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from all our other species by the obtusely rounded apex of leaves. In 

 the lax areolation of its leaves it comes near to P. crinita. It vf\\\ be 

 figured in the series now in progress for this Journal. — R. Bbaithwaite. 

 Flora of the Isle of Wight. — As I am not aware that the 

 following plants have been recorded as occun'ing in the Isle of Wight, 

 it may be proper to give the localities in which I have noticed them, 

 namely, Camelina foetida, Fries, growing with Liniim usitatissimiim, 

 in a field of Vetches and Oats at Pan, near Newport, July, 1870. 

 My specimens from Pan are almost destitute of leaves, but the pods 

 are well developed, and agree exactly with the descriptions of C.fcetida, 

 Fries, and also with specimens of that plant in Billot's ' Flora Gallise 

 et Germanise Exsiccata.' I may point out that the descriptions and 

 plates of the two plants in Syme's ' English Botany ' do not quite 

 agree. C. eu-sativa is said to have a well-marked dorsal nerve, whilst 

 in the figure the pods have no dorsal nerve at all. On the other hand, 

 C. fcetlda is said to have a very indistinct dorsal nerve, whilst the 

 dorsal nerve is most distinctly marked in the figure. (Enothera odo- 

 rata, Jacq., on the sandhills of the Spit at St. Helen's, Isle of Wight, 

 July 14, 1870; numerous plants. The only localities hitherto re- 

 corded for this plant in Britain seem to be Burnham and Weston, in 

 Somersetshire ; Lavia, Plymouth, Devon ; St. Helier's, Jersey ; and St. 

 Aubin's Bay (Syme, ' English Botany,' vol. iv.), and the site of an 

 old garden, Clifden Road, Twickenham. (Trimen and Dyer's ' Flora of 

 Middlesex.') Setaria (jlama, Beauv., arable field, Alverstone, near 

 Whippingham, Mr. J. Pristo; November, 1869. — Fked. Stratton. 



REPORT OF THE CURATOR OF THE BOTANICAL 

 EXCHANGE CLUB FOR THE YEAR 1869. 



In sending out this Report of the Botanical Exchange Club, I must 

 offer an apology to the members for its very late appearance. The parcels 

 were received by me from Mr. Baker in the end of January. At that 

 time the recent sudden death of Mr. J. E. Sowerby, who had had 

 charge of the plaies for the third edition of ' English Botany,' had 

 brought upon me a large addition to my usual labours in connection 

 with that work, whicli greatly delayed the examination and redistribu- 

 tion of the club parcels ; but I can assure the members of the Club 



