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upon divers portions of the chalk ridge. Several interesting plants 

 are to be met with in an old discontinued chalk-quarry at the back of 

 Losely Park. In addition to the several species of Orchidaceae before 

 enumerated, Scabiosa Columbaria, Helminthia echioides and Campa- 

 nula glomerata abound; and in the field adjoining, I have found Pe- 

 troselinum segetum. In the woods at the foot of the chalk, principally 

 upon the gait, Silaus pratensis, Senecio tenuifolius. Primula veris, var. 

 elaiior, Daphne Laureola and Habenaria bifolia ; and in an arable 

 field upon the sand adjoining Veronica Buxbaumii plentifully. Pri- 

 or s wood will afford many an interesting plant, amongst which may 

 be noticed Aquilegia vulgaris (sometimes with white flowers), Orobus 

 tuberosus and Serratula tinctoria. 



The chalk-quarries round Guildford will amply repay investigation, 

 and are rich in calcareous plants : in addition to those of the Comp- 

 ton and Wanborough stations will be found Cichorium Intybus, grow- 

 ing in the greatest profusion near St. Catherine's Hill; Allium vineale 

 is located in one spot on the Stoke road ; Chenopodium olidum will 

 be found at the foot of an old wall in Quarry-street. Isatis tinctoria 

 grows in the greatest profusion, principally from the fissures on the 

 perpendicular face of the chalk in the Shalford quarry ; here also will 

 be found Reseda Luteola ; and towards St. Martha's Chapel Brachy- 

 podium pinnatum occurs in a disused chalk-pit. 



In this neighbourhood Mr. Mill has recorded Fumaria parviflora 

 and Bupleurum rotundifolium, (Phytol. i. 40). 



The central or great division is that which is occupied by the cul- 

 tivated portions of the Shanklin sand, in which will be found the fol- 

 lowing rare or local plants. Smyrnium Olusatrum, by the side of the 

 Shalford road, opposite the park-paling, Dianthus plumarius, in the 

 greatest profusion on an old wall in Shalford-street, and on the wall 

 of Westbrook Park. Saponaria officinalis in a hedge-bank near St. 

 Martha's Chapel. Corydalis claviculata, sparingly on St. Martha's 

 Hill, amongst the trees. This delicate plant is abundant in a withy- 

 bed below Perrydean field (Thorncombe-street), also in a wet coppice 

 atHambledon Heath. Mr. Mill (Phytol. i. 41) records Listera Nidus- 

 avis as growing " in a heathy wood between Guildford and Martha's 

 Chapel." Hyoscyamus niger, by the road-side against Stone-bridge 

 wharf, by no means a common plant. Impatiens fulva, by the sides 

 of the Tillingbourne at Chilworth, this beautiful exotic is naturalized, 

 growing in the greatest profusion, and is equally abundant by the 

 sides of the Wey to its junction with the Thames. The river-sides 

 and adjoining meadows offer a rich treat. The occurrence of Stellaria 



