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Mongewell, Goring, Ilvingden Farm, with white flowers at 
Caversham. 
Berks. Tubney, F. Bennett. 
When young and growing in a cornfield near Goring the plant had much 
the aspect of Ballota. 
N. Glechoma, Benth. Ground Ivy. 
Glechoma hederacea, L. Top. Bot. 319. Syme, E. B. vii. 40. 1050. 
Nym. 587. Bx. 136. 
Native. Sylvestral, etc. Woods, hedges, banks, ete. Abundant and 
generally distributed. P. March-June. 
First record, Dillenius, 1737, Hedera ‘terrestris flore carneo. This 
elegant variety was found by the ingenious and worthy Professor of 
Botany at Oxford, D. Dillenius, who observed it at; Eynsham Abbey in 
that County, Blackst. Spec., p. 33. 
Var. hirsuta, R. non W. K. 
6. Thame. Headington, Newb. Horsepath, H. EH. Garnsey. 
Beer in which Ground Ivy has been steeped is yearly sent into Lincoln 
College Dining-hall on All Saints’ Day. 
MELISSA. L. 
* M. officinalis, L. Balm. 
Nym. 587. 
Denizen or alien. Hedgesides. Rare. P. July, Aug. 
5. Isis. Side of a wood near Blenheim Park, between Freeland and 
Handborough, Rep. of Rec. Club, 1881. 
CLINOPODIUM. L. 
C. vulgare, ZL. Wild Basil. 
Calamintha Clinopodium, Sp. Melissa Clinopodium, Bth. 
Top. Bot. 310. Syme, E. B. vii. 31. 1047. Nym. 588. Bx. 346. 
Native. Septal. Hedges, banks, bushy places, wood borders. Rather 
common and generally distributed. P. July—Sept. 
First record, Wm. Coles, 1657. 
1. Stour. Tadmarton, etc. 
2. Ouse. Mixbury, ete. 
3. Swere. Drayton Lane, Hornton, Gul/. Hanwell, Wykham, 
Bloxham, A. Fr. 
4, Ray. Beckley, Marston, Elsfield. 
5. Isis. Wolvercote, Rev. F. Bennett. Handborough, South Leigh. 
6. Thame. Foot of Shotover, Wm. Coles in Adam in Eden. Wheatley, 
Cuddesdon. 
7. Thames. Stokenchurch, Hd. Bx. Penley Wood, Nettlebed, 
Grime’s Dyke, Crowsley, etc., abundant. 
Berks. Longworth, Cumnor, 
