BOTANICAL GAZETTE, 57 



Alyssum tncanum, L. appeared this year for the first, in a limited quantity only. 



Reseda Luteoln, Linn. Quite abundant this season, and frequent in former years. 



Cleome piinr/eiiK, Willd. , Quite abundant two years ago on river dredgings, but rath- 

 er scarce this season. 



G yandropsin penUtphylln, DC. Two plants this year, collccte:! for the first time. 



Silene tnflata, Sm., and S. Jioctiflora, Linn., are very common this j^ear. 



Lyclinh vespertina, Sibth., and the nearly allied Z. diurnfi, Sibth. The sterile and 

 fartile plants of both species collected on several occasions. 



Tribulus terrestrla, L. Very abundant this year, some of the plants covering a spac® 

 three feet in diameter. 



Geranium molle, L. A few plants only this year. Some other species of this genus 

 were collected also. 



Erodium cicutarium, L'Her. Abundant, specimens very large. 



Medicago fulcata, L. Several plants growing, but not so abundant as M. sativa, 

 Willd., while M. lupulina, L. is very common in all the waste grounds. 



Meliloim p)itroiflora, Desf. Quite abundant, as is also M. alba, Lam., and M. offici- 

 nalis, Willd. 



Lotus corniculatus, L. Collected last year for the first, one plant only. This year it 

 is quite frequent. I found this species very abuncUmttwo years ago on the islands of 

 the west coast of Scotland. 



Trifoliiiin ?u/bridtun, L., maintains itself j'ear after year, and seems to be increasing 

 in abundance. 



L'lthynis Aplutra, L. Two plants this year, found for the first time. 



V'igiKi glabra, Savi. Quite abundant. Did not perfect its fruit for a year or two, 

 but does so now to full satisfaction. 



Poterdilla repiitns, L. Fairly covers the ground in some places, but it does not in- 

 cline to flower much. P. Amerina, L., is very abundant, appearing year after year. 



Scri/idix Pecten, L. One plant collected this j'car. It has occurred before, but never 

 many specimens. 



Rirhardsoaia scabra, St. ITil. Several plants this year, crowing verj' luxuriantly. 



Ti/Kxilago Farfara, L., has been more abundant this year than usual. 



AiticrflexuoHiis. Nntt., SoUdago semperoirens. L., and Phichea eamphorata, DC, all sea 

 coast plants, occuir quite frequently. The SoUdago this year is very robust, some of the 

 plants being fully four feet high. 



AranfJiospermumxanthioides, DC. Two plant.s only ; collected this year for the first 

 time. 



Artemisia Absinthium , L. Several fine plants this year. 



j^frwrno tTrtm^/dYi!, L., has been growing for several years, but has never flowered till 

 tiie present season. Some of the specimens come very near <S'. (*rucifolius, L., to which it 

 is closely allied. 



Carduus pycnocephalus, Jacq. A few plants only, in two localities. 



Centaurea solstitialis, L. Very scarce. Collected this year for the first time. 



Ilehninthia echioides, Gaertn. Quite common this season. Its peculiar appearance 

 makes it very conspicuous. 



P/cris hierari(ndes,L. One plant only, and that one became destroyed before the 

 fruit fully ripened. 



Anagallis rwrnlca, Sm. Quite common; scarcely less .so than A. arvensis, L. 



Plantago Coronopus, L. A few plants only. 



Linaria spuria, Willd. Very abundant in two localities, also L. Elafine, Desf. The 

 latter, in one locality, covered a space of fully six feet square with its running stems, in 

 a dense mass six inches thick. I had promised myself a full suite of specimens, but on 

 a second visit to the locality, found a ditch had been rut tlirough, entirely destroying 

 every vestige of the plant. 



L'narta minor, Desf Quite al)undaBt. 



