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OCTANDRIA. 



Epilobium tetragonum. Square-stalked Willow-herb. 

 Near Cowes, Newport, and Sandown, in abun- 

 dance. 

 Chlora perfoliata. Yellow Centaury. 



Banks near Cowes. Colwell. Carisbrooke Castle. 

 Shanklin, &c. in plenty. First noticed by 

 Pulteney. Ventnor Cove. W. D. Snooke. 

 Erica vulgaris. Common Heath 24 . 



Bleak Down. Wroxall Down. Common in many 



places. 

 Var. flor. albis, place not specified. Pulteney. 



cinerea. Fine-leaved Heath. 



Var. flor. albis, place not specified. Pulteney. 



Tetralix. Cross-leaved Heath. 



Var. flor. albis, place not specified. Pulteney. 

 Polygonum pallidum. Pale-flowered Persicaria. 



Freshwater and Colwell. 

 Myriophyllum spicatum. Feather Pond-weed. 



Near Colwell. Ditches about Sandown, in 

 plenty. 



24 Woollen cloth boiled in alum-water, and afterward in a 

 strong decoction of the tops of heath, comes out a fine orange- 

 colour. The stalks and tops will tan leather. In the island of Hay, 

 ale is frequently made by brewing one part malt and two parts of 

 the young tops of heath j sometimes hops are added. 



