FLORA OF OXFORDSHIRE. 123 
** L. hyssopifolia, L. 
Top. Bot. (23 casual or erroneously reported). Syme, E. B. iv. 38. 492. 
Nym. 250. 
Colonist. Inundatal. Damp places. Very rare, probably extinct. A. 
June—Sept. 
First record, Gratiola angustifolia, John Gerarde, 1633. 
5. Isis. On left-hand side of towing-path going from Wolvercote to 
Yarnton, not far from King’s Bridge, Mr.’Scott, Wore. Coll., 1831. 
In watery places on the left-hand of the first turnpike gate on the 
Banbury Road, Sib. 
6. Thames. Mr. Bowles found it at Dorchester on the back of 
the enclosed grounds on the left-hand side of road, if you would 
ride from thence to Oxford, in the grassy places of the Champions 
cornfields, Gerarde, Em., p. 582. James Benwell found this pretty 
little plant in some old gravel-pits between St. Clement’s and 
Cowley Marsh, soon after the publication of Flora Oxoniensis. I 
searched this place for two or three years without success. I have, 
however, since found it in considerable plenty in wet furrows in 
the neighbourhood of the gravel-pits, and also in the field between 
the London Road and Long Meadow, but in the greatest abundance 
on the north side of the London Road, about 150 yards from the 
enclosed fields, W. Bx. MSS., 1825. On the right-hand side of 
road going from St. Clement’s to Cowley Marsh, nearly opposite the 
foot-path to the Asylum, Br. MSS., Sept. 1848. Wallingford, Oxon, 
Syme, E. Bot. 
Berks. Cholsey, J. 8. Henslow, 1835. Northants extinct. 
PEPLIS. L. 
P. portula, L. Water Purslane. 
Top. Bot. 172. Syme, E. B. iv. 4. 493. Nym. 252. Bx. 220. 
Native. Uliginal. Wet places or heaths. Very local. P. July, 
Aug. 
First record, Sib. 1794. 
5. Isis. South Leigh Heath, Eynsham Heath, Sid. Ramsden Heath! 
T. Westcombe. North Leigh Heath, Bruern. 
6. Thame. In an old clay-pit on N.E. side of Shotover, Br. MSS. 
7. Thames. Nettlebed, Sib. Woodcote Heath, Binfield Heath. 
The Ramsden Heath plant had the Hybernacula well developed. 
Orv. XXX. PORTULACACEA, DC. 
MONTIA. L. 
M. fontana, LD. Blinks. 
Top. Bot. 173. Syme, E. B. ii. 136. 259. Nym. 253. Bx. 196. 
