ISLE OF WIGHT PLANTS 287 



Alyssum calycinum L. The locality, " Bury Hall, Alverstone," 

 is not in District "V. (S. Wight) (2) " but in VIII. (Hants) (3). 



Thlaspi arvense L. IV. 3. Near Westmill, Newport ; arable 

 field at Whitcombe. 



Lepidium Draba L. IV. 1. Yarmouth. 



Viola lactea Sm. IV. 1. Heath east side of the Freshwater 

 Yat, near Beckett's Copse. 



V. odorata L. The white variety is by far the commonest. 

 In some seasons (especially 1904) I have seen copses on the chalk 

 downs white with them. The variety with reddish purple flowers 

 occurs in a few localities, but the blue-flowered variety I have 

 never seen in the island. In this genus, again, there appears from 

 Mrs. Gregory's book to be ample scope for minuter observation. 



Dianthus Armeria L. Mr. W. Reeves sent me a specimen in 

 September, 1888, from a locality near Alverstone, which is 

 probably the same locality as that in which it was found in 1848. 



Saponaria officinalis L. Occurrence at Yaverland recorded by 

 Dr. Bromfield before 1850 ; at Brighstone by Mr. R. Tucker, 

 1865. In both localities it maintains its ground in hedges. It 

 has also been established for many years in a hedge at Watergate, 

 near Newport. 



Gerastium pumilum Curt. IV. 2, IV. 3, and IV. 4. Fresh- 

 water Down, Arreton Down, and, I believe, on the whole of the 

 chalk down range from the Needles to Bembridge. But it is 

 sometimes difficult to distinguish this plant from small states of 

 C. tetrandrum Curt. 



Myosoto?i aquaticum Moench (Stellaria aquatica Scop.). IV. 3. 

 I had searched unsuccessfully for this between Shide and Black- 

 water from 1864 to 1872, when, in the latter year, the banks 

 thrown up from the side of the stream for the railway were 

 covered in various places with it. 



Herniaria hirsuta L. Occurrence at St. Lawrence in 1910, 

 recorded in Journ. Bot. 1912, p. 378. 



Montia fontana L. IV. 3. St. George's Down, Staplers. There 

 is no District " IV. (5)." 



Geranium pyrenaicum Burm. (perenne Huds.). IV. 3. In 

 considerable quantity in two places in high hedge-banks near 

 Merston. 



G. columbinum L. IV. 1. Totland Bay. 



G. striatum L. IV. 4. King's Quay Copse, naturalized ; hedge 

 near Wootton Bridge. 



G. sanguineum L. IV. 4. Waste ground, St. John's, near 

 Ryde. 



Bhamnus Frangula L. IV. 4. King's Quay. V. 2. Shanklin. 



B. Alatemus L. IV. 3. Established for many years in a 

 hedge which divides Pan Down from St. George's Down. The 

 trees flower abundantly, but I have not seen ripe fruit. 



Melilotus altissima Thuill. This plant, which has hitherto 

 been rather uncommon, is now found in great abundance, especially 

 in Districts IV. 1. Totland, IV. 3. Newport. 



Trifolium arvense L. IV. 1. Totland. IV. 3. East Cowes. 



z 2 



