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f3. caulescens^ False Oxlip. In meadows, not unfrequent ; Hazelmoor, 

 Downley, Hughenden, etc. ; also occasionally in woods and lanes, as in 

 Winch Bottom Wood and Hollow Lane, 

 P. veins, L. Cowslip. Bab. 267. Meadows and banks. 



Note. — This is one of our most variable species, as any one who will take the 

 trouble to examine narrowly several specimens will readily admit. The scape is often 

 very short, and is occasionally entirely absent, the flowers appearing primrose-fashion, 

 among the leaves ; two scapes on the same plant frequently anastomose, and a mon- 

 strous head of flowers is the result. The individual blossoms also vary very much in 

 many respects. I have found a specimen with two corollas enclosed in a single calyx : 

 and another in which one corolla contained ten stamens and two pistils. 



HoTTONiA. Linn. Water Violet. 



H. joalustris, L. Bab. 268. Ditches about Little Marlow; "in the ditches 



by the river above the Suspension bridge," Marlow. Phyt, \, 992. 0,S. 



Ponds at the foot of Cookham Down, Berks. 



Lt8Imachia. Liiin. Loosestrife. 



L. vulgaris, L. Bab. 268. Abundant by the Thames in several places, and 



by the adjoining ditches ; "on the ban]^ of the stream in the back lane, 



above Overshot Mill, Loudwater, on the field side." MS. 



Note — This very handsome species is cultivated in London gardens under the name 

 of "Orange Bovena." I once found a variety, smaller than the ordinary form, having 

 a deep orange spot at the base of each segment of the corolla. 



L, Nummularia, L. Moneywort. Bab. 269. Damp banks and meadows, 

 somewhat frequent, l^ear Marlow, etc. 



Note — This is a favourite plant of Londoners, who call it ** Creeping Jenny." 

 \L. nemorum, L. Bab. 269. Yellow Pimpernel. Damp places in woods, 

 and occasionally on banks. 



Anagallis. Linn. Pimpernel. 

 .A. arvensis,'lu. Bab. 269. Shepherd's Weather Glass. Cornfields, common. 

 y3 A. ccBrulea, Sm. Bab. 269. Blue Pimpernel. Cornfields above West 

 Wycombe Park, and opposite Bradenham ; near Prestwood, Mr. F. 

 Wheeler. 



Note — Professor Babington considers this "probably distinct"; and in this 

 opinion 1 coincide. It appears year by year in the cornfields on the hill opposite 

 Bradenham. 



A. tenella, L. Bog Pimpernel. Bab. 269. " In a marsh at Lane End." 

 Mr. J, Q. Melvill, in Naturalist i. 155. 



Order LXIIL— PLANTAOmACE^. 

 Plantago. Linn. Plantain. 

 P. Coronopus, L. Bab. 272. Eern-fieldy Well End. 



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