5 16 Short Communications : — 



occupied in my professional duties, to afford me much oppor- 

 tunity of prosecuting, as I wish, the study of natural history. 



1 have, however, paid some attention to botany, and send you 

 a list of the plants I have more rarely met with. 



Those found within six miles of Wimborne are the fol- 

 lowing : — 



Campanula ^ederacea JTyoscyamus niger O'xalis Acetosella 



Chrysosplenium oppo- Hypericum ^ndrosae'- Pinguicula lusitanica 



sitifolium , mum Ranunculus auricomus 



Daphne Laureola .Leucdjum aestivum Lingua 



Galanthus nivalis .Lysimachia vulgaris Scutellaria galericulata 



Galeobdolon luteum ilfenyanthes trifoliata minor 



Genista anglica -ZVymphae'a alba Finca major, perfectly 



Gentiawa Amarella O'rchis bifdlia wild ? 



JE/elleborus viridis Orobanche elatior 



The two species found in hazel woods in Melcombe Park, 

 whilst on a visit in the neighbourhood, are : — 

 Lathrae s a Squamaria and Paris quadrifolia. 



The rarer of those which I have collected in the Isle of 

 Purbeck, are : — 



Campanula Trachelium Sanguisorba officinalis 



Gentidna Pneumonanthe Faccinium Myrtillus. 



From Smith's remarks on the habitats of Sanguisorba of- 

 ficinalis, in his English Flora, vol. i. p. 218., it seems that this 

 plant is seldom met with so far south. I am, Sir, yours, &c. 

 — John R. Rowe. Wimborne, Dorset, Sept. 5. 1831. 



In addition to the remarks on plants, which I have previ- 

 ously sent you, I would now communicate the following: — 



On Leigh Common, about a mile hence, I have found the 

 Fiola palustris ; and in a moist wood, about a mile to the 

 north of Corfe Castle, in Purbeck, the Sanguisorba officinalis ; 

 in the botanical works I have seen, these plants are said to be 

 confined chiefly to the northern counties, and no such southern 

 habitats given. I have found, in this neighbourhood, 



White Varieties of the following Plants : — ikfalva sylvestris, 

 Scilla nutans, i£rica Tetralix, Er\ca cinerea, A'juga reptans, 

 Geranium Robertidnum, Pedicularis sylvatica, Cichorium 

 /'ntybus, Scabiosa arvensis, Erythrse'a Centaurium. 



Prunella vulgaris, of a pale Rose Colour, prevails much in 

 our chalky district*. 



Qotyledon Umbilicus is very common on many hedge banks 

 in this neighbourhood. I have seen, this season, some par- 

 ticularly luxuriant specimens in a hedge bank with a southern 

 aspect; a great proportion of the plants were from lj ft. to 



2 ft. high. The habitats given in our floras would not lead 

 me to expect to meet with it in those situations in which with 



