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' 599. E. Peplus, L. 



Tithymalus parv. ann. fol. suhrotund. non crciiat., B. Syn. iii. (Blackst.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 363. Syme E. B. viii. t. 1265. 



Gardens, fields and waste places ; common. A. June — September. 

 I. Harefield ! ; Blackst Fasc. 99. 

 II. Staines. 



III. Harrow, abundant ; Melv. 68. Twickenham. 



IV. Hampstead ; Irv. MSB. 

 V. Lampton. 



VI. Edmonton. 



VII. Victoria Street, Westminster. Thames Embankment. Isle of Dogs. 

 First record: Blackstone, 1737. Probably overlooked in many places. 



600. E. exlgua, L. 



Tithymalus seu Esula exigua, C. B. P. (Blackst.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 363. Syme E. B. viii. t. 1266. 



Cornfields, roadsides, and waste ground ; rather rare. A. June — Sep- 

 tember. 

 I. Harefield ! ; Blackst. Fasc. 98 and E. B. 1336. Bet. Yewsley and Iver 

 Bridge ! ; Newh. Pinner limepits. 

 II. Bet. Sunbury and Hampton ! ; Newb. Stanwell Moor. 



III. Wood End; Melv. 68. Twickenham Park, abundant. On the rail- 



way at the level crossing, Twickenham. 



IV. Hampstead ; Irv. MSS. Stanmoro ; Varenne. By Brent Reservoir ! ; 



Warren. Harrow Weald. 



V. Apperton. 



First record: Boody, about 1700. A luxuriant but young plant is labelled 

 Tith. linaria fol. sive Esula exigua elatior ; Mr. Doody first showed it 

 me amongst ye corn near Thistleworth ; Herb. Budd. cxxiii. fol. 30. 



E. Lathyris, L. Caper Spurge. Cyb. Br. ii. 364 ; iii. 505. SymeE. B. 

 viii. t. 1267. II. By the towing-path bet. Kingston Bridge and Hamp- 

 ton Court. III. Weed in gardens at Eoxeth ; Grove Garden, Har- 

 row ; Melv. 68. IV. Weed in gardens, Hampstead; Irv. MSS. Lawn 

 of Aspen Lodge, Sudbury ; Farrar. VII. Numerous plants on site of 

 Exhibition of 1862, S. Kensington. A common plant in gardens, where 

 it readily becomes a weed. 



MEKCTIRIALIS, Linn. 



601. M. perennis, L. Dog's Mercury. 

 Cynocrambe (Ger., Johns., Blackst.). 



Cyb. Br. ii. 367 ; iii. 506. Curt. F. L. f. 2. 

 Woods and shady hedges ; common? March — June. 

 I. Harefield ! ; Blackst. Fasc. 22 ; in the Old Park Woods in vast quan- 

 tity. Euishp Wood. South Mims. 

 III. Eoxeth ; Melv. 68. 



