Clinopodium acinos (L.)Kuntze (Acinos arvensis (Lam.)Dandy; Calamintha acinos (L.)Clairv.; Thymus acinos L.; Acinos anglica)
First record: Ray, 1660
Acinos Anglica Small English Stone-basil. Ray,1670,6. [no C]
Acinos anglica. Martyn,1727,52.
I have not found it growing near Wisbech. 1919. [WS] Hort.Sicc.4:WBCH.
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Near Ashwell; Newbould. Bab.1860,178; Ashwell, JSL Gilmour, 1932; Ashwell Station, 299.387, T James, 22.9.1997, [R]; 5+ plants in railway yard, 299.387, JCA Rathmell, 3.9.1997, [R].
100 acres [Odsey] Barnard,1859; Odsey; AM Barnard. Bab.1860,178; Penny Loaf Hill, 293.387, DA Wells & G Crompton, 8.7.1993, [R].
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Morden Grange Plantation,295.403, few on rabbit grazed bank, T James, 20.4.1991, [R]; 295.402, 10+ plants E of FP, JCA Rathmell, 3.9.1997, [R]; 296.404, a little, T James, 22.9.1997, [R].
Steeple Morden; Newbould. Bab.1860,178.
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Dry, stone strewn waste area, Whittlesey station, 281.962, JO Mountford & GMB Smith, 18.7.1970.
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Top of railway embankment, Steeple Morden, 305.390, infrequent, c. 10 plants, JCA Rathmell, 3.9.1997, [R].
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Bank of railway cutting between Royston & Meldreth, 364.428, PD Sell 54/174, 13.7.1954, CGE.
Melbourn, 23.6.1913, Gregor,ann.
Royston. etc. 1834,Coleman(a),34; Near Royston. Coleman(b); WH Coleman and H Fordham. Bab.1860,178; Several huge carpets of plants (a haze of purplish blue) on the steep chalky slopes above the sheer face on the NE side of the Royston by-pass, 371.412, AC Leslie 1.7.2001.
Scattered along the SE side of the summit of Goffers Knoll, east of Royston, 392.424, AC Leslie 1.7.2001. About half the population has pure white flowers.
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Cracknell Hill, Orwell, 1947-8, EMB.ann.Bab.
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Sawston, Miss Plowden, 7.1838, SWN.
Cornfields between Whittlesford and Hinxton, in quantity, 1906-1912, Shrubbs ann.
Arable, Whittlesford, AC Leslie, 8.1980.
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Hills Road, 1882, HD.ann.
Frequent on old railway, Long Road, fide CD Pigott, 10.1994.
Dernford Fen, 473.504, PD Sell 53/283, 20.7.1953, CGE.
Acinos anglica. Small stone Basill. In the ploughed lands on the borders of Gogmagog hills ... Ray,1660,4(38); C. Acinos multis J.B. Wild Basil. In montosis cretaceis. This I take to be that which grows on the borders of Gogmagog hills ...Ray,1677,6; Acinos anglicum Clusii. Gogmagog Hills. Ray Index Loc.JM.ann.
[Acinos Anglica] Gogmagog hills Sept. 5 1759. - July 23 1760. variat flore albo. Th.M.ann.Meth.53; Thymus acinos. Gogmagog hills. Martyn,1763,Herbat.VII; Go(gmagog) H(ills) Fisher ann.Berkenhout,167; Thymus acinos Basil Thyme. Gogmagog Hills. Relhan,1785;1802;1820; W.L.P.G., 4.6.1824, SWN; Gogmagog Hills. Bab.ann.Relhan,247; Banks on the Gogmagogs. ... 1834,Coleman(a),34; Coleman(b); Gogmagog Hills, CC Babington, 30.6.1845, CGE; Bab.1860,178; Gogmagog Hills, 24.6.1913, Gregor,ann; Gogs, 15.8.1915, Ann.Lee.
Gogs Golf Course, JL Crosby, 1939.
Limekiln Rd, Cherry Hinton, EA George, 1939.
Little Trees Hill, 1882, HD.ann.
Newmarket Road, IX, 8.7.1902, Mills ann.
Roman Road, n.c., (? Lynch), 4.7.1910, CGE; Roman Road, chalk, n.c., 8.1878, CGE.
Gt East. Railway 1 mile beyond Shelford, 1882, HD.ann.
Old railway, Trumpington, 457.557, JCA Rathmell, 17.8.1997, [R].
Worts Causeway, 1882, HD.ann; beechwoods, EA George, 1940.
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Near Milton, GMS Easy, 1973.
