16 FLORA OF OXFORDSHIRE. 
4. Ray. Betn. Middleton Stoney and Ardley, Bx. Oldbury, and beta. 
Stonehouse Farm and Weston peat pits, Wilson Saunders. Kirt- 
lington, HZ. Fox. Marston, H. Ridley. Caversfield, Bicester, nr. 
Middleton, H. Bos. Gt. Chesterton and Bucknell, G. Woodward 
in Be. Marston Lane. Very large bushes about the walls of 
Water Eaton Manor House, Kirtlington, near Rousham. 
5. Isis. Betn. Upper and Lower Kiddington, Plot. Godstow Nunnery! 
Walk. Hedges about Charlbury frequently, Blackstone. Fallow 
fields about Walcot, Blackst. MSS. Wychwood, Hb. Lawson. 
Blenheim, Cornbury quarries, Clanfield. 
Berks. Bagley, Cumnor, Px. Hinksey, H. Bos. Pusey Wood, Buck- 
land, Bos. Medley, Sid. 
Orp. II]. NYMPHAAC#, DC. 
NYMPHZA. L. 
Vy. alba, L. White water-lily. 
Top. Bot. 19. Syme, E. B.i. 76.53. Nym. 23. Baxt. 181-182, from 
Oxford Spec. 
Native. Lacustral. Rivers, ponds. Common. P. June—August. 
First record, 1794, Std. Unlocalised. 
3. Swere. Cherwell near King Sutton, Bees. Twyford, A. fr. 
4. Ray. Very common in Cherwell about Heyford and Oxford, Be. 
Headington Wick, H. Bos. Kirtlington, The Parks, river Ray 
near Islip, etc. Var. N. minor, Syme. In canal at Kidlington. 
5. Isis. Ditches about Oxford, Purton. Mid. Fl. Rufford. Isis, Hb. 
Lawson. Blenheim, Rogers. Abundant from Eynsham to 
Chimney. 
6. Thame. Sandford, Clifton Hampden, Culham, Dorchester. 
7. Thames. Moulsford, Maple Durham, Henley, ete. 
Berks. Asabove. A small flowered form in the ditch at the west 
side of the field near South Hinksey, nr. the ‘ Devil’s Back Bone,’ 
in flower July 31, 1844. The flowers, when pressed flat in a fully 
expanded state, measure only 33 inches across, Ba. MSS. Specimens 
in Hb. Oz. 
‘In the still recesses of the river (about Oxford) we found that queen of 
water-nymphs, the white water-lily, in the greatest luxuriance, both in 
number and in the extraordinary size of the flowers and leaves... We found 
the stems were 8 to Io feet in length, and the leaves were of immense 
breadth: the flowers were also unusually developed, and some specimens 
were suffused with a blush of roseate tint, that contrasted delightfully with 
the rich green of the calyx and leaves.’ Hall's Book of the Thames, 85. 
