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in time of year for them, but being certified of the truth of it by the 
common voice of the parish, and particularly by the worshipful Thomas 
Hoard, Esq., who first told me of it,’ Plot, 1677, do. in Rayi. ii. ii., Ray's 
Stirp., Gough, Martyn, ete. 
‘The Glastonbury thorn at Rycote constantly buds and blossoms at or 
near Christmas, the tree is old and now dying, and if even it were trans- 
planted, the time is far beyond the memory of man,’ Plot, 1677. 
Mr. Baxter noticed Erineum clandestinum and Heidium laceratum, DC. 
on the Hawthorn about Oxford. 
Some fine thorns still occur on Ipsden Heath attaining nearly thirty 
feet in height. 
Var. C. monogyna, Jacq. Hawthorn. 
Syme, E. B. iii. 237. 480. Nym. 244. 
Native. Septal. Hedges, etc. Common. Shrub or small tree. May, 
June. 
Var. C. oxyacanthoides, Th. Widely distributed, but less common than 
preceding form. May and early June. 
1. Stour. Sibford. 
. Swere. Cropredy. 
. Ray. Marston Lane, Noke, Charlton, Tackley, etc. 
. Isis. Wychwood, Lyneham. 
. Thame. Cowley. 
. Thames. Woodcote, etc. 
“1m OF HP 
Onp. XXIV. CUCURBITACEA, Juss. 
BRYONIA. L. 
B. dioica, L. White Bryony. 
Top. Bot. 172. Syme, E. B. iv. 35.517. Nym. 246. Bx. 83. 
Native. Septal. Hedges. Common, especially on calcareous soil. P. 
May-July. 
First record, Sib. 1794. 
Orv. XXV. ONAGRARIEA. Juss. 
EPILOBIUM. L. 
E. angustifolium, L. Rose Bay. French Willow. 
Top. Bot. 160. Nym. 246. Bx.14. Chamenerium angustifol. Scop. 
Native. Sylvestral. Woods, etc. Locallycommon. P. July, Aug. 
First record, Dr. Lightfoot, 1765. 
Var. E. macrocarpum, Steph. Syme, E. B. iv. 8. 495. 
3. Swere. Wroxton Wood, T. Bees. Jeff's Gorse Cover, T. Brayne. 
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