BDEAGINACE^. 193 



459. M. arvensis, Hoffm. 



M. scorpioides arv. hirsuta, Ger. em. (Blaekst.). 



Cyb. Br. ii. 274. Syme E. B. rii. t. 1108. 



Cornfields, meadows and waste ground, and woods ; common. A. May 



—July. 

 1. Harefield ! ; Blaekst. Fasc. 62. Near Elstree Eeservoir. South 



Mims. 

 II. Staines. 



III. Twickenham. 



IV. About Harrow, abundant; Melv. 52. Brent Bridge, Hendon ; Morris 



{v. s.). Bet. Finchley and Hendon ! ; Newb. Hampstead, near 



Bishop's Wood. 

 , V. HanweU ! ; Warren. Ealing ! ; Newb. Near Brentford ; Hemsley. 



Horsington Hill. 

 VI. Edmonton. Enfield. 

 VII. [Marylebone Fields, 1817 ; Herb. G. # i?.] 



First record: Blackstone, 1737. The large-flowered form, var. /3 umbrosa, 

 Bab., occurs at (III.) Hounslow Heath and (VI.) Whetstone. 



460. nx. colllna, Hoffm. 



Cyb. Br. ii. 274 ; iii. 485. Syme E. B. vii. t. 1109. 



Heaths, dry banks and walls ; rare. A. or B. April — June. 



I. Harefield Church, 1853; Herb. Hardw. Bank by roadside near 



Ruislip, abundant. 

 III. Hounslow Heath, abundant. 

 V. Greenford churchyard wall, very scarce ; Melv. 53. Gravel-pit near 



HanweU ; Warren. On a wall on north side of high road beyond 



Brentford. 



First record: 1853. . . 



461. tK. versicolor, Ehrh. 



M. scorpioidis minor flose. luteis. Park. (Blaekst.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 275. Syme E. B. vii. t. 1110. 



Hedgebanks, heaths, dry fields and roadsides ; common. A. or B. April — 



June. 

 I. Harefield! ; Blaekst. Fasc. 62. Eoadside bet. Harefield and Euislip. 

 II. Eoad from Staines to Hampton in several places. 



III. Hounslow Heath Drilling Ground. 



IV. Near the Brent ; Mdv. 53. Stanmore Marsh. Hedgebank outside 



Bishop's Wood. 

 V. Northolt ; Apperton, abundant ; Melv. 63. Field near Chiswick ; 



Fox. Near Hanwell ! ; Warren. Acton ; Tucker {v. s.). 

 VI. Colney Hatch. Whetstone. Near Enfield ; Tucker. 

 VII. By the reservoirs in Ken Wood grounds. 



First record: Blackstone, 1737. 



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