46 NOTES ON PLANTS NEW TO THE 



House, a solitary specimen of an Anthemis, corresponding to the 

 description of this plant. Anthemis arvensis, L., a species to which 

 it is undoubtedly very nearly allied, was not observed in the 

 vicinity, though it is quite probable that the neighbouring fields 

 may produce it. Dr. Johnston, in his " Flora of the Eastern 

 Borders," which embraces the coast-line north from Bamborough, 

 speaks of it as growing on " waste ground and new pastures, 

 abundantly when it occurs, but its distribution is irregular, and 

 its continuance in any one locality rather uncertain." The pros- 

 trate habit of this Warren Bay specimen, the nibidate scales of 

 its someiy/iaif^ai( receptacles, and, I think too, the fleshy character 

 of its leaves, mainly serve to distinguish it from the ordinary 

 form of A. arvensis. The figure of the Anthemis maritima of 

 Smith in English Botany, pi. 2,370, agrees to some extent with 

 my plant, although Hewett C. Watson deems the plate to re- 

 present rather an individual monstrosity than a species. Sir J. 

 E. Smith states that the figure was assisted by a specimen from 

 a garden. Considerable interest attaches to this maritime 

 Anthemis. The first example of it w^ould seem to have been 

 found near Sunderland, by E. Robson, many years ago. Winch, 

 in his Flora of our counties, states that it was " probably 

 gathered in the ballast hills, but there was no specimen of 

 this rare plant in W. Weighell's Herb." Since its first dis- 

 covery it has been gathered, so far as I can learn, on but one or 

 tw^o occasions ; the name of J. Backhouse is introduced both by 

 Babington, and Hooker, and Arnott, as a second authority for 

 the station at Sunderland; by the author of the " Manual," with 

 a note of certainty appended — signifying, I presume, that he has 

 had an opportunity of inspecting and authenticating a specimen 

 collected by J. Backhouse. My friend, James Backhouse, jun., 

 informs me that he never gathered it near Sunderland, but far- 

 ther to the south, near Hartlepool. My Northumberland plant 

 I sent to him, with a view to ascertain how far it corresponded 

 with his Durham specimen. He says, " It seems identical with 

 mine found near Hartlepool." Unfortunately, the flowers of my 

 example were not sufficiently advanced in the maturation of their 



