BRITTEN : FLORA OP HIGH WYCOMBE. 



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F, canina, L. V. flavicornis, Sm. Bab. 38. On comnions ; Keep Hill, 



Totteridge Common, etc. 

 V. tricolor J L. Pansy. Bab. 39. Cornfields ; but rarely occurring with 



three-coloured blossoms. 



Note — I cannot well distinguish V. arvensis, Murr, from V. tricolor, but believe the 

 former to be our common form ; having yellow and white flowers, which are fre- 

 quently as large as those of the true V. tricolor. The small-petalled form of V. arvensis 

 is also frequent, as are others with petals gradually increasing in size until they 

 attain the dimensions, though not the colours, of V. tricolor. 



Order XI— POLYGALACE^. 



PoLYGALA. lAnn. Milkwort. 

 P. vulgaris, L. Bab. 41. Woods, banks, and borders of fields ; very fine 

 along tbe terraces in the Hughenden Woods. 



jS P. depressa, Weihe. Commons and heathy places ; Keep Hill, etc. 



Note — The blossoms of P. vulgaris are rarely white, while those of P. depressa are 

 frec[uently so. 



Order XIV— CARYOPHYLLACE^. 



DiAN.THUS. Linn. Pink. 

 D, Armeria, L. Deptford Pink. " Rare." Bab. 45. " By the Little 

 Marlow Road, by Sir G. Nugent's," (now Mr. Ellames') Phyt. i. 984, 

 O.S. I have not been able to find it 



SiLENE. Linn. , 



injiata, Linn. Bladder Campion. Bab. 47. Fields and roadsides. The 

 variety jS. Mrsuta, occurs on the railway bank near Fennell's Wood. 

 Note. — The calyces are occasionally so much enlarged as to conceal the blossoms, 

 t >S'. noctijlora, L. "Rare." Bab. 47. Abundant in a cornfield, near the 

 river near Great Marlow, and between that place and Little Marlow ; 

 also in -an adjoining clover field. A fine plant by the roadside near 

 Fryer's Mill, Wycombe, 1864. 



Lychnis. Linn, 



L. Flos-cucuU, L. Ragged Robin. Bab. 48. Marshy places, and, like 



them, somewhat unfrequent about Wycombe. 

 L. vespertina, Sibth. White Campion. Bab. 49. Cornfields and roadsides. 



Note. — This has occurred in two or three places, bearing bright pink blossoms. 

 Z, diurna, L. Red Campion. Bab. 49. Occurs in Mr. Mill's Marlow list. 



I have not observed it in any part of the district, 

 f L. Githago, Lam. Corn Cockle. Bab. 49. Corn and clover fields. 



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