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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ...often occurs with persistent and erect sepals (? var. crisiata), but M. Crepiu considers it to be rather an accidental condition than a true variety. I have, however, noticed it for four consecutive years in these localities. A similar form is referred to in the Flora of Herefordshire, iaa. R. arvensis occurs in all the bordering counties. PYRTJS, Linn. Gen. n. 550;Tournefort, Inst. t. 4041. P. tormlnalls, Ehrh. Beitr. vi. 92 (1791). Wild Sen-ice Trie, Sorl. Crataegus torminalis, Linn. Sp. PI. 476. Sorbus torminaiis, Crantz, Stirp. Austr. ed. 1, ij. 45, and Gerard. T0p.B0t.158. Syrae, E. B. iii. 341, t. 481. Nyman, 242. FI. Oxf. 114. Native. Sylvestral. Woods. Very local and rare. Tree. April-May. First record. Bagley, Mr. Baxter in Walker's Fl. Oxfordshire, 133. 1833. 2. Ook. In Bagley Wood, nearly opposite the village of Kennington. 1824, Baxt. Phaen. Bot. in, 1835, and in Walk. Fl. (now lost. I am afraid). 3. Pang. In Beech Wood and in the row by Thistle field--a curious fruit, Lousley in Russell's Cat. Sulham Wood, Tu/nail. 5. Loddon. Not unfrequent in Beech woods, Pitrk Place. Roi-e Hill Wood, Stanton. Pi/rus torminalis occurs in all the bordering counties except E. Gloucestershire, where its occurrence is doubtful. P. Aria, Ehrh. Beitr. iv. 20 (1789). White Beam Tree. Cratatgus Aria, Linn. Sp. PI. 475. Aria Theophrasti, Gerard, 1146. Sorbus Aria, Crantz, 1. c. 46. Top. Bot. 159. Syme, E. B. iii. 243, t. 482. Nyman, 242. Fl. Oxf. 113. Native. Sylvestral. Woods, hedges, &c. Absent from a large area of the northern part of the county and from the heaths of the southwest, but common on the Chalk in the central and south-eastern parts of the county. Tree. May-June. First record. Near Maidenhead Thicket, Mr. J. Woods in Winch MSS., ..