334 FLORA OF OXFORDSHIRE. 
Var. P. stoloniferum. Caversham, A. Fr. 
Var. P. nodosum, L. Species in Sibthorp. Syme, E. B. xi. 32. 1707. 
. Stour. Sibford, Tadmarton. 
. Swere. Bretch, Epwell. 
Ray. Mesopotamia, typical. 
. Isis. Ditchley, Bampton. 
. Thame. Bullingdon Green, Wheatley. 
. Thames. Stokenchurch Hill! Hd. Br. Between Pangbourne and 
Goring, Newb. Woodcote, South Stoke. 
Another form with much longer spikes and stouter habit also occurs. 
NTO OOP Oo 
[P. asperum, Jacq. 
Comp. Cyb. 592. Syme, E. B. xi. 199. Nym. 793. 
Alien. Extinct. 
First and only record, Sib. 1794. ‘Phalaris paniculata, Ait. Walls, 
dry pastures. On the wall of Rose Lane. Fl. June.’ 
It will be well here to explain that Rose Lane Wall is close to the 
Botanic Garden, where the plant is cultivated, and whence the specimen 
without doubt originated. This record in Walker's Flora increased to, ‘In 
dry open fields . . . wall of Rose Lane, 8d.’ In Arnott’s Flora it is described 
as being rare in dry open fields in the western and midland parts of 
England. In other works it expanded from ‘dry walls, Rose Lane, 
Oxford,’ to ‘ dry walls, Oxford,’ ‘dry walls, Oxfordshire,’ ‘dry stony places, 
Oxfordshire, ‘stoney fields, Oxfordshire.’ 
On the faith of this one record, and another from Gloucestershire almost 
equally ambiguous, this plant for some time appeared in the British 
Floras.] 
ALOPECURUS. L. 
A. pratensis, D. Meadow Foxtail Grass. 
Top. Bot. 474. Syme, E. B. xi. 27.1703. Nym. 793. Bx. 45. 
Native. Pratal. Meadows, pastures, roadsides. Common in all the 
districts. A. April-June. 
First record, Sib. 1794. 
A. agrestis, L. Field Foxtail Grass. 
Top. Bot. 475. Syme, E. B. xi. 22. 1699. Nym. 794. 
Native. Agrestal. Cultivated fields. Common in all the districts. 
P. April-Oct. 
First record, S2b. 1794. 
A. geniculatus, L. Jointed Foxtail Grass. 
Top. Bot. 474. Syme, E. B. xi. 25. 17or. Nym. 794. 
Native. Paludal. Wet places, pool and ditch margins. Generally 
distributed. P. May-July. 
First record, Sid. 1794. 
