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Mr. W. Turner of Oxford made his two beautiful paintings of water- 
lilies from the Cherwell. 
Keeley Halswhelle’s pictures of Thames scenery are very frequently 
brightened by masses of white lilies. Their showy flowers are a special 
feature in the Thames Flora. 
Bucks, Berks, Northants, Gloucester, Warwick (? wild). 
NUPHAR. Sm. 
vw. luteum, Si. Yellow Water-Lily. 
Top. Bot. 20, Syme, E. B.i. 76.54. Nym. 23. Baxt. 281-282. from 
Oxford spec. 
Native. Lacustral. Rivers, ponds, ditches. Common. P. June-August. 
First record, Sib. 1794, Nymphea lutea, Ait. Unlocalised. 
Frequently painted in pictures of the Thames scenery, and a prominent 
feature in the river vegetation. It varies considerably in the size of its 
flowers. 
Orp. IV. PAPAVERACEZ, DC. 
PAPAVER. L. 
*P, somniferum, L. The Garden Poppy. 
Cyb. Br.i. 106. Comp. 479. Syme, E. B.i.82.57. Baxt. 53. Nym. 23. 
Alien, Waste places. Rare. A. June-July. 
First record, Sib. 1794. 
3. Swere. Manure heap, canal side, Bodicote, A. Fr. Cultivated near 
Banbury, and thence escaping. 
4, Ray. Summertown, Thurland. Kirtlington, var. hortense, Huss. 
Kidlington, ditto. 
5. Isis. Nr. the Observatory, Godstow Nunnery, Sib. Yarnton, 2. 
Linton, Waste ground ur. G. Western Station. Lortense. 
6. Thame. Bet. St. Clement’s and Cowley Marsh (extinct), Bx. in 
Walk, Waste ground near Wallingford, var. P. setigerum, God. 
Thames. OCornfields at Maple Durham, W. R. Burt in Bz. 1833. 
The glabrous form P. hortense, Huss. is the more frequent plant. 
Berks. Wargrave, Melville. Ilsley, Ashridge, Compt. Wytham, 
rail side near Reading. 
Northants, Warwick. 
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Vv P. BRheas, L. Common Red Poppy. 
Top. Bot. 22. Syme, E. B. i. 87. 58. Nym. 24. 
Colonist. Cornfields. Abundant, and generally distributed throughout 
the county; especially abundant on the Northampton sands, the Portland 
sands, and upper Greenstone formations. A. May-Aug. 
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