May, 1892. 
NOTES IN AN OLD HERBAL. 
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205. —White Saxifrage .—“ Growes in Stoe Wood, Oxford,” which still 
yields the beautiful Meadow or White Saxifrage, S. granulata , 
as does Shotover and also the Camp on the White Horse 
Hill. 
214.— Ashiveede .—“ Growes in a lane going from Wolvercot to God- 
stowe.” The JEgopodium Podagraria, which is by no means 
frequent about Oxford. 
235.— Centorie .—“Small Centorie, with a yellow flower. Groweth on 
ye side of a hill beyond Hinksey.” The beautiful Chlora 
perfoliata is now much rarer about Oxford. 
243.— Elecampane. —“It growes plentifully on a dry pasture, close upon 
Botley Hills; alsoeby Mr. Tutball’s house, beyond Hiucksey.” 
The conspicuous Inula Helenium is now absent from these 
localities. It could scarcely be likely to survive the “ cuts and 
thrusts ” of many generations of young Oxfordians. The name 
of Mr. Tutball may assist in localising the date of the MS. 
notes. 
248.— Wilde Pellitorie. —“ It growes upon ye side of a ditch hard by 
the fresh house, and all about those ditches.” This refers to a 
composite plant. 
254.— Helleborastrum. —“ This grows in a pasture close upon Bottley 
Hills; alsoe at St. Bartlem’s, a mile from Oxford, amongst a 
grove of tres hard by the well.” The Foetid Hellebore, 
Helleborus foetidus, is probably extirpated from both the 
localities mentioned. It still exists in the county. 
262. —Pety Spurge Peplos .—“I found it in Charles Armit’s garden.” 
Euphorbia Peplus, a frequent plant in garden ground about 
Oxford. 
275.— Dane wort. —“It growes on ye side of Botley Hills, hard by 
the path which leads unto Witome [Witham].” Sambucus 
Ebulus, or Dane’s blood, or Dane’s wort, has also been recorded 
from Seacourt, by Thos. Hearn. 
294. — Wilde Spleemvort, Lonchitis aspera. —“It growes in Chilsey 
Woods, by ye side of a hill wheare springs fall.” Lomaria 
Spicant still exists, but in yearly dwindling numbers. 
295. — Geterach. —“ This growes upon the old Towne walls by Newe 
Colledge, ower against ye Gallowes.” Geterach ojficinarum 
scarcely exists in the city precincts now. It grows on the walls 
of Blenheim Park. 
296. — Trichomanes. —“It growes upon ye walls as you goe from the 
schooles to ye University Librarie, and in a corner of New 
Colledge garden, on your right hand as you enter in.” 
Asplenium Trichoinanes has become very rare with us, but still 
lingers about the college to which the writer of the above record 
belonged. 
299.— Ros Solis. —“ Growes in a bogg in Chilsy Woods.” Extirpated, it 
is to be feared, from that locality ; as also by the enclosure 
of Shotover, from Oxford ; but the Sundew, Drosera rotundi- 
folia, is still to be found in Berkshire, within a few miles of the 
city. 
302.— Ranunculus echinatus. —“ Groweth in ye cornfields hard by St. 
Barthemasse weir.” The Corn Buttercup, Ranunculus arvensis , 
has probably increased since the above record. 
305.— Flarnula maior. —“ Growes in the ditches by Gloster Hall.” The 
magnificent Spearwort, R. Lingua , has become much rarer. 
