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Order LVI.— OEOBANCHACE^. 



Orobanchb. Linn. Broom-rape. 

 O. Rapum, Thuill. Bab. 235. Growing on Furze upon a little common 

 to the right of the Wycombe road." Phijt i. 991. O.S. "By the 

 side of the field going to Town Farm, near Penn, near Mr. Rose's 

 lodge." MS. 



0. minor ^ Sutt. Bab. 237. Clover fields : near Tinker's Wood, Downley ; 



field opposite Wycombe Park, Mr. T, P. Lucas ; near Bisham Wood, 



Miss Cliandler ; " in a field above Cookham Down, abundantly." 



Phyt. i. 991. O.S. 



Lathr^a. Linn. Toothwort. 

 L. squamaria, L. Bab. 238. Under the Elm trees near the entrance to 



Hughenden Park, abundant. 



Order LYIL— SCEOPHULARIACE^. 



Verbascum. Linn. Mullein. 

 V. Thapsus, L. Bab. 239. Roadsides and waste ground. 



Note. — "Rag-paper" and "Poor Man's Flannel" are among the local names 

 given to this species. 



t V. Lychnitis, L. Bab. 240. On the railway embankment between 

 Wycombe and the Marsh, several plants. 



V. pulverulentum, Yill. Bab. 240. Abundant in the lane from Deer- 

 ham's Farm, above Loudwater to Penn, and in the lane from Holtspur 

 to Wooburn Common." MS. I have not seen specimens. 



V. nigrum, L. Bab. 240. Roadsides and borders of fields. 

 V. virgatum, With. I referred two plants, found in 1864, (one in a clover 

 field by Hollow Lane, and the other by the roadside near Well End,) 

 to this species ; but they were probably hybrids between V. Thapsus 

 and F. nigrum. A plant with the foliage of V. Thapsus, but with the 

 flowers of V, nigrum, was noticed recently near Booker.] 

 Digitalis. Linn. Foxglove. 



D. purpurea, L. Bab. 244. Woods and hedgebanks. 



(To he continued.) 



