Melampyrum pratense L. Conservation status: C First record: Ray, 1660 Last record: TG Tutin,1930. Melampyrum sylvaticum flore luteo Common Cow-wheat. In sylvis passim. Ray,1670:207. Melampyrum luteum latifolium Martyn,1727,76. Not observed of recent years. Evans,1911,235. ... It probably still grows in the Stetchworth and Wood Ditton directions: but it is extraordinarily local. Evans,1939,127. 25 ... & in a wood at St George Hatley in great plenty. Ray,1660,95-96(83). Hatley JM.ann. Hatley Th.M.ann.Meth.-Index Loc.9. Hatley. Martyn,1763,Herbat.XI. Hatley Fisher ann. Berkenhout,172. In a Wood at Hatley St George, in great plenty; Ray. Bab.1860,167 & Bab.MS.Fl.530. In White Wood near Gamlingay. JM.ann. M. pratense. Gamlingay. White-wood. Martyn,1763,Herbat.XI. W(hite) W(ood) Fisher ann. Berkenhout,172. Melampyrum pratense Meadow Cow-wheat. White-wood. Relhan,1785;1802;1820. in White Wood....Melampyrum pratense Abundant Jenyns,JNH,24.8.1824. Whitewood, 18.5.1830. Henslow Exc. ...and White Wood. Henslow ann. l:251. White Wood, Gamlingay, Hb JA Power, 29.5.1835, RTE. White Wood. Bab.ann.Relhan,251. White Wood, Gamlingay; Henslow. and SW Wanton. Bab.1860,167 & Bab.MS.Fl.530. Melan pra is quite replaced by the more showy species. There is no specimen in Herb. Bab. from White Wood, Gamlingay, from which Prof. Henslow and Mr Wanton recorded it; and it seems to be extinct in both of Ray's localities. West,1898,255. Gamlingay JM.ann. Melampyrum sylvaticum. Gamlingay. Martyn,1763,Herbat.XI. Melampyrum luteum Gamlingay Th.M.ann.Meth.-Index Loc.7-8. Gamlingay. Henslow ann. l:251. Gamlingay, JS Henslow, 18.5.1830, CGE. Melampyrum pratense ...and the Heath near Gamlingay, 18.5.1830. Henslow Exc. 44 Elmdon. Henslow ann. l:251. 45 As an escape, Cambridge, 1904, CBSC. 55 As an escape, Fulbourne, 1904, CBSC. 64 West Wickham Wood, TG Tutin, 1930. ...and later [after 1917] Tutin found it in West Wickham Wood, Evans,1939,127 65 Melampyrum sylvaticum flore luteo Common Cow-wheat. In a wood at Stichworth ... Ray,1660,95-96(83). Stitchworth JM.ann. Stichworth Th.M.ann.Meth.-Index Loc.[14]. Stichworth. Martyn,1763,Herbat.IX. Stichworth Fisher ann. Berkenhout,172. In a wood at Stetchworth; Ray. Ray. Bab.1860,167 & Bab.MS.Fl.530. Hall Wood, Relhan,1802;1820. Wood Ditton Wood, Relhan,1802;1820. Burrough Green, Rev. PH Cooke, 1916, Evans,1939. Dullingham Ley, AH Evans, 1917, Evans,1939.
