188 CONVOLVULACEJ;. 



II. Hampton. Staines. 



III. Twickenham. 



IV. Station road and railway bank, Harrow ; Mclv. 52. 

 V. Near Hanwell ! ; Warren. Chiswick. 



VI. Edmonton. 



VII. Upper Clapton, &c. ; Cherry. Isle of Dogs ! ; Newh. Where Bryan- 

 stone Square is now, 1815 ; Herb. G. ^- E. In the turf below the 

 summer-house in the centre of Grosvenor Square, 1869 ! ; Warren. 



First record: Merrett, 1666. A very narrow-leaved form was distin- 

 guished by the older observers : C. minimus spicmfoliis [in Tuddington 

 field] ; Merrett, 29. C. arvensis minimus about London ; Budd. MSS. 

 M. & Gr. saw it with a variegated leaf &t Chelsea (p. 281). 



444. C. sepium, L. Bindweed. White Convolvulus. 



Smilax Itsvis, Matth. (Johns.). C. major albus, C. B. P. (Blackst.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 180. Syme E. B. vi. t. 924. 



Hedges and cultivated soil ; very common. P. July, August. 

 In all the districts ; less common in the dry parts of II., III., and V. 

 VII. Near Fulham Gardens ; Herb. G. ^ B. Zoological Gardens. Shrub- 

 beries by Constitution Hill. Isle of Dogs. 



First record : Johnson, 1632. The pink-flowered variety is not uncommon, 

 as at (III.) Twickenham in several places, by the river near Eichmond 

 Bridge, and between Twickenham and Worton ; and (VI.) Near Park 

 Station, Edmonton. 



CUSCUTA, Linn. 



[445. C. europsea, L. Great Dodder. 



Cyb. Br. ii. 181. Syme E. B. vi. t. 927. 



Parasitical on nettles and thistles ; very rare. A. August and Sep- 

 tember. 

 VII. Hyde Park, in the sunk ditch under the wall of Kensington Gardens, 

 on nettles and thistles, 1820 and 1821 ; Bennett {v. s.). 



Not recorded since.] 



446. C. Epitbymum, Murr. 

 Cuscuta (Parkinson, Newt.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 182 ; iii. 470. Syme E. B. vi. t. 929. 



Parasitical on Ericce, Calluna, Ule.v nanus, Ptcris, and other heath 

 plants ; very rare. A. June — September. 



III. On the Drilling Ground, Hounslow, abundant. 



IV. Upon Hampstead Heath; Park. Theat. 10. Sometimes about ye Fuz 



( = Furze) ; Newton MSS. 



First record: Parkinson, 1640. 



