636 Car duns crispUS near Reigate. 



In some natural wood above the Retreat, plentiful." From the 

 detailed description we quote as follows : — The branches of 

 the subterraneous stem are " covered with fleshy imbricated 

 leaves, which in shape resemble a horse's hoof in miniature. . . . 

 Calyx downy. . . . Upper lip of the corolla entire or merely 

 emarginate. . . . Style protruding. . . . Gland [or nectary] se- 

 milunar, with an obtuse tooth. . . ." Dr. Johnston has, at the 

 end of the detailed description, thus remarked : — " I have been 

 particular in the description of this singular plant, for there 

 are some particulars in which it differs from the plant of the 

 English Flora. 1 . The upper lip is not cloven : it is said in 

 Smith's description to be ' deeply cloven.' 2. The leaves are 

 not ovate, as Smith says they are. 3. The segments of the 

 calyx are not smooth, for the whole calyx is covered with 

 down. 4. The style projects considerably beyond the under 

 lip ; while in Eng. Fl, it is ' scarcely the length of the corolla.' 

 5. The nectary is not notched, for the centre rather projects." 



Cdrduus crispus L. grows on the Brighton side of the steep 

 Chalk Hill on the North of Reigate, Surrey. — I gathered, while 

 walking up this hill on July 8., a few specimens of a carduus 

 which appeared to me different from any I had before seen in this 

 country. Not finding it described in Hooker's British Flora, 

 I requested information regarding it from Dr. Lindley, who 

 informs me that it is the Carduus crispus of Linnaeus, in the 

 state in which it occurs in dry places, and that it agrees 

 entirely with authentic specimens which he possesses from 

 Scania. Dr. Lindley adds, that " it is said by Reichenbach, 

 to be the acanthbides of Schkuhr, and some others." The 

 plant has something of the character of C. nutans, but is much 

 smaller and more elegant in its appearance. • — W. C. Trevelyan. 

 London, August 7. 1835. 



\Onbnis procurrens Wallroth var. ripens Dec, in his Prod., 

 2. 162, 163.; synonyme, O. arvensis y Smith, in his English 

 Flora, iii. 267. 



Ononis spinbsa Wallroth, Dec. Prod., 2. 163. ; synonyme, 

 O. arvensis /3 Smith, in his English Flora, iii. 267.] 



Lady Arden, York House, near Epsom, Surrey, sent us, 

 on Aug. 1., at the instance of W. C. Trevelyan, Esq., flower- 

 ing specimens of the above two kinds of Ononis, and an ex- 

 pression of her opinion that the plants differ too widely to 

 be of the same species ; and of the facts that they grow in 

 quite different places, seldom, if ever, near together ; and that 

 they do not come into blossom exactly at the same time. Mr. 

 Trevelyan has informed us that Lady Arden has, for some 

 years, observed that they retain their character both in a wild 

 and cultivated state. 



