Hippocrepis comosa L.
First record: Ray, 1660
[Polygalon Cortusi] Pro hoc substitue, Ferrum equinum Germanicum filiquis in summitate C.B. cujus synonyma quaere in Addendis. Ray,1663,12.
Deserted railway, PGM Rhodes, 1905 in CBSC.
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Ashwell Station, WM Palmer Diary, 9.6.1888.
Odsey 100 acres. Barnard,1859; Fordham,1859; Odsey; H Fordham. Bab.1860,66.
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Royston. Bab.1860,66; A few very large plants on scree slope, below the sheer face on the NE side of Royston bypass, 3715.4115, AC Leslie, 1.7.2001.
34Y [?Shepreth L-Moor], D Boyes, 1980.
Shepreth L Moor Nature Reserve 38-47-, J Holden, 25.5.1998, [CWT].
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Cleared track within pit & opened up steep chalk bank with Helic pra, Hippocrepis etc bush clearing party. Barrington Chalk Pit. SM Walters field notebook. 18.3.1961.
Pit clearing (& mowing Roadside verge marking) Stapleford & Barrington, Hippocrepis loc. freq. fl. Barrington... SM Walters field notebook. 29.4.1961.
Barrington Cement Pit, 39-51-, NP Millar, 13.6.2002, [R].
Harlton; Newbould. Bab.1860,66; West.ann.
Kneesworth. Bab.1860,66.
Litlington. Bab.1860,66.
Chalk pit by Cracknow Hill, Orwell, RH Richens, 1940.
Chalk pit, Fox Hill, Orwell, DWPG, 1940.
Wimpole; Newbould. Bab.1860,66.
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Coploe Hill Pit 49-42-, S Brown, 5.1992, [CWT]; N Hodgetts, 7.6.1983, [CWT]; 493-426, D Wells, U3A Group, 17.8.1998, [CWT].
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Polygalon Cortusi Yellow Milk-wort with knotted cods. In the chalk-pit close at Cherry-hinton and in many places on Gogmagog hills ...and generally on chalkie & barren grounds. Ray, 1660,121(96); Ferrum equinum.Germnaicum siliquis in summitate C.B. Bush-headed Hors-shoe-vetch. On Gogmagog hills, ... Ray,1663,5; Ray,1685,6; Ferrum equinum comosum. P.1092.4. Bushy-headed Horsshooe, vetch. On Gogmagog hill, ... CC.app. Merrett,1667,38; Ferrum equinum. Germnaicum siliquis in summitate C.B. Tufted Horse-shooe-vetch. On the Chalky grounds about Gogmagog-hills, and in the like places. Ray,1670,110; Ferrum equinum Germanicum siliquis in summitate Tufted Horse-shooe Vetch. Tufted Horse-shooe Vetch. On the chalky grounds about Gogmagog Hills, and elsewhere in Cambridgeshire; Ray,1690,132; Ray,1696,192; Ray,1724,325; Gogmagog Hills JM.ann.Index Loc; Ferrum equinum.Germnaicum siliquis in summitate C.B. Bush-headed Hors-shoe-vetch. On Gogmagog hills, ...Cat.Cant.App. Martyn,1727,87; Ferrum equinum,...Tufted Horse-shoe Vetch. In the chalky grounds about Cambridge plentifully. Martyn,1732,1:255; Gogmagog hills Th.M.ann.Meth.-Index Loc.8; Gogmagog hills. Martyn,1763,Herbat.VII; Hippocrepis comosa Gogmagog hills Crowe ann.Hudson,1778.321; Go(gmagog) H(ills) Fisher ann.Berkenhout,207; Plentiful on dry chalky banks and hills in Kent, Cambridgshire...Smith,Eng.Bot. (1790)1:31; H. comosa Tufted Horse-shoe Vetch. Gogmagog Hills. Relhan,1785;1802;1820; Gathered on Gog Magog Hills, Rev. GR Leathes, 6.1804, IPS; Gog-magogs, JS Henslow, 5.1834, CGE; Gog Magog Hills, Prof. Henslow, 1834, SWN; Gogmagog Hills. Henslow ann. 2:296; Gogmagogs. Coleman(b); Gogmagog Hills. Bab.ann.Relhan,296; Bab.1860,66; Gogs, HD.ann; West ann; Gogs, n.c., 1935, CGE; Chalk grassland by Golf Club, Gog Magog Hills, 496.543, Sell 61/160, 6.6.1961, CGE.
