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found in a cultivated field, near Scarborough," by Mr. William Bean, 

 fSup2Jlement to the Flora of Yorkshire, 50. It is recorded from Scotland 

 but once, from *' a field of flax, in the parish of Alves, Morayshire, in 

 July, 1842," where it was observed by Mr. Wilson, of that place; J. B. 

 Brichan, in Phyt. i. 553, O.S. : and it does not appear to have occurred in 

 Ireland. It does not seem probable that this plant will permanently 

 establish itself in this country ; at present it is but " a casual straggler, 

 introduced with clover seed, flax, or otherwise." Cyb. i., 196. A native 

 of the South of Europe. 



Silene catholica. Ait. " Was found in the village of Great Livermere, 

 near Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk. The collector must enter the park 

 from the village above-named, by the park-gates, or obtain permission 

 from the gate-keeper to pass through the lodge on the left hand, and then 

 proceed a short distance southward, amongst the trees separating the 

 park from the grounds of the parsonage house, where its habitat may be 

 found with no difliculty." George Wolsey, in Phyt. ii., 220, N.S. A 

 native of Italy, 



S. Armeria, L. A common garden plant which has occurred in a 

 semi-naturalised state in many localities in England. It was first recorded 

 by Dr. Kichardson, who found it " on the banks of the river, half-a-mile 

 below Chester ; " B. Syn. ilL, 341 : since which time it has appeared in 

 many of the English counties. In Kent, it occurred in 1843-4, ''on a very 

 wild station near the Medway, towards Yalding, far from house or garden ; " 

 Edward Edwards, in Phyt i., 1080, O.S. In Surrey, it has been observed 

 "in a cornfield, at Weybridge;" by Mr, Borrer, (B.G., ii., 584,) on the 

 waste ground at Wandsworth Steamboat Pier, (Phyt. Hi., 335, N.S.J ; and 

 "occasionally on old walls about Reigate, but escaped from gardens, 

 and very uncertain in its appearance." Flora of Surrey, 309. In Hert- 

 fordshire, it grows *' on the old privj garden wall, at Hatfield, opposite 

 the church ; " Flora Hertfordiensis, 72 : and in Essex it is recorded from 

 two or three places ; having been found at *' Walden and Newport," by G. 

 S. Gibson : and " between Colchester and Berechurch," by the Eev. W. 

 L. P. Garnons, Flora of Essex, 45. In Devonshire, the Rev. T. F. 

 Ravenshaw noticed it '* near Stover " ; {Flowering Plants and Ferns of 

 Devonshire, 11) : and it has occurred in Jersey, " in a lane near La 

 Haule ; " M. Piquet, in Phyt. iv., 1093, O.S. " The Yorkshire Flora indi- 

 cates it to have been found below Settle," (Cyh i., 201) ; and, in the 

 Supplement to that work, it is said by Mr. Simpson, to be " naturaUsed 



