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from Sir Robert Dillington's house to the New Clnirch, in the Isle of 

 Wight, Merrett, p. 41. Fungus pyriformis, in old pastures not far 

 from Yarmouth, on the north of the Isle of Wight, Merrett, p. 41. — 

 EoBERT Tucker. 



Gentiana CAMPESTBis, L., IN IsLE OF WiGHT. — Mr. Watson 

 (' Compendium of the Cybele Britannica,' part 2) retains this as 

 occurring in the Isle of Wight. The record of a supposed habitat, 

 "heathy pasture, between Colwell and Weston, plentifully, W. D. 

 Snooke," and Dr. Eromfield's remarks, will be found in the ' Flora 

 Vectensis,' p. 311. The Doctor never succeeded in finding the plant 

 himself, and thought that some mistake had been made, and that the 

 plant was confounded with his G. amarella, var. )8. Mr. Snooke may, 

 however, have been correct ; for Mr. Watson found the plant in the 

 vicinity of Colwell Heath, where a few specimens were subsequently 

 gathered by Mr. A. G. More. (Mr. H. C. Watson in letters to ray- 

 self.) Mr. F. Stratton and myself have since, separately and together, 

 often searched for the plant in the vicinity, and have come to the con- 

 clusion that, owing to alterations which have been made near the spot, 

 the plant has (perhaps temporarily) vanished. My present object is 

 to draw the attention of any botanist who may be in the neighbour- 

 hood of Freshwater Bay to a locality for the plant which I discovered 

 on May 25, 1864. The spot whence I obtained two or three speci- 

 mens (now in Mr. Stratton's herbarium) was near the old military 

 road across A.ft,on Down, about a mile from Freshwater Gate. I have 

 never met with any specimen at -the usual flowering time, wlien the 

 opposite (or Beacon) down abounds in both forms of ,G. amarella. 

 My station may have been destroyed in the making of^ the new road 

 which passes close by, but, before giving it up, it would be well to 

 explore the spot about the time of year above given. — Robert 

 Tucker. 



PoTENTiLLA RUPESTRis. — It may be interesting to the readers of the 

 Journal to know that this plant still exists in the well-known locality, 

 Craig Breidden, Montgomeryshire. I observed it there last summer 

 on the side of the hill leading from the valley betwixt the Breidden 

 and Mol-y-golfa. I also collected on the same hill Veronica hyhrida, 

 Sc.dum Forsterlaimm, Hypericum Androsamum, with several other 

 scarce plants. The hill is best approached from Welshpool, and the 

 visitor must be careful, when inquiring the route, to pronounce the 

 word "Bri-then," or he will not be understood. — Jas. F. Kobinson. 



