PENTANDRIA. 



Myosotis palustris. Water Mouse-ear Scorpion-grass. 

 In moist ditches, not uncommon. 



arvensis. Field Mouse-ear Scorpion-grass. 



Dry pastures and gardens 5 rather more common 

 than the preceding. 

 Cynoglossum officinale. Great Hound's-tongue. 



Near the shore between St. Lawrence and Bon- 

 church, plentifully. W. D. Snooke. 1<X 

 Pulmoxaria angustifolia. Bugloss-cowslips. 



Copse by the Medina below Newport, in plenty. 

 Wood between Wootton Bridge and Ryde, in 

 great abundance. Mr. Griffith, D. Turner, &c. 



50, are derived from this one species, and depend on the variega- 

 tions of the leaves or thorns, and the colour of the berries. It 

 makes an impenetrable fence, and bears cropping : the beauty of 

 its verdure, or of its scarlet berries, never suffers from the severest 

 of our winters. The wood is used for veneering, and sometimes 

 stained black to imitate ebony : cogs for mill-wheels are also made 

 of it. 



The Holly is peculiarly valuable, as flourishing with great beau y 

 under the shade and drip of the more lofty deciduous tribes. 



Withering. 



» Both the root and leaves have been suspected to possess nar- 

 cotic properties, but some will not admit the fact. Its scent is 

 very disagreeable, and much resembles that of mice ; especially 

 after it has been gathered half an hour. If gathered when in full 

 vigour, bruised, and laid in any place frequented by rats and mice, 

 they will immediately forsake the premises. 

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