BEITTBN : FLOEA OF HIGH WYCOMBE. 



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[The form R. viridis, Sibtli. of R. sangiiiiieus, L., probably occurs ; but I 



have not certainly distinguished it.] 

 R. ohtusifolius, L. Bab 282. Fields and waste ground; the commonest 



places. 



a R. crispiis, L. Bab. 283. Roadsides and fields, frequent. 



R. Hydrolapathum, Huds. Bab. 283. Abundant by the Thames ; I have 

 not seen it nearer Wycombe. 



R. aceiosa, L. Sorrel. Bab. 283. Meadows, common. 



R. acetosella, L. Sheep's Sorrel. Bab. 283, Wooburn common ; Fernfield, 

 Well End ; Lane End ; etc. 



Polygonum. Limi. 



P. Bistorta. L. Snakeweed. Bab. 284. Abundant in the meadows bv 

 the Wick, both in l!^"ewland, and towards the Marsh ; also in a meadow 

 by Mr. Wingrove's farm, Hazelmoor. 



P. amphibiinn, L. Bab. 285. Damp places and in water. The variety 

 growing upon land is plentiful by the Wick ; that with iioating leaves 

 is abundant in the Thames, and in water in West Wycombe Park. 



P. lapathifoUum, L. Bab. 284. In damp fields and w^aste ground. 



P. nodosum, Pers. Bab. 285. Damp fields near Lane End, etc. 



P. Persicai^ia, L. Bab. 285. Yv^aste ground ; a common weed in gardens. 



P. mite, Schrank. Bab. 285 Damp places on commons ; Wooburn Com- 

 mon ; Lane End Common, etc. 



P. Hydropiper, L. Bab. 286. Wet places, frequent ; Wycombe Rye, etc. 



P. avieidare, L. Knot-grass. Bab. 287. Cornfields, rcaadsides, and waste 

 ground. 



P. Convolvulus, L. Bab. 287. Hedges and cornfields. 



Order LXYIIL— THYMELACE. 

 Daphne. Linn. 



D. Mezereum, L. Mezereon. "Rare." Bab. 288. Matching's Wood, 

 above JSToble's Farm, 1865 ; Dane Garden Wood, and Fennell's Wood, 

 Loud water, 1866. 



KoTE. — This rare plant was first recorded as a native of the district by Professor 

 Martyn, who, when incumbent of Little Marlow in 1777, wrote to Dr. Pulteney that 

 Da;phne Mezeremn, grows commonly in our woods." See Phyt, vi. 268, N.S. As 

 this statement did not obtain subsequent verification, many supposed that D. Laureola 

 had been intended until, in 1862, Miss Chandler obtained from a cottager in the neigh- 

 laourhood the information that the plant was still to be found. Enquiry in different 

 localities led to the discovery that D. Mezereum was, or at any rate had been a common 



