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double, white or purple, flowers. These flourish for a season, and 

 then disappear till a new crop is brought to light by the same artifi- 

 cial agency. 



Corydalis claviculata. In woods, thickets, and on moist shady 

 banks, both on the main and Isle of Wight, but not common. Plen- 

 tiful near Netley Abbey, and elsewhere about Southton. At Sowley 

 Pond ; Mr. R. Jefferd ! 



Fumaria capreolata. In the Isle of Wight, pretty frequently. 

 Most likely not rare on mainland, Hants, but I have not myself yet 

 remarked it. 



Matthiola incana. Abundant and truly wild on cliffs of chalk 

 and green sand on the southern and western coasts of the Isle of 

 Wight, firmly rooted on the often perpendicular face of the naked 

 chalk rock, defying all the blasts and storms of winter to dislodge it, 

 and scenting the evening breeze with its delicious fragrance in 

 spring and early summer. Mr. Babington describes the flower as 

 " dull pale red ;" I find them, on the contrary, of a full purple, with a 

 rich velvet-like lustre, though liable to vary in intensity. He has 

 very properly marked the wild plant as perennial, many stems occur- 

 ring of several years' growth, as thick as the wrist and perfectly lig- 

 neous. 



fCheiranthus Cheiri. Common in the county and island on old 

 walls and buildings, but not looking like a true native. 



t IBarbarea prcecox. Quite a weed in very many parts of the Isle 

 of Wight ; on banks, fields, and even in woods, the ground being 

 often completely yellow with it. It is known here as " bank cress," and 

 is very superior to B. vulgaris as a salad herb, from its greater 

 pungency and more delicate flavour. The latter is a far less common 

 species here, and chiefly confined to sides of streams and ditches ; the 

 other is said to have been originally introduced to England, but is 

 now as completely naturalized as any of our indubitable natives. I 

 have once or twice fallen in with a specimen of a Barbarea having the 

 pods appressed, possibly the B. stricta of the ' Manual of British 

 Botany,' but my very few and imperfect specimens, quite out of 

 blossom, have not put it in ray power to decide on their identity with 

 this last. 



Turritis glabra. I searched carefully for this plant, by directions 

 kindly given to me by my friend Mr. W. Pamplin, the discoverer of 

 it in the county, betwixt Froxfield and Privet, but without success, 

 owin 0- doubtless to the want of sufficiently minute indications, which 

 the lapse of many years made it almost impossible for him to atford. 



