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THE FLORA OF DOESiSTSHIRE. 



the plants sufficiently distinct, and all the fresh specimens I have 

 seen of /?. intenncdius had pinkish petals. " This plant grows here 

 in great abundance with R. Lenormandii, and with what seem 

 intermediate forms, as I have observed near Heme Eailway Station, 

 S. Hants. The Bridgerule (Devon) plant was named intenncdius by 

 Prof. Babington. Hooker describes it in Siudent's l^lora as having 

 the petals pinkish and the receptacle slightly hairy. The latter 

 character appears unreliable, and I have found ihe petals always 

 white, and most variable in size, while the sepals are usually 

 blackish purple." 



Some transferences of names may puzzle future students of the 

 Dorset Flora ; e.g., Fumariu ptirvijiora, at p. 55 of the 1st ed., 

 comes under F. muralis of the 2nd. Bell-Salter ed. 1839 does not 

 seem sufficient authority for F. parvijiora : those who know the 

 contemporary literature of that period are aware how frequently 

 F. p>arvifiora was confused with other species. 



Under Cramhe maritima we have exactly the same stations given 

 as in the 1st ed. ; this seems to be the case in most Floras, and 

 probably in half of these it will not now be found; it is (as 

 remarked by Mr. H. C. Watson) one of our decreasing species. 

 In the Dillenian herbarium at Oxford there is a specimen of 

 Lepidium Sniithii gathered by Mr. Stonesfcreet, "Found on ye 

 seashore in ye parish of Ham, nr. Poole, in Dorsetshire." This 

 is probably covered by one of the modern authorities given. 



The only record in this edition for C'erastiuni pumiium Curt, is 

 on the authority of the Piev. W. W. Newbould, without locality. 

 Under Stcllaria lunbrosa the authority "Opitz" should be Opiz ; 

 this is so common a mistake that it may be well to point out that 

 Opiz was the botanist, and Opitz a doctor of the same place and 

 time, after whom Opiz named a plant (in his Naturalientausch) 

 Mentha Opitziana. 



I think that Mr. Towuseud's var. vmritimum of Trifulium arvense 

 should bear the name of var. perpusilhis DC. 



Under the Paibi several notes are given, excerpts principally 

 from Dr. Focke's papers, letters, &c. Hybrids are represented by 

 seven combinations. 



No hybrids are recorded under Fpilubiuui. One is puzzled to 

 know how Pulteney (1729-1799) separated the three CEnanthes, — 

 pimpinelluides, Lachenalii, aud peiicedani/olia "Poll.," — considering 

 that up till about 1844 there was no botanist in Britain who did 

 not confuse them in some way.* The flowering season of (F. 

 silaifolia Bicrb. is given as "May-September." I do not hesitate 

 to say that specimens gathered in August and September were not 

 siUiifolia. Its whole life-history is against such a possibility ; its 

 peculiar delicate constitution (if one may so call it) forbids it ; in 

 very backward seasons it might linger to the end of July, but the end 

 of June is the latest I have seen it, after many years' observation. 



Lauge is given as the authority for Arctium, ucmorosum ; in his 

 Handbouk and in communications he makes neinorosum a shade form 



• Cf. Journ. BqU 1893, 236, 338. 



