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■ Arenaria peploides, Erodium maritimum, Lotus angustissimus, Tamarix gallica, 

 Rosa rubiginosa, are all found near Stokes Bay. 



Ulex nanus. Brown Down. 



Prunus spinosa. Grange farm ; and generally distributed. Dr. Bromfield 

 observes that, in Hampshire, Prunus spinosa -is linked to P. insititia and 

 P. domestica, by such imperceptible and evanescent degrees of affinity, as to 

 defy any specific formula that can be framed to distinguish them. 



liosa spinosissima. Brown Down. 



Pyrus malus. Grajige. 



Daucus maritimus. Sandy places near the coast. This is the ^avxos of 

 Dioscorides, and is the origin of our carrot. 



Eryngium maritimum. Sea-coast. 



Aster Tripolium. Salt marshes along the road leading from Alverstoke 

 church to Gosport. 



Guscuta Europcea. Brown Down. 



Ligustrum vulgare. Privet farm ; and pretty generally distributed. 



Vinca major. Kowner copse ; and hedges near Haslar. 



minor. Ditto ditto. 



Datura Stramonium. Waste ground. Grange. I have not yet seen the 

 variety with purple stems and flowers, found by Dr. Bromfield, at Southsea, 

 Portsmouth. 



Hyoscyamus niger. Waste ground. Grange farm ; and near Haslar barracks. 



Digitalis purpurea. Grange. I have not observed the white variety in this 

 county, but I have gathered beautiful specimens of it near Aberdeen and 

 Banff", N. B. Nor have I seen the curious variety with a spurred corolla, 

 found by Dr. Bromfield in the Isle of Wight. 



Verbena officinalis. Privet farm. This plant, though pretty common in 

 England, is rare in Ireland, and only occurs in one or two places in Scot- 

 land. 



Salieornia herbacea. In mud, along the sea shore. 



Reseda lutea. Plantations near the sea. 



fruticulosa, is said by Hooker to occur near Gosport; but we have 



not yet gatliei'ed it. 



Myrica Gale. On Grange farm, near the sea. This plant has an agreeable 

 odour. Virgil calls it myrica humilis. In some parts of Scotland, beds are 

 made of the twigs, and " in Islay and Jura the inhabitants scent their clothes 

 with the foliage." 



Iris Pseudacorus. Grange. 



Iris fcetidissima. Said by Hooker to occur in Hampshire. 



Neottia spiralis. Grass plots, Haslar hospital. This is the Spiranthus 

 autumnalis of Richard, and is found in dry, hilly pastures, in various parts of 

 England, in a chalky or gravelly soil. 



Oymnadenia conopsea. Moist places; Grange fann. 



