108 CONTRIBUTIONS TO A 
ELATINACER. 
Elatine hexandra, DC.—Margin of Tresco pool, near Mr. Smith’s house. 
CARYOPHYLLACEEX, : 
Saponaria officinalis, Z.—Treseo, near New Grimsby. 
Silene Anglica, L.—Very common on cultivated ground. 
S. maritima, With.—Rare... Only observed. on bi walls of Star Castle Moat, 
and on the heights of Samson Island. 
Lychnis Flos-euculi, L. — Old Town Marsh, 
S. ciliata, Fries.—Very common and very distant the eye detects it immedi- 
ately, even at a distance ; it grows both in open, waste, and exposed places, 
and in cultivated ground. In the Scilly plants the upper part of the pe- 
dicels, and the calyx, are always glandular-hairy, the sepals, though ad- 
pressed to the capsule, have their tips patent, and usually acute. 
S. maritima, Don.—Common. Near the sea.— 8. S. debilis, Jord. To this 
I refer a plant growing in "pe sandy ground i in St, Martin, 8, shee a central 
flowering stem, lengthene y shorter 
than the calyx. 
epe idi Ehrh.—Not common, except near Heugh Town, on the 
sandy beach. 
renaria serpyllifolia, L. — Y but small, and not easily detected. 
mesi pi Wither.—Common.—y. 8. neglecta, Weihe, also occurs. 
S. uliginosa, Murr.—Common in the marshes. 
Cerastium Piscis Thuil. Frequent 
C. triyiale, Link, —Very comm 
C. tetrandrum, Curt.—Almost ape ; sometimes so minute as to bear 
SM isti. 
Malva sylvestris, Z.—Common. 
M. rotundifolia, Z.— Common. 
Lavatera arborea, Z..—Common on the Heugh, and elsewhere in the different. 
islan From its position I should doubt its being indigenous, though it. 
is very abundant, but I have s ince heard from Mr. Smith, that it occurs 
also in very wild situations, 
^ HYPERIOACE®, 
AT humifusum, £.—Common, 
H. elodes, Z.—In the Marshes. 
