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fields opposite Bisham Wood." Phyt. i, 991. 0,S., perhaps th.e same 

 locality as the preceding ? 



LiNARiA. Mill. Toadflax. 

 L. Cymhalaria, Mill. Ivy-leaved Toadflax. Bab. 241. Walls : West 

 Wycomhe ; Crendon Lane, Wycombe ; near the Marsh ; and at Little 

 Marlow. 



L. Elatine, Mill. Bab. 242. Cornfields. 

 L. spuria, Mill. Bab. 242. Cornfields. 



L. minor, Desf. Bab. 242. Cornfields : also in chalk pits, as at Wooburn 

 Green and Missenden. 

 Note, — This species appears to have a peculiar predilection for railways, growing 

 between the liaes of rail, on tlie ground passed over by the train ; it is abundant at 

 "Wycombe in this habitat, and was equally so, in 1862, near Barnetby, in Lincolnshire. 



L. vulgaris, IVIill. Bab. 243. Hedges and fields. 



ScROPHULARiA. lAnu. Figwort. 



S. nodosa, L. Bab. 243. Woods and hedges. 



S. aquatlca, L. Bab. 243. By ditches and watery places. 



Melampyrum. Linn. Cow-wheat. 



M. pratense, L. Bab. 244. ]\Ir. Mill, in his Marlow list, remarks " It 

 is cnrious that in so wooded a country, and in a neighbourhood so well 

 suited to it in every respect, so common a plant does not appear to grow." 

 — Phyt. i. 991. O.S. IMr. Melvill, however, informs me that he has a 

 specimen collected by himseK in the neighbourhood of Great Marlow ; 

 and it is also said to occur by roadsides about Beaconsfield, MS. It is 

 very rare about Wycombe, but grows abundantly on Wooburn Common, 

 and in the adjoining woods. 



Pedigularis. Linn. Lousewort. 



P. palustris, L. Bab. 245. Wet meadows about Marlow, on both sides of 

 the river. 



P. sylvatica, L. Bab. 245. Whittington Park j Wycombe Heath ; etc. 



Ehinanthus. Linn. Yellow Eattle. 

 M. Crista-galli, L. Bab. 245. Meadows and pastures. 



Euphrasia. Linn. Eyebright. 

 E. officinalis, L. Bab. 246. Dry heathy places. 



E, Odontites, L. Bab. 247. Cornfields and roadsides. 



Veronica. Linn. Speedwell. 



F. scutellata, L. Bab. 247. Wet places : Naphill common ; at the foot of 



Cookham Down, Berks. 

 V. Anagallis, L. Bab. 247. By ditches ; Wycombe Eye, etc. 



