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P. major, L. G. aud P., every where ; a common plant of the open 

 turf. 



Cheuopodinm album, L. P., casual, in newly-sown land between Rotten 

 Row and the Serpentine ; again in a tree-fence near the old gravel-pit's 

 site. 



C. polyspermum, L. P., in a bed near Alexandra Gate. Rev. W. W. 

 Newbould. 



O. murale, L. P., a weed in a flower-bed just before euterinu; the 

 gardens at their north-east angle, 1868; several plants there this vear. 

 See Fl. of M. 



Atriplex patula, var. anfjustifolia, Sm. P., in flower-beds near Prince's 

 Gate and elsewhere. 



Polygonum amphibium, L. G., several beds in the Serpentine between 

 the bridge and the fountains. "Abundant in the Serpentine, 1868." — 

 PI. of M. j3. ten-estre, some plants on land adjoining the former beds, 



P. lapathifoUum, L. P., casual, in a tree-fence north-east of the 

 Magazine, say 300 yards, near where the gravel pit used to be. 



P. Persicaria, L. P., casual, a plant enclosed near the Humane 

 Society's Receiving-house. G., in some quantity in a flower-bed near 

 the north-west angle of the Gardens. 



P. Hydropiper, L. G., casual, in a tree-fence west of the fountains and 

 near them. 



P. aviculare, L. G. and P., everywhere in path-edges and bare places. 



P. Convolvulus, L. P., casual, in a tree-fence 300 yards north-east of 

 the Magazine. 



Rumex viridis, Sibth. P., a good many plants at the very bottom of 

 the trench running north of the Magazine. G., plentiful in a flower-bed 

 near the north-west angle of the Gardens. 



R. obtasifolius, Auct. G. and P., here and there, near the trench, etc. 

 Not uncommon. Some fine plants at the margin of the north end of the 

 Sei'pentine among the shrub-beds. 



k. crispus, L. P., casual, and enclosed near Victoria Q-ate. Else- 

 where in similar situations. I gathered one very stunted specimen in the 

 turf of the " strip " north of the Magazine. 



R. Acetosa, L. P., local. A luft under some trees due west of the 

 Magazine, and several more about the old grassed road west of the " Hu- 

 mane Society." Much less common than the next in our limits. 



R. Acetosella, L. G. and P., plentiful in the turf of the strip running 

 north of the Magazine. Much commoner than the last. 



Euphorbia Peplus, L. G., a weed from a flower-bed in the south of 

 the Gardens. Gathered by the Rev. W. W. Newbould. 



E. Helioscopia, L. A weed in a bed near Buck Hill Gate. 



ITcrcurialis annua, L. P., in a flower-bed at the east end of the 

 Serpentine one plant. 



Urtica dioica, L. G., in the Magazine enclosure. P., a stray plant or 

 two in bare places. Not common. 



U. urens, L. G., a weed near the Albert Memorial, etc. P., twenty 

 or thirty plants under a clump of trees north-west of the Magazine, near 

 wliere the gravel pit used to be. 



Elodea canadensis. Rich. Octagon pond and Serpentine, common. 

 " Serpentine, Kensington Gardens, where it flowers profusely." — Fl. of M. 



Juncus bufonius, L. P., in a flower-bed near Prince's Gate, probably 