Little Trees Hill, Stapleford, EA George, 1938; Lt. Trees Hill, Stapleford, EA George, 1.6.1940, CGE; Chalk bank facing SE on edge of shelter belt, Little Trees Hill, Magog Trust, 488.528, G Crompton & B Jackson, 4.6.1987; Magog Trust, Stapleford, 45W, PH Oswald, SM Walters, 12.6.1995, [R].
Introduction: Magog Down, plants introduced c. 1994/5 by E Winterflood; flowering in sown area, B Smith, SM Walters et al., 23.6.2003.
...and on the drier Part of Hinton moor ... &c. Ray,1663,5; Ray,1685,6.
(Hinton) On the moor and in the water there Ray,Index Loc. Polygalon Cortusi deleted, JM.ann; Hinton In the Lanes and Closes JM.ann.Index Loc.
Hinton or Cherry Hinton, In the lanes and Closes. JM.ann.Ray,Index Loc.
.. and on the drier Part of Hinton moor ...Cat.Cant.App. Martyn,1727,87.
Ferrum equinum Hinton Lanes and Closes Th.M.ann.Meth.-Index Loc.10.
Cherry-Hinton. In the lanes and closes. Martyn,1763,Herbat.VIII; Cherry Hinton Fisher ann.Berkenhout,207; Hinton, JS Henslow, 22.5.1821, 26.6.1826, CGE.
About Cherry Hinton. 1834,Coleman(a),31; Hinton. Coleman(b); Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, CC Babington, 10.6.1846, CGE; Cherry Hinton, Rev. W. Bree, SWN; Hinton. Bab.1860,66; Corry, 14.7.1882, BEL; Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, A Hosking, 1895, CGE; Hinton, HD.ann.
Polygalon Cortusi Yellow Milk-wort with knotted cods. In the chalk-pit close at Cherry-hinton ...and generally on chalkie & barren grounds. Ray, 1660,121(96).
Ferrum equinum comosum. P.1092.4. Bushy-headed Horsshooe, vetch. ... and in a Chalk-pit Close at Cherry Hinton. CC.app. Merrett,1667,38; Cherry Hinton Chalk Pit Close. Ray,Index Loc.JM.ann. & JM.ann.Ray,Index Loc; Cherry Hinton Chalk Pit Close JM.ann.Index Loc; In the Chalk pit Close... JM.ann.Meth.
Ferrum equinum Chalk pit Close July 1759. Th.M.ann.Meth.87; Ferrum equin. Chalk pit close Th.M.ann.Meth.-Index Loc.(f.)6; C(halk) P(it Close) Fisher ann.Berkenhout,207; Ferrum Equinum Germ. in ye Chalkpit close at Cherry Hinton Jackson ann.87' Cherry-Hinton. In the close called by Mr Ray the Chalk-pit Close. Martyn,1763,Herbat.VII; Chalk-pit Close... Smith,Eng.Bot. (1790)1:31; Hippocrepis comosa Tufted Horse-shoe Vetch. Chalk-pit Close. Relhan,1785;1802;1820; Chalk-pit Close. ... Henslow ann. 2:296; Chalk-pit Close. Bab.ann.Relhan,296.
Cherry Hinton, c. 1834, J Clarke, SWN; Cherry Hinton Chalkpits, n.c., 8.7.1903, CGE; In the chalk-pit E of the rd. to Caius Coll. Fm. at Cherry Hinton, 27.10.1945. DE Coombe, Card Index.
In an old chalk pit at Haslingfield. Bab.1860,66; Haslingfield chalk pit, West ann.
