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228 NOTES ON OXFORD PLANTS.
*Fumana jmlliiliflora Jord. Appeared as a casual on some
rubbish-heaps near the gas-works iu 188G.
Xastitrtium nmpldhiuin Br.— Var. xaricefolium DC. Osney, 5.
Var. indirisum DC. South Stoke, 7.
Ciirdamine hirsuta L., var. muUicaulis Hoppe. Near Upper
Heyford, 4.
Sisi/)nbriu)n Suphia L. Once not infrequent in the county ; I
met with it for the first time on rubbish-heaps near Portmeadow,
5, in 1889. A MS. note in a copy of Lyte's ' Herbal,' recently
acquired by the Bodleian, gives " it as upon olde walls about Oxford
everywheare." Tiiis herbal contains some valuable notes on Oxford
plants. They were made evidently by a Fellow of Magdalen
College, since he alludes to ujire cloister and our grove, while he
calls New College by its name. There is no other college^ I
believe, which possesses both a cloister and grove. The writer
had visited Italy, for he alludes to plants gathered there. It is
very probable that they were written by Wm. Browne, joint author
with the elder Bobart of the first catalogue of the Oxford garden
plants.
Brassica Sinapis Vis. Both varieties, i.e., onentalis Gaud, and
leiocarpa occur.
Lychnis Git/uq/o Scop. Cottesford, Mrs. Worley, 2.
Silene nnglica L. Still occurs about Headington Wick, 4.
Cerastiuin, seinidecandram L., var. ijlandalusum Koch. Near Stow
Wood, 4.
Arenaria tenuifolia L. Cemetery-wall, Osney, 1866, 5. An
interesting case of persistence. Sibthorp recorded it as growing on
the walls of Rewley Abbey. This has long since been demolished,
but the plant still, as the above record shows, continues in the
vicinity. It is a local and rather rare plant in the county. South
Stoke, on village wall, 7.
Sagina ciliata Fries. Kingham, 5.
'^Linum angustifolium Huds. At Cottesford, among dead grass,
one year only, Mrs. Worley, 2. ? Casual.
Hypericum Elodes L. Mr. Boswell believes Mr. Fox must have
made an error when he recorded this for Headington Wick in 1857.
It certainly has not since been seen.
Acer campestre L. The var. hebecarpum DC. appears to be the
common plant.
G. cohimbimim L. I find, from Bobart's herbarium, that his
record referred, in the 'Flora of Oxford,' to this plant, really belongs
to G. dissectum L.
Oxalis AcetoseUa L. Shelswell, Mrs. Worley, 2.—Var. lilacina
lleichb. Stokenchurch Wood, 7. Leighton says the var. purpxirea
retains its colour in cultivation.
Cytisus scoparius Link. Shelswell Wood, Mrs. Worley, 2. I
cannot follow Mr. Daydon Jackson in his statement that "the
genus Genista, as defined by Bentham and Hooker, includes Harothamnus
Wimm."
Genista anylica L. Hardwick Heath, Mrs. Worley, 1884, 2.
G. tincfnrid L. Checkendon, Rev. C. Abbey, 7.