Myosotis ramosissima Rochel (M. collina auct., non Ehrh. ex Hoffm.) including records for the following variant:
subsp. globularis (Samp.)Grau (var. mittenii R Baker, ined.)
First record: Babington, 1835
Myosotis collina First found by CCB. in 1835. Bab.1860,159.
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Gamlingay, n.c., 30.5.1830, CGE; CC Babington, 21.5.1850, CGE; Bab.1860,159.
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Lattersey Hill, FH Perring, 18.5.1966.
Whittlesey, 255.979, GMS Easy, 1980.
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York Way verge, Royston, 347.416, few, T James, 4.5.1996, [R].
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Comberton, allotments, 14.6.1981, [R].
Kingston, old railway line, 333.554, GMS Easy, 1977.
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Over, 367.703, sandy ridge near Mare Fen, GMS Easy, 1977; Over, 37V, DA Wells & P Phillips, 8.6.1993, [R].
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M. collina, Doddington Turf fen. A Fryer, 1879. List pasted into back of Bab.ann; Turf Fen, AF.cat.
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'Maynards' (building site), verge, sandy subsoil, Whittlesford, 4692.4822, A Arbon, 1991.
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Mill Road cemetery, 461.582, PH Oswald, 4.5.1999, [R].
Pit beyond Observatory, as M. collina flore albo., [var. mittenii Baber added in pencil], H Baber, 6.1837, CGE; Near the Observatory, WWN. Bab.ann.Relhan,79; Gravel Hill near the Observatory. Bab.1860,159.
Madingley. W.L.P.G., 6.1840, SWN; Madingley Road, Cambridge, corolla nearly white, etc., as M. mittenii Baber, (J.Bot.8:244 ), WH Mills, 5.1944, CGE; Madingley Road, Cambridge (edge of drive to Gravel Hill Farm), (evidently the same locality as 'Pit beyond Observatory' when collected by Babington 1835), var. mittenii Baber, WH Mills, 5.1948, CGE.
Barton. Bab.1860,159.
Dernford Fen, JSL Gilmour, 1930; EA George, 1940; Dernford Fen, 47-50-, as M. hispida, SM Walters, 28.5.1953, CGE.
Grantchester, on walls. Bab.1860,159.
Opposite Parsonage gate, Stapleford. W Walton. Bab.ann.159; Stapleford opposite Parsonage gate; WW. Bab.MS.Fl.2:506; On the London Road beyond Stapleford, HD.ann.
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Baitsbite 1837. Bab.MS.Fl. 503v; Noticed one at Baitsbite in 1837. Bab.MS.Fl. 503v.
Chesterton railway sidings, GMS Easy, 1999.
Huntingdon road beyond How's House. Bab.ann.Relhan,79; By the Huntingdon road beyond Howe's House; SW Wanton. Bab.1860,159.
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Extensive areas on clinker heaps, March railway sidings, 41-98-, GMS Easy, 24.9.1994, PVT.
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Great Abington, P Daunt, 1991, [R].
Little Abington sand pit, 538.501, B Jackson & J Hirsh, 22.8.1992, [R].
Furze-hills, Hildersham. Bab.1860,159; Hildersham Furze Hills, Cowell Hb., 3.5.1880, IPS; Furze Hills, 18.4.1949. DE Coombe, Card Index; Rabbit infested ground, Furze Hills, Hildersham, as M. collina, SM Walters, 26.4.1951, CGE; Abundant on 1st Furze Hill, 553.487, SM Walters, 2.7.1953; Sandy ground, First Furze Hill, Hildersham, 553.487, PD Sell 87/1411 & CD Preston, 16.6.1987, CGE; On the First Furze Hill (Sell 87/141) is a small plant with the flowers extending well down the stem, the corolla longer than the calyx 2.0 - 2.5 mm and the nutlets with an indisdinct rim. It seems to fit subsp. globularis (Samp.) Grau (var. mittenii Baber), but further consideration of this and the Breckland heath populations, which are similar, is necessary. PD Sell, c.1988; Furze Hills, C Turner, 15.5.1993, [R]; 'lots', JCA Rathmell in litt. 25.4.1994; C Turner, 23.6.1997, [R]; Hildersham Furze Hills, Middle, 555.486, A Arbon & D Buttle, 1992, [R]; NP Millar, 22.6.2001, [R]; Hildersham Furze Hills, West, 553.487, A Arbon & D Buttle, 1992, [R]; area protected by netting, 551.488, JCA Rathmell, 26.4.1997, [R]; especially on S facing slope on N side of pit, NP Millar, 22.6.2001, [R].
Hildersham Rsv 89/26, 551.488, JCA Rathmell, 22.4.1994, [R].
Linton, CC Babington, 29.5.1835, CGE; Myosotis collina Linton. Bab.ann.Relhan,79; Linton. Bab.1860,159; Old Railway line, Linton, 563.463, 545.474, 560.462-651.469, GMS Easy, 1977.
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Babraham, HD.ann.
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Quy Fen, FH Perring, 5.1956, CGE.
Old gravel pit by Round Course, Newmarket Heath, 589.612, as M.hispida, FH Perring & SM Walters, 19.6.1957, CGE.
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Burrough Green. Bab.1860,159.
Six-mile-Bottom. Bab.1860,159.
Shuckburgh Castle, Newmarket Heath. Bab.1860,159.
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M. collina var. Mittenii from Chippenham...Mr Moss.1912. Evans,1913,230; Chippenham Gravel Pit, 1909, CEM.ann; East boundary wall, Chippenham Park, AC Leslie, 5.1980; Chippenham, 675.690, GMS Easy, 1982; Chippenham Heath, 675.688, 674.689, GMS Easy, 1970.
? In Cambs. Beyond Newmarket. A Malins Smith, 30.5.1907.
Kennett pit, 690.685, GMS Easy, 1970; Kennett pits, 66Z, DA Wells & S Emmerich, 5.6.1996, [R].
Kennet Heath, 66E, JCA Rathmell, 21.5.1997, [R].
Newmarket corn silo, 548.631, GMS Easy, 1971.
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Fordham, H Gilbert Carter & TG Tutin, 1932.
'Isleham Gravel Pit', 657.712, FH Perring & SM Walters, 10.5.1955.
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Kennett gravel pit, 705.680, GMS Easy, 1977; 709.683, GMS Easy, 1991; Field near Kentford Heath, 707.684, as M. hispida, PD Sell 54/21, 3.6.1954, CGE; Disused sand quarry, Kennett Heath, 706.685, PD Sell 60/22, 22.4.1960, CGE; Kentford Heath, 706.685-706.686, GMS Easy, 1984; G Crompton & GMS Easy, 19.4.1988.
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Emneth, Vc 29, G & K Beckett, F Schumann & J Gaffney, 16.7.1994.