Haslingfield, FR Tennant, 7.1907 (?1901), CGE; Disused Chalk pit on hill nr Hasingfield, 19.6.1913, Gregor,ann; In an old chalk-pit at Haslingfield, 30.6.1913, Gregor,ann; Haslingfield chalk pit, JL Crosby, 1939; DWPG, 1940; Haslingfield old clunch pit, 408.517, PH Oswald, 23.5.1987.
Shelford Common, W.L.P.G., 1.6.1824, SWN.
Cambridge to Cherry Hinton and thence to Shelford Common. 14.5.1830. Henslow Exc.
Stapleford chalk pit, EA George, 1938.
Woolstreet. Bab.1860,66; Wool Street, HD.ann; Roman Road, Gogs, RH Lock, 23.5.1901, CGE; Roman Road, A Malin Smith, 3.6.1905; Roman Rd. n.d., Mills ann.
Via Devana, by golf course, DH Valentine, 1939.
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Bartlow Hills, G[ibson]. Gibson,1862.
Hildersham, Hb. JA Power, 16.6.1837, RTE; Bab.1860,66; HD.ann; Hildersham Furze Hills, West ann; PGM Rhodes in CBSC, 1905; Furze Hills East, 555.484, A Arbon & D Buttle, 26.7. 1992, [R].
Linton. Relhan,1785;1802;1820; Linton; Relhan. Bab.1860,66.
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Allington Hill. Bab.1860,66.
Balsham Heath. Smart,1856; Balsham, HD.ann.
Walked with Rothery and Churchill Babington to Fulbourn and the Little Devil's Ditch, finding the chalk plants in perfection, such as Hippocrepis comosa,...5.6.1840. Bab.Mem.88; Newbould, Townsend, Lukis, Statter, and I went to Fulbourn and the Fleam Dyke, ...Hippocrepis just in flower;...13.5.1848. Bab.Mem.143; Fleam Dyke. Bab.1860,66; Cowell Hb., 9.6.1879, IPS; Plentiful on Fleam Dyke, 9.6.1879, Bent.ann; RI Lynch, 20.6.1882, CUBG 71/82; HD.ann; West ann; Fleam Dyke, Fulbourn, A Shrubbs, 7.1883, CGE; A Hosking, 5.9.1903, CUBG 209/03; 31.5.1913, Mills ann; TG Tutin, c.1932; CJ Shepherd & BW Sparrow, 1938.
[Astragalus danicus] On both sides of the Fleam Dyke...with Bromus erectus, Hippocrepis & other calcicoles, 25.5.1952, DE Coombe card index; Fleam Dyke, GMS Easy, 1969, PVT; Fleam Dyke, Great Wilbraham, 55M, C Turner, CFG exc. 20.5.1995, [R].
Fulbourn, PGM Rhodes in CBSC, 1905; Roman Road, Fulbourn, D Wells, P Stebbings & S Hearle, 15.5.1996, [R]; Rare on Roman Rd between A.11 & Copley Hill, S Hearle, P Stebbings & G Crompton et al., 6.6.2001.
Six-mile-Bottom. Balsham; RB Smart. Bab.1860,66; HD.ann; West ann.
[Astragalus danicus]...W. Wratting Road (near but not with Poten verna) with Bromus erectus, Hippocrepis & other calcicoles, 25.5.1952, DE Coombe card index; West Wratting Valley Farm Road, 55-54-, Seccombe & Douglas c. 1976; Rsv north side, one small patch, NP Millar,18.5.1997.
Great Wilbraham Common, 53-57-, cattle grazed, PJO Trist & D Wells.28.6.1991, [R]; Rsv 89/46, Great Wilbraham, 55-54-, NP Millar, 18.5.1997, [R].
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Green Lane between Beacon Course and A.14, 59-62-, S Emmerich, 19.9.1996, [R]; S Hearle, NP Millar & P Stebbings, 20.5.2002, [R].
Burwell, MJ O'Leary, 1992, [R]; Setaside fields on John Clarke's farm, Burwell, [adjacent to Devil's Ditch and ploughed up c. 1998], MJ O'Leary,1996, [R].
Burwell railway cutting, 580.654, D Sazer, 2000, [R].
