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tory being that of the Chamomile, now reported 

 with voucher specimens from Brean Down by Mr. 

 H. S. Thompson. 



526* Symphytum tuberosum, Linn, 



Colonist. Well established in great abundance on an 

 embankment near Montpellier Station, and pointed 

 out to me by Mr, H. S. Thompson. 



Leonurus cardiaca, Linn.j in North Somei-set. Communi- 

 cated by Mr. D. Try. 



This very rare plant appears to hai^e grown formerly 

 at several localities in the neighbourhood of Bristol, 

 but had not been recently observed until 1881, 

 when it was discovered near Lympsham, by Mr. T. F. 

 Perkins (see " Flora," p. 141). It may be interest- 

 ing now to record that it was also found abundantly 

 last autumn (1888) in a lane near Burnham, where, 

 though most likely not native, it has the semblance 

 of a thoroughly established denizen, derived prob- 

 ably from ancient cultivation. It appears to be 

 known to the country-people by the name of " Wild 

 Stinging-nettle," a rather inappropriate designation, 

 as the plant, though somewhat prickly from the 

 bristles of the calyx-teeth and bracteoles, is en- 

 tirely devoid of any strictly urticating properties. 

 We were further informed that whilst donkeys eat 

 the common nettles with which the Leonurus is 

 growing, they carefully avoid the latter plant, riot 

 having yet learnt, it would seem, to appreciate the 

 " cardiac " virtues attributed to it by the old her- 

 balists. 



