558 Excursion of the Botanical Society: 



Again, in Ray's 'Catalogus Plantarum Angliae,' 2nd edn., 

 published in 1677, he further adds : — 



" Locis incultis supra Windesoram invenit Clusius. Quin et pas- 

 sim occurrit non minus frequens quam vulgaris glabra, a qua, nostra 

 sententia, non differt specifie, cum ei prater hirsutiem per omnia simi- 

 lis sit : nam glabra quoque alibi elatior est, alibi humilior et nunc di- 

 lutiore nunc saturatiore, ac proinde notse illse Clusii nihil valent." 



Smith, in his ' English Flora,' vol. ii, p. 225, mentions the 

 Erica vulgaris hirsuta, Ray's Synopsis ; Erica ciliaris, Hud- 

 son, ed. 1, 144, not of Linnaeus. 



From these observations of the older botanists it appears 

 that the variety Calluna vulgaris hirsuta, or as they term it, 

 Erica vulgaris hirsuta, was known to them ; and from the 

 description given in the two works of Ray, corresponds ex- 

 actly to the variety in question. But although this variety 

 is mentioned as far back as the year 1677, yet it has not found 

 a place in any of the recently published Floras. In Macgil- 

 levray's edition of Withering's Botany, published in 1833, 

 there is no mention of it. Dr. Macreight, in his ' Manual of 

 British Botany,' published in 1837, does not notice it. Nor 

 does Dr. Lindley, in his c Synopsis of the British Flora.' Dr. 

 Hooker, however, in his ' British Flora,' 3rd ed., p. 181, men- 

 tions var. jS, Smith, as being hairy, and states that it is the 

 Erica ciliaris of Hudson, not of Linnaeus. This extreme 

 degree of hairiness is, I think, a sufficient character to war- 

 rant its introduction into the other British Floras, as the 

 Calluna vulgaris, var. @, hirsuta, (Gerard e). 



Proceeding by the carriage-road to Guildford, Littorella 

 lacustris was also observed on the right, in low marshy spots 

 by the wayside, near to the village of Stoke ; together with 

 Hottonia palustris, in a ditch by the road. Between Stoke 

 and Merrow, shortly after leaving the former place, on the left 

 is a barren piece of land, upon which was found Trigonella 

 ornithopodio'ides ; and on the right, a large marshy plot of 

 ground, covered to the extent of two acres or more with Lit- 

 torella lacustris, both in and out of the water. 



Taking the path to the left, which leads to a large park, 

 through which passes the river Wey, Cardamine hirsuta, 

 Ervum hirsutum, and Erv. tetraspermum were observed. — 

 In the meadows one specimen of Orchis Morio was found, 

 with delicate fawn-coloured flowers, a state in which I had 

 never before observed that plant. There were numerous spe- 

 cimens in the ordinary state, but only one with the fawn-co- 

 loured flowers. I cannot find this variety mentioned in any 



