390 Plants with Corollas of anomalous Colour. 



with the plants on which it feeds ; but, without very strong 

 proof it would be imprudent to do so. Most of these volcanic 

 islands which have been raised from the bosom of old ocean, 

 must owe their plants and animals to accidental arrivals, if 

 any thing can be referred to mere accident, which is under 

 the controul of that omnipresent Guardian without whose 

 knowledge the meanest seed could never vegetate. 

 It will perhaps be proper to record, 



1. All plants found in unfrequented places, especially if 

 having winged seeds. 



2. Insects likely to be borne to us by the all-overpowering 

 currents of the higher atmosphere, from the shores of far off 

 continents exposed to storms. 



3. Plants from seed-vessels which may have floated on the 

 currents of the ocean ; as well as 



4. The numberless tribes of epiphytes, timber and bark 

 devouring insects, which we know to be sometimes washed, 

 together with aged trees, from the banks of rapid rivers, and 

 which, after a tedious voyage, haply find a resting-place on 

 some distant shore, where their kinds are totally unknown. 

 I can at this day trace the increase of animals and plants 

 which I do not believe existed on any of our shores a few 

 years before I write. — [Lansdown Guilding, St. Vincent, May 

 1. 1830.] 



[An essay " On the dispersion and distribution of plants. 

 By J. E. L." is in V. 522—532.] 



Mdlva sylvestris, with Corolla white, I found, in July, 1834, 

 by the road side at East Milton, near Gravesend, Kent. 



Origanum vulgdre, with Corolla white, I found, in July, 1834, 

 at Lydden, near Dover, Kent. — G. E. Dennes. Frith Street, 

 Soho, London, March 16. 1835. 



A'juga reptans, with Corolla pink-coloured, I found at High- 

 gate, Middlesex, about a fortnight ago. I cannot find such a 

 variety mentioned in any botanical book. — Id. June 5. 1835. 



Centaurea Scabibsa, three Varieties of. — This species is 

 quite plentiful in the vicinity of Dundee, and three beautiful 

 varieties of it are found on Will's Braes : one with white 

 [heads of ] flowers ; a second with rose-coloured [heads of ] 

 flowers; and a third with the radial florets [radial flowers of 

 the head] rose-coloured, and those in the disk [of the head] 

 purple. — William Gardiner, junior. Dundee, Oct. 4. 1834. 



[In I. 392, 393.; II. 70. 268, 269.; III. 161. 190.; IV. 

 71, 72. ; are notices of species of plants wild in Britain, of 

 which varieties, each with a corolla different in colour from 

 the colour of the corolla of the species, have been found wild, 

 with a statement of the colour of the corolla of each variety, 



