240 POLYGONACE^. 



Curt. F. L. f. 3 * (except the dissected details, an excellent figure). 



Woods and shady places ; very rare ?. P. June — August. 



I. In an orchard in the lane from Harefield to Euislip ; Blackst. Fase. 50. 

 Pinner Hill ; Hind. 

 IV. In the woods about Hamsted ; Merrett, 70. 

 VII. Among bushes at the bottom of Pond Street (Hampstead) ; Hill, 191. 



If this has no other characters but the trivial ones of blood-red stems 

 and leaf-veins, it grows in many places, notably in a brick-field on the 

 South Heath, Hampstead. All authors, however, seem to consider it a 

 garden escape, and not native (see Ger. cm. 390, Bay Syn. ii. 66, Syme 

 E. B. viii. 42). Linnseus gives only ' Habitat in Virginia ' {Sp. Plant. 

 476) ; and Withering says (ed,. 2, ii. 370), ' It migrated from Virginia 

 to Hampstead.' It seems to have been formerly cultivated as a pot- 

 herb, and according to Boreau (Fl. du Centre de la France, ii. p. 652) 

 is still grown in France, under the name of ' Sang de Dragon! 



First record: Merrett, \^^%. 



578i »• pulcher, L. Fiddle Bock. 



Lapathum pulchrtim Bononiense sinuatum, J. B. (Merr., Budd., Eay). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 347 ; iii. 503. Syme E. B. viii. t. 1214. 

 Waste ground and roadsides ; rare. B. or P. July — September. 

 II. Roadside bet. Hampton and Hampton Court!, H. C, W. ; New B. G. 

 110. Near Teddington ! ; Newh. Hampton. Sunbury, in several 

 places. 



III. Twickenham Park, near the ry. bridge. Orleans Eoad, Twickenham. 



IV. Hampstead ; Irv. M8S. 



VII. [Common about London ; Merrett, 69, and Budd. M88.] [In St. 

 James his fields by Westminster; B. Cat. i. 188.] [In the upper 

 Moor-fields, and in the Teynter and Bunhill-fields ; Bat. Lund. 

 271, and Pet. Midd.] 

 First record : Merrett, 1666. 



579. R. obtusifolius, ' L.' Common Bock. 



Cyb. Br. ii. 345. Syme E. B. viii. t. 1215 (probably drawn from a 



Middlesex specimen). 

 Eoadsides, fields, and waste land; very common. P. June — August. 

 Through all the districts. 

 VII. Common in London. Camden Terrace, Sowerby; Herb. Mus. Brit. 

 Green Park. Hyde Park. Gordon Square. Hampstead. Thames 

 Embankment. Lincoln's Inn. Hackney. Isle of Dogs, &c. 

 First record : Irvine, about 1830. 



580. It. pratensis, Mert. ^- Koch. 



Cyb. Br. ii. 344. E. B. Supp. 2757, reproduced in Syme E. B. viii. 



t. 1216 (drawn from a Middlesex specimen). 



• In some copies this is coloured as var. a, or even as R. congloiiieratus ; the copy 

 in the British Museum Beading-room is here referred to. 



