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GALANTHUS. JL. 
G. nivalis, L. Snowdrop. 
Comp. Cyb. 580. Syme, E. B. ix. 167. 1507. Nym. 714. Bx. 33. 
Alien. Orchards, plantations, etc. Rare. P. March. 
2. Ouse. Hethe, G. Woodward, see Leucojum vernum. Tusmore. 
3. Swere. Hanwell Plantation, Gull. Hooknorton. 
4, Ray. Water Eaton field near Manor House; Tackley. 
6. Thame. Chapel-yard at Rycote, Br. 
7. Thames. Wood near Chequers Common, the most wild situation in 
Oxon ; but here it may have been the site of a cottage, although no 
traces of such are visible. 
Berks. Reading, Enborne, Hampstead Norris, Appleton, Bessilsleigh, 
Brit. 
Orv. LXXX. ASPARAGEA, DC. 
RuUscus. L. 
R. aculeatus, L. Butcher's Broom. 
Top. Bot. 23*. Syme, E. B. ix. 184.1516. Nym. 715. Bx. 474. 
Native. Sylvestral. Woods on the chalk. Planted elsewhere. Rare. 
P. March. 
First record, Ruscus, Matth. ‘In sylvis in comitatibus cum Berche- 
riensi tum Oxoniensi haud longe a Redingo oppido aliusque copiose 
nascitur, Bobart, 1699, Morison, iii. 
3. Swere. Wall Close, West St., garden escape, Bees. Hanwell Wood. 
4. Ray. Magdalen College Walks, planted. 
7. Thames. Near Reading, Bobart in Morison and Ray, iii. Harts- 
lock Wood! Henley! H. Bos. Maple Durham, Goring, Whit- 
church. 
Berks. Streatley. Bucks. 
* Asparagus campestris, Reich. 
Alien. Garden escape, old walls, etc. Rare. 
5. Isis. Walls of Godstow Nunnery. 
7. Thames. Maple Durham. 
POLYGONATUM. WMch. 
P. multiflorum, All. Solomon’s Seal. 
Syme, E. B. ix. 177.1513. Nym. 717. 
Native or denizen. Sylvestral. Woods and thickets. Very rare. P. 
May, June. 
First record, H. Boswell, 1859. 
3. Swere. Swerford, Rev. E. Fox. Mrs, Davis informs me she planted 