Devil's Ditch, Burwell 589.641, TCE Wells, 9.7.1971, [R]; Devil's Ditch, Swaffham Prior, 56W, E Norman, M Stokes, 15.5.1993, [R]; 589.639, D Sazer, 2000, [R].
Abundant, flowering on old railway cutting and on heavily cleared bank of Devil's Ditch, facing SE just west of old railway near Berberis (which has been left), JW Clarke & G Crompton, 8.6.1976; Old railway cutting, numerous, 574.651-577.654, GMS Easy, 1976, 1996; Railway cutting, Swaffham Prior, 575.652, P Stebbings, 29.5.1993, [R]; 573.651, D Sazer, 2000, [R]; Old railway, Swaffham Prior 574.651, MJ O'Leary, 1993, [R].
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Chippenham. Relhan,1785;1802;1820; Chippenham; Relhan. Bab.1860,66.
Two plants in chalk grassland on Chippenham Fen, 652.694, SM Walters, 20.6.1968; not found, G Crompton & SM Walters, 1979.
... as upon the banks of Devills-ditch abundantly, and generally on chalkie & barren grounds...Ray,1663,5; Ray,1685,6; Devil's Ditch JM.ann.Index loc; Devil's Ditch Th.M.ann.Meth.-Index Loc.13; Newmarket. In and about the Devil's ditch. Martyn,1763,Herbat.IX; D(evils) D(itch) Fisher ann.Berkenhout,207; Devil's Ditch, L.J., 9.6.1825, BATHG; Hb. CM Lemann, 5.1833, CGE; Hb. JA Power, 22.5.1835, RTE; Hb. JA Power, 5.6.1835, RTE; Devil's Ditch. [Dist. 1 & 5] Bab.1860,66.
Devil's Dyke, Cowell Hb., 1.6.1872, 31.5.1882, IPS; Devil's Ditch, HD.ann; Devil's Dyke, AGT List; West ann; TG Tutin, c.1932; Near Devil's Ditch, 618.615, PD Sell 54/37, 3.6.1954, CGE; Old photograph of William Palmer and students taken c. 1961 on Hippocrepis site near A.11, Devil's Ditch, now dominated by Brachypodium pinnatum; Devil's Ditch 623.612, TCE Wells, 5.1966, [R]; With Geranium sanguineum east of railway, Devil's Ditch, Cttee Walk, 6.1972.
a few remnants of Hippocrepis left amongst the B. pinnatum, Cttee Walk, 23.7.1976; Between A.11 and Newmarket railway, Devil's Ditch, AC Leslie, 1981; Abundant from A.11 to A.45, Devil's Ditch, G Crompton, CP, 27.5.1992.
Devil's Ditch, Burwell and Swaffham Prior, 60-62-, D Wells & B Smith, 25.6.1993, [R]; Devil's Ditch, 630.605, JCA Rathmell, 14.6.1994; 66F, PH Oswald, DE Coombe, 8.8.1994, [R]; Devil's Ditch, 602.628, D Sazer, 2000, [R]; Devil's Ditch, 621.612, D Sazer, 2000.
Polygalon Cortusi Yellow Milk-wort with knotted cods....and in many places on and in many places... & Newmarket heath, ...and generally on chalkie & barren grounds. Ray, 1660,121(96); ...and on Newmarket heath, &c. Ray,1663,5; Ray,1685,6; Ferrum equinum comosum. P.1092.4. Bushy-headed Horsshooe, vetch. ...and New-market heath, ... CC.app. Merrett,1667,38; Newmarket On the heath JM.ann.Index Loc; ... and on Newmarket heath, &c. Cat.Cant.App. Martyn,1727,87; Newmarket. On the Heath . Martyn,1763,Herbat.IX; Th.M.ann.Meth.-Index Loc.13; Relhan,1785;1802;1820; N(ewmarket) H(eath) Fisher ann.Berkenhout,207; Astragalus hypoglottis, and Hippocrepis comosa were scattered over the Heath in considerable plenty, and in full flower. Jenyns,JNH,7.6.1824; Newmarket Heath J.D., 2.6.1832, NTM; Newmarket Heath. Bab.ann.Relhan,296.
