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A FLORA OF HIGH WYCOMBE. 



By James Britten. 



( Continued from 'page 19,^ 



Rosa. Linn. Rose. 

 \R. inodora, Fries. Mr. T. P. Lucas tliinks that this occurs on Keep 

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R. micrantha, Sm. Bab. 115: Keep Hill and Wycombe Park. 



R. rubiginosa, L. Sweet Briar. Bab. 115. Wycombe Heath ; about 

 Bledlow Ridge, abundant ; Keep Hill, Mr. T. P. Lucas ; "in hedges 

 about Wycombe on the Marlow side." Phyt. i. 986. O.S. 



R. canina, L. Dog Rose. Bab. 115. Hedges, etc. 



R. arvensis, L. Bab. 116.. Hedges and woods. 



CRATiEGUS. Linn. Hawthorn. 

 C. Oxyacantha, L. /3. monogijna. May. Bab. 116. Hedges, etc. 



Note. — A Hawthorn somewliat resembling the famous one of Glastonbury, occurs 

 in Wycombe Park. On January 9th, 1864, several leaves were fully expanded, and there 

 were many bunches of well-formed buds, though no blossoms, 



Mespilus. Lirm. Medlar. 



t M. germanica, L. Bab. 117. Reported on good authority as occurring 



in hedges near Noble's Farm, on the hill opposite to Bradenham ; also 



in the edge of the wood above the West Wycombe Station ; I have 



not seen it. 



Ptrus. Linn. 



P. communis, L. Pear. Bab. 117. Hedges and woods, not unfrequent. 

 P. Malus, L. Crab. Bab. 117. Hedges, frequent. 



t P. aucuparia, Gaert. Mountain Ash. Bab. 117. Several very small 



trees in Whittington Park. 

 P. Aria, Sm. White Beam. Bab. 117. Woods and hedges. 



Order XXVIL— LYTHRACE^E. 

 Lythrum. Linn. Purple Loosestrife. 

 L. Salicaria, L. Bab. 118. Ditch banks and watery places. 



Peplis. Linn. Purslane. 

 P, Portida, L. Bab. 119. Damp places on commons ; Naphill Common^ 

 etc. 



