76 ISLE OF MAN PLANTS. 



of the fifty-five species named will be found seems most likely, as 

 the species already on record show such an affinity with Watson's 

 British type that the major portion of those wanting can hardly be 

 absent. 



In an interesting anonymous paper on the Isle of Man Flora 

 in the Phytolnijist, iv. n. s., 161-169 (1860), dated from "Christ's 

 Church Parsonage, Manghold, Isle of Man," the following species 

 are given, but they were not accepted in Top. Hot. : — 



Stellaria nemorum. Ballure Glen ; Ballaglass Waterfall. 



Geranium piisilliun. Scarlett, near Castletown. 



Tri folium fragiferum. Near the Dog Mills, Kirk Bride ; Bal- 

 laugh, &c. 



Lactuca muralis. Ballure Hill. 



Carduus acanthoides. Fields and waste ground, but not common. 



Orohanche major. " Near Ramsey," Forbes. 



Lamium intermedium. Common. 



Mijosotis repens. Ditches on the Curraghs. 



Atriplex Uttoralis. Sandy shores of the north. 



Juncus maritimus. Scarlett. (In Mr. Hiern's list.) 



Scirpus maritimus. The Lhen, Andreas. Mr. Holt also records 

 this, and S. setnceus. 



Polypodiiim Dryopteris. Mountains and glens, frequent. 



Lastrea Thehjpteris. Ballure Glen, &c. 



In any future Flora of the Isle this paper must not be over- 

 looked; it bears internal evidence of care, and there are very 

 interesting remarks on the geology and climate of the Isle. There 

 is also a general notice of its Flora by Prof. E. Forbes in the Rev. 

 J. G. Cumming's IsJe of Man (Van Voorst, 1848). See also Kew 

 Botanist's Guide, p. 407; and Winch, Contributions to the Flora of 

 Cumberland. A paper on the Mosses will be found in the Phytolo- 

 qist, ii. 20, 109 (1857), by J. H. Davies. 



In Journ. Bot. 1874, 183, Dr. Trimen says, " Mr. J. F. Robinson, 

 of Frodsham, Cheshire, is preparing a Flora." I do not know if 

 any MSS. were found after his death in 1884, or whether anyone 

 else took up the work. 



A note on some "absentees" will be found in P%toZo^ts/;,N.s. vi. 

 127 (1862). 



[We believe that Mr. Robinson never proceeded with his pro- 

 jected Flora, and the inaccuracy of his statements as to Welsh 

 plants prevents any feeling of regret that he did not carry out his 

 proposal. The county records standing on his authority in Top. Bot. 

 all need confirmation before they can be accepted as accurate. — 

 Ed. Journ. Bot.] 



