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THE NATURALIST. 



Ononis. Linn. Eestharrow. 



0. arvensis, L. Ddnkeyweed. Bab. 74. Borders of fields, frequent. 



Note. — TMs has once or twice occured witli a slightly spiny stem, but tlie true 0. 

 campestris has not been observed. ^ 



Medicago. Linn. 



X M. sativa^ L. Lucerne. Bab. 74. Borders of fields. By tlie road to 

 Totteridge, and about Bledlow Eidge ; not unfrequent on railway-banks^, 

 especially near Plomer Hill. 

 M> lupulina, L. ISTonsucb. Bab. 7 4. Eoadsides, etc. 



Note. — M. maculata, Sibth., is not known to occur anywhere in the district. 



Melilotus. Lam. Melilot. 

 M. officinalis, Willd. Bab. 76. In clover fields about Wycombe and Mar- 

 low, and apparently truly v/ild by roadsides in the latter locality. 

 Note. — This species is called by children " Wild Laburnum." r 

 * M. vulgaris, Willd. " Eare." Bab. 76. Cloverfield above Sheepridge, 

 1864. 



Trifolium. Linn. Trefoil. 

 T. pratense, L. Purple Clover. Bab. 76. Meadows, roadsides, and 

 conmons. 



Note. — A white-flowered variety is frequent in clover fields. 



[ T. ocliroleucum, L. This occurs in a MS. list of Loudwater plants, but no 

 locality is affixed : perhaps an error.] 



[ T. incarnatum, L. Being much cultivated in the district, occasionally 

 occurs on the borders of fields, and by roadsides.] 



T. arvense, L. Hare's-foot. Bab. 77. Sandy field near Mario w, towards 

 Little Marlow ; " little hollow opposite Sir G. Nugent's." Phyt i. 985, 

 O.S. " In various field edges about Loudwater," MS. 



T. striatum, L. Bab. 77. Fern-field, Well End; gravelly lane between 

 Great and Little Marlow, abundant. 



T. suUerraneum, L. Bab. 78. Fern-field, Well End. 



T. repens, L. White Clover. Bab. 79. Meadows, roadsides, etc. 



T. fragiferum, L. Bab. 79. In nearly all the meadows by tbe Thames nea,r 

 Great and Little Marlow, on both sides of the river ; " on tbe knolls in 

 Fennell's Wood," MS. ; a curious habitat. 



T. procumbens, L. Hop Trefoil Bab. 80. Eoadsides, fields, etc. 



[ T. campestre, Schreb., a species nearly allied to the preceding, but larger in 

 all its parts, occurred in 1864 in considerable abundance in a clover- 

 field adjoining Tinker's Wood, near Downley. Mr. J. G. Baker thinkjs 

 tiie plant found here is T. agrarium, L.\ 



