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DISTRIBUTION OF 

 HYPOCH/ERIS MACULATA IN ENGLAND. 



ARTHUR BENNETT, F.L.S., 



Croydon . 



In England in former days this plant was much confused with 

 maculate Hieracii, as notes by S. Gibson (Phytologist, 1, 

 741, 1843), and H. C. Watson (I.e., 841-1138) will show. In 

 Hudson's time (1798) the 'Devil's Ditch and Burnach Heath, 

 Northampton,' were the only stations given, and as late as 1849 

 we find H. C. Watson (Cyb. Brit. , 2, 40, 1849) writing- ' I make 

 no doubt that the greater number of localities recorded for this 

 plant are wide errors, through mistaking the maculate varieties 

 of Hieracium murorum, and probably other species, for the 

 present plant.' He there only records Suffolk, Cambridge, and 

 Carnarvon ; but in 1852 (Cyb. Brit., 3, 451) he allows that 

 Cornwall and Essex must be added. The counties now known 

 are 1. Cornwall W.!, 16. Essex N.!, 26. Suffolk W.!, 29. Cam- 

 bridge!, 32. Northampton!, 49. Carnarvon!, 53. Lincoln S.!, 

 and 69. Lake-Lancashire.! Of these it is probably existent in 

 all except the second and fifth. 



Hypochseris maculata Linn. Sp. pi., ed. 1, 2, 810, 1753. 

 Achyrophorus maculatus Scop. Fl. Cam., No. 4, 986, 1753. 

 /?. minor. N. E. Forsall, Bot. Notiser, 34, 1844. 



The single headed small form. 

 7. Muelleri Lange (Leoniodon hirtum Miill., Fl. Dan., t. 901, 

 1787). Hanb. Danske FL, ed. 3, 584, 1864. 



With pinnatifid leaves, leafy stem and several flower-heads. 



Eng. Bot., eel. 1, t. 225; ed. 3, t. 791, the single headed 

 small plant. 



English name, Spotted Cat's-ear. 



1. Cornwall W. 



The Lizard: Hore in Phytl. , 163, 1842; Johns, in Herb. 

 Brit. Museum, July 1847 ! Kynance : Johns, in Herb. Roy. Hist. 

 Soc. Cornwall; R. V. Tellam sp., 1869; W. M. Rogers sp., 

 1873; w - B - Waterfall sp., 1874; W. Curnow sp., 1S7S. 



16. Essex N. 



Bartlow Hills; S. Dale before 1686; E. Forster, 1700; 

 primings in Herb. Winch!, 1840; G. S. Gibson, 1861 ; App. 

 Fl. Essex, 412, 1862. Prof. Boulger writes that he has no 

 knowledge of its being found since 1861. Sought tor carefully 



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