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ISLE OF MAN PLANTS. 

 By Arthur Bennett, F.L.S. 



The list of Manx plants given by Mr. Hiern {Jonni. Bot. 11-15) 

 fills lip a good many gaps in the common plants. It records forty-two 

 species not in Top. Bot. ed. 2, and adds two varieties that I believe 

 have not been reported in Great Britain before — Foli/c/ala vulr/aris 

 L. var. minutijhrra Gren. & Godr., and Ulex Gallu Planch, var. 

 htiiiiilis Planch, in Ann. 8ci. Nat. 1819 (a translation of Planchon's 

 excellent paper on Ulex will be found in the Botanical Gazette, 281- 

 290, 1819). 



There are still fifty-five species of common plants — /. e. those 

 not having their counties noted in detail in Top. Bot. — unrecorded 

 for the island. As so many visit the Isle of Man in the summer 

 months, it may be of use to give the names of these : research is so 

 much facilitated if one knows what to look for. The names are 

 those of the 2nd ed. of Top. Bot. : — 



Pianunculus sceleratus. 

 Arenaria trineivia. 

 Hypericum perforatum . 

 Genista anglica. 

 Trifolium medium . 

 Geum urbanum. 

 Epilohium hirsutum. 

 Peplis Portuta. 

 Helosciadiwn inundatum. 

 ^(jopodium Podaiiraria . 

 Pimpinella Saxi/raya. 

 JEthusa Cynapium. 

 Torilis Anthriscus. 

 Anthriscus sylvestris, 

 Asperula odorata. 

 Leontodon autumnalis. 

 Hieracium horeale. 

 Carduus crispus. 

 Centaur ea Cyanus. 

 Filayo minima. 

 Veronica Anayallis. 

 V. hcderifolia. 

 Mentha sativa. 

 M. arvensis. 

 Lamium album. 

 Lit/iospermum arvense. 

 Atriplex hastata. 

 Rumex nemorosus. 



Mercurialis perennis. 

 Ulmus montana. 

 Salix alba. 

 S. fragilis. 

 S. viminalis. 

 Listera ovala. 

 Orchis mascula, 

 O. Conopsea. 

 Luzula multijiora. 

 Carex remota. 

 G. vulpina. 

 C. hirta. 



Phalaris arundinacea. 

 Phleum pratense. 

 Alopecurus pratensis. 

 Agrostis canina. 

 Psamma arenaria. 

 Air a caspitosa. 



A. Jiexuosa. 

 Catabrosa aquatica. 

 Glyceria Jiuitans. 

 Poa trivialis. 

 Festuca scitiroides. 

 F. elatior. 



F. pratensis. 

 Bromus giganteus. 



B. asper. 

 Equisetum palustre. 



It is impossible yet to say whether the flora of the Isle shows 

 more affinity with the nearest Scotch, Irish, or English county 

 until the lists are much more complete. That the majority or all 



