Veronica montana. Mountain Speedwell. 



" Wood between Newport and Ryde ; and at 



Shanklin." D. Turner. 

 N.B. Several other species of Veronica are com- 

 mon in the island. 

 Utricularia vulgaris. Greater Bladdersnout, or Hooded 

 Water Milfoil. 

 Ditches in the marsh near Easton, plentifully. 

 Ligustrum vulgare. Privet. 



In hedges and thickets, abundantly 2 . 

 Orchis ustulata. Dwarf Orchis. 



" Freshwater, near the cliffs." D. Turner. 

 Opiirys spiralis. Ladies-traces. 



Near Carisbrooke Castle, Colwell, and Fresh- 

 water. Sir Nash Grose's grounds near Ryde. 

 — — — apifera. Bee Orchis. 



Carisbrooke, and Steephill. Pulteney. In the 



meadow at St. Boniface. W.D. Snooke. 

 Foot of the downs near Freshwater. Mrs. Rush- 

 worth. 

 Serapias latifolia. Bastard Hellebore. [Epipactis. Sm. 

 "Between Shanklin and Godshill." J. Woods jun. 



8 The berries are filled with a violet pulp, from which a rose- 

 coloured pigment may be prepared. It is planted to make hedges, 

 or commonly to thicken thorn hedges ; it grows fast, and may be 

 raised from cuttings. It bears the smoky atmosphere of large 

 towns. If the berries are gathered as soon as they are ripe, and 

 used with the addition of alum, they will dye wool and silk of a 

 good and durable green : the leaves are bitter, and slightly astrin- 

 gent. Oxen, goats, and sheep eat it ; horses refuse it. 



