THE NATITRALIST. 



Western Kailway, through Wandsworth Coramon, opposite to the county 

 jail, and between two bridges which cross the railway." {Phyt. i., 404, 

 N.S.) This notice of it appeared in 1856; and the plant has failed to 

 hold its ground in this locality. In Somersetshire, it was found " on a 

 limestone wall, at King's Weston, near Bristol," by Dr. Stokes, (B.G. ii., 

 401J : and in Yorkshire, on a " marlbank, in Studley woods," by Mr. 

 Brunton, (B.Q. ii., 690) : in this county it has been more recently noticed 

 " in the grounds by the Wharfe side, above Thorp Arch," but only where 

 it has been planted. {North Yorkshire, 208.) In Scotland, it appears to 

 have occurred in two or three places near Edinburgh ; " Rosslyn Wood ; 

 banks of the Water of Leith, between Coltbridge and Saughton-hall ; 

 Colinton Woods, near Maleny ; " are quoted as localities for it, in New 

 Botanists' Guide, 440. In a MS. Flora of Eenfrewshire, by Mr. Montgo- 

 mery, it is mentioned as growing on the " old castle of Elliestoun, 

 naturalised." {Cyb. i., 191.) A native of Germany, &c. 



Gypsophila Vaccaria, Sm. Sapotiaria, L. An ornamental plant, cul- 

 tivated occasionally in gardens, and not unfrequently introduced with flax 

 seed. The earliest record of its occurrence appears to be that given in 

 Cowell's Floral Guide to East Kent, where it is stated to have been "found 

 by Mr. Francis, east of the Pier, Heme Bay," in 1832 ; in the same 

 county it was noticed in July, 1864, '' in a field of vetches, between the 

 towns of East Mailing and West, or Town Mailing, a little south of the 

 direct line joining these two places." Here several plants were noticed, 

 and it may, perhaps, hold its ground for a year or two. See Botanists' 

 Chronicle, p. 85. In Surrey, it appeared "plentiful for several years," 

 about Wandsworth and Battersea, (Phyt. Hi., 340, N.S.) ; though it has 

 not been observed in that neighbourhood recently : in Cyh. z. 196, it is 

 stated to have occurred in Berkshire, though no locality is given for it in 

 that county. In Hertfordshire, it " appeared under the same circumstan- 

 ces with Erysimum orientale (on a newly-repaired towing-path, near Ware 

 Mill) in 1841, and was observed plentiful in a field above Ware, by Mr. J. 

 Ansell, in 1845," Flora Hertfordiensis, 41 : and, with reference to its 

 occurrence in Middlesex, the Kev. W. M. Hind writes : — " In 1862, a 

 single plant was found at the chalkpits. Pinner, I left the root, and a 

 large portion of the plant, in hopes of it producing seed ; but no plants 

 have been since found." In Lancashire, it was seen, in 1863, by Mr. 

 Buxton, "on a rubbish-heap, about four miles from Southport," (Dr. 

 Windsor, in Phyt. vi., 419, N.S.) : and in Yorkshire, " a few plants were 



