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In conclusion, I should like to suggest that it is of some 

 importance to keep a look-out for Azollas in the British Isles, as 

 in the event of their becoming important factors in our vegetation, 

 as full a knowledge as possible of their early history in the country 

 would be of great interest and value. 



NOTES ON THE MANX FLORA. 



By J. W. Hartley and J. A. Wheldon, E.L.S. 



Whilst engaged in making a lichenological survey of the Isle 

 of Man, early in June of the present year, we noticed a few 

 flowering plants, some of which may prove to be new to vice- 

 county 71, or at least from new stations. But there is great need 

 of a revision of Manx plants, and it is hoped that a general 

 botanical survey of the Island may be undertaken shortly. The 

 most recent lists of species that we are aware of are the Rev. 

 S. A. P. Kermode's " List of Flowering Plants," reprinted from 

 Yn Lioar Manninagli, vol. iii., in 1900; and the " Flora of the 

 Manx Curraghs," by one of us, which appeared in the Lancashire 

 Naturalist, 1910, pp. 271-274 and 301-304. Mr. Kermode's Hst 

 does not include the GraminecB or Gijperacece,, and specific loca- 

 lities are only quoted for the rarer species. Lists of Grasses and 

 Ferns have, however, appeared in local publications, and in 1889 

 the Rev. S. Gasking contributed to Research a catalogue of Manx 

 plants without localities, which included the Grasses, Sedges, and 

 higher Cryptogams. 



Gheiranthus Cheiri L. On walls, Rushen Abbey. 



Cochlearia danica L. Shore near Glen Maye. 



Reseda Luteola L. Copse near Jurby. 



Viola ericetorum Schrad. Heathy ground near Blue Point. 



Polygala oxyptera Reichb. Sand dunes about Jurby and Blue 

 Point. 



Gerastium vulgatum L. North of Peel. 



G. viscosum L. Shore near Blue Point. 



G. tetrandruvi Curt. Scattered, with G. semidecandrum L., on 

 the dunes from Jurby to Blue Point. 



Arenaria serpyllifolia L. var. viacrocarpa Lloyd. With the 

 preceding species. 



Spergularia rupestris Lebel. Peel ; and very fine on rocks on 

 the Glen Maye shore. 



Sagina ciliata Fr. Sparingly near Point of Ayre. 



Erodium cictUarium L'Herit. var. glutinosum Clav., and E. 

 maritimum L'Herit. On the dunes near Lhane. 



Ononis maritima Dum. (0. repens L. wav. prostrataBveh.). A 

 very glutinous prostrate form at Jurby and near Point of Ayre. 



Lotus corniculatus L. var. crassifolius Pers. Shore near Blue 

 Point. 



Rosa spinosissima L. Dunes near Lhane. A taller state is 

 frequent on hedge-banks about Jurby and Blue Point. 



