146 DIPSACACE^. 



the ' Flower-de-Luce ' ; Mart. Town. i. 230. In a narrow shady- 

 lane bet. Golder's Green and the Brent ; Irv. MSS. and Land. Fl. 

 155. In a copse between Bishop's Wood and Finchley, 1865 ; 

 Grugeon {v. s.). 

 VI. In Hornsey Churchyard; 3f. ^ G. 164. In a lane from Edmonton to 



the Hyde field, plentifully; Forsf. Midd. and B. G. 400. 

 VII. [Beyond Fulham in the way to Hammersmith ; MerrM, 33. By ye 

 Bp. of London's at Fulham ; l^ewt. MSS. About Fulham Moat ; 

 Pet. Midd. Bet. the Bishop's Palace and Fulham-field; Mart. 

 App. P C. 66.] 



First record: Merrett, 1666. 



KNATTTIA, Coult. 



333. K. arvensls, Coult. Seabiosa arvensis, L. (Syme E. B.). Field 



Scabious. 

 Seabiosa vulgaris pratensis (Parle). S. prat, hirsuta qucB officinarum, 



C. B. P. (Blackst.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 32. Syme E. B. iv. t. 679. 



Cornfields, dry banks, and waste ground ; rather rare. P. July — 



September. 

 I. Harefield ! ; BlacJcst. Fasc. 91. Pinner Chalkpits, sparingly. 

 II. Near West Drayton ! ; Hampton ! ; Newb. Stanwell Moor, abundant. 

 Teddington. Tangiey Park. 



III. Twickenham Park. 



IV. Stanmore, 1827-30; Varcnne. Hampstead; Irv. MSS. Eailway 



bank, Harrow; Melv. 41. 

 V. Greenford; Melv. 41. 



First record: Blaclcstone, 1737. Parkinson (Theat. 486) says: 'About 

 London everywhere,' but he may have misunderstood the plant. Prefers 

 a light sandy or chalky soil. 



SCABIOSA, Linn. 



334. S. succisa, L. Devil's Bit. 



Morsiis Diaholi, Lob. (Ger., Johns.). S. radice succisa flore glohoso, 



E. Syn. (Blackst.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 31. Syme E. B. jv. t. 677. 



Damp woods, heaths, and meadows ; common. P. August — October. 

 I. Harefield ! ; Blackst. Fasc. 91. Stanmore Heath. 

 II. Tangiey Park. 



III. Abundant about Harrow; Melv. 41. Hounslow Heath. Drilling 



Ground, very abundant, and frequent by roadsides near it. Whitton. 



IV. Great store of it in Hampsteede Wood ; Ger. 587. Bishop's Wood, 



abundant. Hampstead Heath ! ; Johns. Enum. Eailway bank, 

 Hario.v, Melv. 41. Stone Bridge; Farrar. 



