150 COMPOSITE. 



BELLIS, Linn. 



342. S. perennis, L. Daisy. 

 Bollis syluestris minor, C. B. P. (Blackst.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 124. Sj'me E. B. v. t. 772. 



Fields, meadows, grass-plots, and roadsides; very common. P. March — 



Sejjtember, but chiefly in May and June. 

 Throughout all the districts. 

 YII. Abundant in the parks and squares of London, and in -waste ground 

 and gardens. 

 First record: Blackstone, 1737. 



S0LIDA60, Linn. 



343. S. Virg-aurea, L. Golden-rod. 

 Virga-aurea (Ger., Blackst.). V.-a. vulgaris (Park.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 112 ; iii. 460. Syme E. B. v. t. 778. 

 Woods and heaths ; rather rare. P. July — September. 



I. Harefield; Blackst. Fasc. 111. Piuner Wood; Melv. 47. 



III. Drilling Ground, Hounslow. 



IV. In Hampsteed Wood, plentifully, near the gate to Kentish Towne ; 



Ger. 349 ; Park. Theat. 543 ; and many stcbseqtcejit authors. 

 Bishop's Wood. Hampstead Heath! ; Blackst. Spec. 105. 

 VI. Winchmore Hill Wood. 

 VII. Lower Heath, Hampstead. 



First record : Gcrarde, 1597; also the first notice as British. A dwarf 

 form was distinguished by the old botanists. Gerarde calls it V.-a, 

 Arnoldi Villa novani, and both he and Johnson (Eric.) mention it in 

 (IV.) Hampstead Wood. It is probably V.-a. vulgari hiimilior {R. 

 Syn. iii. 176) on Hampstead Heath; Huds. i. 319; and nearly 

 answers to Smith's var. Cambrica. 



IiniLA, Linn. 



344. * I. Helenium, L. Elecampane. 



Heleniitm (Ger.). Entcla campana (Merr.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 121 ; iii. 462. Syme E. B. v. t. 766. 

 Meadows ; very rare. P. July — September. 



I. In a close adjoining to Harefield Common ; in a meadow called Gant- 

 lets near Breakspears ; Blackst. Fasc. 25. 



II. In an orchard bet. Colbrook and Ditton Ferry ; Ger. 649. 

 IV. By Hamsted Heath ; Merr. MSS. 



VI. Bank of a pond bet. Chase Cottage and South Lodge, Enfield Chase ; 

 Phyt. N. 8. Vi. 301. 

 First record : Gerarde, 1597. Probably escaped from cultivation. 



