner Lane ; Fl. Herts. Supp. 10. 

 IV. Frequent in this district. Hampstead Heath ; Johns. Eric. Woods 

 adjacent to Hampstead Heath ; MSS. Budd. Bishop's Wood ! ; 

 Mart. App. P. C. 68. Hedge in foot- ball field, Harrow; Melv. 29. 

 Scratch Wood, Edgwarebury, abundant. 

 V. Bet. Perivale and Greenford, one tree ; Lees. 

 VII, Formerly common. [Many small trees in a little wood a mile beyond 

 Islington; Ger. 1290.] In the pine-walks by Hampstead ; Merrctf, 

 115. Cane Wood; Mart. App. P. C. 68. [Hedges bet. Eegent's 

 Park and Hampstead, 1818; Bennett (y. «.).] [Hedge on north 

 side of Primrose Hill near Swiss Cottage ; Herh, Hardw.^ MiUfield 

 Lane. Hornsey Wood. 

 First record : Gerarde, 1 597. The trees in Bishop's and Scratch Woods 

 are small, but there are two fine ones in Millfield Lane. Almost 

 confined to the clay. 



LYTHRACE^. 



LYTHRUM, Linn. 



232. Ii. Sallcaria, L. Purple Loosestrife. 

 Lysimachia purpurea spicata, Ger. em. (Blackst.). 

 Cyb. Br. i. 384 ; Comp. 174. Curt. F. L. f. 3. 



Sides of streams and ditches ; very common. P. July — September. 



In all the districts. 

 VII. Fulham. Hackney Marshes. 



First record : BlacJcstone, 1737. [Blackstone mentions a st&ie, Lysima- 

 chia pur p. trifol. cauls hexagono (VII.) by the sides of the canals at 

 Chelsea waterworks ; Blackst. Spec. 60.] 



[233. X. RyssopifoUa, L. 



Gratiola angustifolia, Ger. em. (Merr., Blackst.). 

 Cyb. Br. i. 383; iii. 430; Comp. 174. Syme E. B. iv. t. 492. 

 Damp places in fields ; very rare. A. June — September. 

 . II. Marshy field by the road bet. Stanes and Lalam ( = Lal6ham), Mr. 

 Nichols ; Blackst, Spec. 33. 