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Abington, JS Henslow, 3.7.1833, CGE; Abington!; Henslow. Bab.1860,178; Old railway Great Abington, and Hildersham, 523.484 and 544.475, plentiful, R Payne, 8.1981; Great Abington, P Daunt, 1991, [R]; old railway, 52-48-, PH Oswald et al., 27.7.1992, [R].
Thymus acinos abt. ...& Bournbridge Crowe ann.Hudson,1778,263.
Hildersham. Martyn,1763,Herbat.X; Hild. Fisher ann.Berkenhout,167; Thymus acinos Hildersham. Relhan,1785;1802;1820; Hildersham; J Martyn. Bab.MS.Fl.2:565; Furze Hills, Hildersham, West ann.
Old railway near Linton, GMS Easy, 1974.
Old railway, Pampisford, 512.490, M Gurney, 3.7.1999, [R].
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Allington Hill. Bab.1860,178.
Abundant in a field by the Roman Road, Gogs, M 21, [Babraham] JL Crosby, 21.10.1939.
Calamintha acinos Roman road, Balsham. Smart,1856; By the Wool street, Balsham; RBS. Bab.MS.Fl.2:565; By the Roman road near Balsham; RB Smart. Bab.1860,178.
Fleam Dyke, 1881, Shrubbs ann; AS Shrubbs, 1885, DHM; A Hosking, 12.7.1895, CGE; RH Lock 7.1900, CGE; AGT List; CJ Shepherd, 1939.
Fulbourn; Near Hinxton; Newbould. Bab.1860,178; Railway cutting, Fulbourn, AS Shrubbs, 5.1887, CGE.
Six Mile Bottom, 1889, Hb. CCHSB.
Rsv 95/2, Little Wilbraham, 571.563, DA Wells, JM Way & P Daunt, 19.7.1995, [R].
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56V, GMS Easy, 1975.
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'Introduced onto Railway Nr Ely, William Marshall.' AF.ann.
Gault banks, Ely, R Cosson, 8.1945, det. H Gilbert-Carter, CGE.
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Shuckburgh Castle, Newmarket Heath. Bab.1860,178.
Thymus acinos W. Wratting. Okes ann.238.
Near Weston Colville, CEM.ann.
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Chippenham, Jermyn, 1833, in Hb. CM Lemann, CGE; Bab.1860,178; West ann.
Chippenham Park Wall, JSL Gilmour, 1931; still present, J Rishbeth, 1946; Fields by Chippenham Park wall, EF Warburg, 1940.
'Chippenham' Gravel Pit, a few yards west of A.11 on small patch of turf undisturbed by excavators and motorbykes, (20 yards S of layby), 686.686, JCA Rathmell, 31.7.1993.
Newmarket On the bank of the great Ditch called Devils ditch. Ray,Index Loc.
Devil's Ditch, n.c., 9.7.1830, CGE; ...the Devils Ditch June 1845, SH Cat. YRK.
Devil's Dyke, n.c., 10.7.1903, CGE; Devils Ditch, A Malins Smith, 27.7.1905.
In the ploughed lands on the borders of ...Newmarket heath. Ray,1660,4(38).
Acinos ang. Newmarket On the heath. JM.ann.Index Loc.
C. Acinos multis J.B. Wild Basil. In montosis cretaceis. This I take to be that which grows on the borders of ... New-market-heath. Ray,1677,6; Acinos Ang. Newmarket Heath Th.M.ann.Meth.-Index Loc.13; Martyn,1763,Herbat.IX; N(ewmarket) H(eath) Fisher ann.Berkenhout,167; Newmarket Heath. Relhan,1785;1802;1820; L Jenyns, 4.9.1822, CGE; L.J., 28.7.1823, & 9.8.1823, BATHG; Thymus acinos abt. Newmarket ...Crowe ann.Hudson,1778.263; Newmarket Heath. Henslow ann. l:247; Thymus acinos Newmarket Heath, S Hailstone, 1845, YRK:943; HJW Cat.
Acinos Newmarket Heath, ...June 1845, SH Cat. YRK; Newmarket Heath. Bab.1860,178; West ann.
Between Newmarket and Wood Ditton. Bab.1860,178.
Track to Lower Farm, Snailwell, (& white form) EF Warburg, 1940.
N verge of A.45 W of Chippenham bridge, Snailwell, 658.680, large colony with white flowers, MD Crewe, 1993, [R].
Rsv 89/40, Snailwell, 641.670, G Crompton & JM Way, 23.7.1992, [R].
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Fordham, AF.ann.
Field by Isleham Plantation, [Chippenham], 662.711, PD Sell, 61/270, 22.6.1961, CGE; Old railway, Isleham, 654.736, abundant, R Payne, 1981.
