998 



diant flowerjn these plants on the same stem with an hermaphrodite, 

 nor vice versa, so that the variety may be permanent in that respect, 



Edwin Lees. 



Cedar Terrace, Henwick, Worcester, 

 October ist, 1847. 



Fritillaria Meleagris and Lotus angustissimus in Hampshire. 

 By William A. Bromfield, M.D., F.L.S. 



The former of these additions to the Flora of this county was im- 

 parted to me through Miss Louisa Minchin, as growing plentifully in 

 a moist meadow adjoining the Winchester road, just before entering 

 Bishop's Walthara, where it has been known for many years past, in- 

 gress being now I understand denied by the owner, Mr. Jonas, in 

 consequence of the injury done to the land by persons digging up 

 the bulbs for transplanting into their gardens, and from a laudable 

 desire to preserve the plant from extirpation. Tlie Fritillaria grows 

 also in a similar meadow near the river at Droxford, a few miles from 

 the other station, where it is less distributed, and I believe more 

 abundant. I have seen a specimen from the Bishop's Waltham loca- 

 lity in the herbarium of Miss S. Lovell, of Sandown, Isle of Wight, 

 from whom my information is derived. In this lady's collection are 

 two good specimens of Lotus angustissimus, from Stokes Bay, Gos- 

 port, likewise gathered by Miss Minchin, who is about to favour me 

 with a list of plants found by herself in this and other parts of the 

 county, which, if received before the following remarks are forwarded 

 for publication, may possibly enable me to announce some new acces- 

 sions to the Hants Flora at their conclusion. 



Wm. a. Bromfield. 



Eastraount, Ryde, Isle of Wight, 

 September 26, 1847. 



Note on a Hampshire Flora. By Wm. A. Bromfield, M.D., F.L.S. 



No county perhaps in England has been less explored bo- 

 tanically than Hampshire, or has fewer working botanists resi- 

 dent within its pale, yet the number of its phsenogamous plants and 

 ferns already ascertained amounts to very nearly, if not fully, 1000 



