328 



It will thus be found, that in Islay there were gathered of 



Phanerogamous species - - - 451 

 varieties - - - 16 



467 



Cryptogaraous species, ferns, &c. - 22 



varieties - - - 2 



24 



While in Cantyre there were observed of 



Phanerogamous species ... 420 

 varieties - - - 17 



437 



Cryptogamous species, ferns, &c. - - 18 

 variety - - - 1 



19 

 J. H. Balfour. 



Glasgow, September, 1845. 



Note on Vinca minor in the Isle of Wight. By W. A. Bromfield, 



M.D., F.L.S. 



Although the greater periwinkle [Vinca major) does occasionally 

 perfect seed in the climate of Britain, I believe instances in which 

 the lesser periwinkle produces its fruit with us are of such extremely 

 rare occurrence as to have come under the notice of but few obser- 

 vers.* The readers of the ' Phytologist ' may therefore feel an interest 

 in knowing that Vinca minor ripens its follicles abundantly in a hilly 

 wood, called, I believe, Bottomground Copse, a short half-mile W. N. 

 W. of Idlecombe-farm on the road from Carisbrooke to Shorwell. The 

 copse lies off from the road nearly at the foot of the eastern slope of 



* It has been suggested to me by Mr. Smith, of the Kew Gardens, to whom I 

 showed specimens of the fruit not long since, that the seed-vessels are in all probabi- 

 lity not so rarely developed as is generally supposed, but merely overlooked, which, 

 from what T have observed and remarked on below, is, I think, likely to be the case. 



