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THE NATURALIST. 



Malachium aquaticum, river side, 

 between Hampton Court and Wal- 

 ton. 



Hrpericum ferfomtum, hedges and 

 ditches between Hampton Court and 

 Walton. 



Geranium pratense, near the tow- 

 ing path between Walton and Hamp- 

 ton Court, especially near Sunbury. 



Trifdhim fragiferum, river side, 

 near Walton. 



Bryonia dioica, hedges, between 

 Hampton Court and Walton. 



Dipsacus syivestris, along the tow- 

 ing path between Hampton Court 

 and Walton. 



Epilohiun hirsutum. along the river 

 side between Hampton and Walton. 



Ly^hrum Salicaria, between Wal- 

 ton and Hampton, along the river 



side. 



Scahiosa Columbaria, between Wal- 

 ton and Hampton Court. 



Sium latif'oUum, by a ditch at Wal- 

 ton Bridge. 



Cichorium Intyhis, road side, near 

 Walton. 



Tanacetum vulffare, near Sunbury. 



Lysimachia vulgaris, river side, 

 near Sunbury. 



Mentha aquatica, river side, be- 

 tween Hampton Court and Walton. 



Scutellaria galericulata, river side, 

 Hampton Court. 



Villarsia nymphceoides, Walton- 

 Bridge. 



Polygonum amphihiwn, river side, 

 near Hampton Court. 



Humulus Lupidus, by the towing 

 path, near Sunbury. 



Acorns Calamus, in a ditch, near 

 the Thames, at Walton Bridge, and 

 in several places by the river side, 

 between Walton and Hampton Court. 



Sagittaria sagitifolia, in a ditch 

 by the Thames, at Walton Bridge. 



Anacharis Alsinastrum, in a ditch 

 by the Thames at Walton Bridge. 



James Irvine, 28, Upper Manor 

 Street, Chelsea. 



Asperula taurina, cCc. — This plant 

 was discovered in this neighbourhood 

 about two years ago. It occurs in 

 two localities, in neither of which is 

 it plentiful. Both stations are among 

 trees, and lie about equally distant 

 from the city of Perth, viz. thi-ee and 

 a half miles, one at Murray shall, 

 north-east, and the other at the south 

 side of Moncrieffe Hill, south-w^est. 

 I was not the original discoverer of 

 this rare plant in either place, it was 

 a young schoolmaster, but not a 

 botanist, who, though a lover of 

 flowers, knew not the name of this 

 interesting plant, and therefore 

 brought it to me for identification. 

 I will not dispute the point as to 

 whether this plant is native or intro- 

 duced, to me it appears to be the 

 former, but others may come to a 

 different conclusion. It is easy of 

 cultivation, and, like its congener 

 A. odorata, if once planted requires 

 neither care nor keeping, and will 

 maintain its position and grow and 



