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A SUPPLEMENT TO THE 'FLORA YECTENSIS.' 

 By Alexander G. More, F.L.S., M.R.LA. 



(^Continued from page 76.) 



f Matthiola incana, E. Br. First noticed iu Snooke's ' Flora Vec- 

 tiaiia' (1823) as a Chelrcmthits, woi easily accessible, growing on the 

 cli ft" between Compton and Freshwater Gate. Probably an escape from 

 cultivation at some remote date. 



Nasturtium officiuale, K.. Br., var. siifoUum, Reich. Millpond at Lower 

 Knighton, and in Alverstone Lynch. 



Obs. Barbarea vul(/aris,R.ltiv., "var. )8." Dr. Bromfleld's specimens, 

 gathered at Calbourne, seem to be merely a form of B. vulgaris, and cer- 

 tiiinly do not belong to B. stricta, Fries. Mr. J, G. Baker refers them to 

 B. vulgaris, var. sylvestris, of Fries. 



Cardamine sylvatica. With. Omitted in ' Flora Vectensis.' Is not un- 

 freqnent in damp woods and moist shady places. (See ' Phytologist,' 

 vol. iii. p. 337.) 



*Biplotaxis temdfolia, De Cand. On the high bank above Clift* End 

 Fort, from 1865 to 1868, iu no great quantity, and probably introduced 

 (Dr. G. R. Tate). 



•fBrassica oleracea, L., has quite disappeared from the foot of Cnlver 

 Clifi' (F. Stratton). Though the kind of locality seemed wild enougli, 

 and the " Wild Cabbage '" was gathered there for many years, still I am 

 inclined to think it may have originated, like the Matthiola, from some 

 seeds accidentally brought by the wind or other accident. 



\_Ali/ssum calrjcinum, L. A few plants growing among clover at Lower 

 Hide Farm, near Shanklin, 1858 (Rev. T. Salwey) ; not noticed since. 

 Evidently introduced with the clover-seed.] 



Draba verna, L. The varieties EropJiila majuscula, Jord., and E. bra- 

 chycarpa, Jord., occur in company with many intermediate forms, which I 

 cannot strictly refer to any of Jordan's species. On St. Helen's Spit I 

 have found a few plants with elliptical pods, nearly, if not quite, as muck 

 inflated as in the alpine variety " injiata." 



Cochlearia officinalis, L. Round the new fort at the Needles (Dr. G. 

 R. Tate) ; at the foot of the clirt' in Scratchell's Bay. 



C. anglica, L. West bank of the Medina (F. Stratton) ; salt-marshes 

 at Newtown (J. G. Baker) ; on the Down between Alum Bay and the 

 Needles (Dr. G. R. Tate), a most unusual locality ; shores of Wootton 

 Creek. 



C. (Janica, L. On the shingly beach below Tyne House, Bcmbridge, 

 in 1861, probably the offspring of seeds transported from the mainland; 

 at the Needles Fort, in 1868 (Dr. G. R. Tate) ; at King's Quay, plenti- 

 fully, in 1869 (J. Pristo and F. Stratton). 



[Cameli7ia fcefida, Fries. Among Flax ; in a field of Vetches and Oats 

 at Pan, near Newport, 1870 (F. Stratton, ' Journal of Botany,' Vol. VIIL 

 p. 256).] 



\Thlaspi arvense, L. Among turnips at Sandford, near Godshill, in 

 some plenty, October, 1860. 



[Iberis amara, L. One plant only, gathered by Mr. Stratton in Grange 

 Chine, near Brightstonc, 1868 : certainly an escape.] 



\Lepidium Smithii, Hook. In ground recently disturbed at the back 



