70 THE NATURALIST. 



side." C. crispus was, however, probably intended in both, instances, 

 this having been frequently united with Q. acanthoides under the 

 latter name. The true C. acanthoides I have only observed by the railway 

 near Loudwater ; and by the roadside at West Wycombe. 

 (7. lanceolatus, L. Bab. 191. Roadsides and waste ground. 



Note. — Occasionally occurs with white flowers. 

 C. arvensis, Curt. Bab. 191. Fields, roadsides, and waste ground. 

 C. palustris, L. Bab. 191. Waste places and meadows. 



Note. — white-flowered variety is here, as elsewhere, common. 

 G. acauUs, L. Bab. 192. Dry heathy ground, meadows, roadsides, etc. 



Note. — At Whittington Park I once found a specimen with a stem nearly a foot 

 high. 



SiLYBUM. Gaert Milk Thistle, 

 t ;S^. MarianuTYiy Gaert. Bab. 192. By the roadside at Well End ; * by the 

 Oxford road, just outside Wycombe ; * waste ground at Bourne End ; 

 * Bradenham. 



Lapsana. Linn. Nipplewort. 

 L. communis, L. Bab. 193. Fields and waste ground. 



Note. — A very singular specimen occurred in a field near Tinker's "Wood, Downley, 

 in 1864, in which each head of flowers had, growing from its centre, from three to six 

 smaller heads, all perfectly formed. 



CiCHORiUM. Linn. Succory. 



G. Intyhus, L. Bab. 193. Eoadsides and borders of fields. 



Hypochceris. Linn. Cat's~ear. 



H. 7'adicata, L. Bab. 194. Fields and waste places. 



Apargia. Schreh. Hawk-bit. 

 A. Jiispida, Willd. Bab. 194. Meadows, etc., not very common j Hughen- 



den Park, etc. 

 A. autumnalis, Willd. Bab. 194. Pastures, etc. 



Tragopogon. Ijinn. Goat's-beard. 

 T. minor, Fries. Bab. 195. Borders of fields ; and in meadows by the 

 Thames. 



X T. porrifoliusj L. Salsafy, Bab. 195. " By the side of a private road 

 from Snakely's Mill to the high road^ Loudwater." MS. 



PiCRis. Linn. 



P. hieracioides, L. Bab. 195. Dry woods, not unfrequent ; Hughenden 

 woods, etc. 



Helminthia. Juss. Ox-tongue, 

 t H. echioides. Gaert. Bab. 190, Plentiful in a clover-field near Hughen- 

 den Parky 1865. 



