BRITTEN : FLORA OF HIGH WYCOMBE. 



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CuscuTA. Linn. Dodder. 



€. europcea, L, Bab, 226. " Parasitical on wild hops in a hedge at Little 

 Marlow," Mr. J. C. Melvill ; upon the same plant in a hedge by 

 Cock Marsh, Berks; clover field above Sheepridge ; "hill above 

 Snakely's Mill, near Loudwater, among the corn," MS. 



C. Epitliymiim^ Murr. Bab. 226^ Wooburn Common, abundant. 



t G. Trifolii^ Bab. Bab. 226. In clover fields, frequent. 



Note. — In 1865, scarcely a clover field in this neighbourhood was without this 



troublesome and destructive visitor. It spreads in a circle, destroying every plant of 



-Clover with, which it conies in contact, and the whole patch, frequently five feet across, 



appears as though burnt vc^. 



Orber LIY,— BOEAGINACE^. 

 Cynoglossum. Linn. Hound's-tongue. 

 O. officinale, L. Bab. 229. Eoadside above Wycombe Park j Deadman 

 Danes' Bottom, near Hazlemoor ; also at Downley, 



BoRAGO. Linn. Borage. 

 % B. officinalis, L. Bab. 229. Wycombe Park, between the Dyke and 

 the river, Mr. Ullyett ; field side near Bourne End j waste ground, 

 Railway Place, Wycombe ; rubbish-heap near the Ham Earm, West 

 Wycombe. 



Anchusa. Linn. Alkanet. 

 * A. sempervirens, L. "Pare." Bab. 229. Hedgebank, Great Marlow, 

 1864. Miss Chandler I 



Lycopsis. Ldnn. Bugloss. 

 L. arvensis, L. Bab. 229. Cornfields near Marlow, Bourne End, and the 

 Strand at Cookham, Berks ; Miss Chandler ; " road between Maiden- 

 head and Marlow," Mr. J. C. Melvill. Has not been seen about 

 Wycombe. 



Symphytum. lAnn. Comfrey. 

 8. _ officinale, Ij. Bab. 230. By streams, frequent. 



y8 S. patens, Sibth. With the ordinary form. 



EcHiuM. Lin7i. Viper's Bugloss, 

 E. vulgare, L. Bab. 230. Eoadsides and clover fields, not very common ; 

 abundant on and about Cookham Bridge, 



Note. — Specimens, with white, red, purple, and blue flowers, were noticed at Y/hite 

 Hill, near Beaconsfield. 



LiTHosPERMUM. Liun, GromwelL 

 L. officinale, L. Bab. 231. Eare in this district. " Sparingly in Bisham 

 Wood," Berks. Phyt i. 990. O.S. 



