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at least, though I do not take upon myself to answer for its being so 

 in the more northern ones, having never directed my attention to the 

 point when a resident in those parts of the kingdom. I suspect, 

 however, it is truly wild throughout Europe up to at least 55° of lati- 

 tude ; and till within these very few years it was always permitted, as 

 far as I can find, to enjoy its claim to aboriginality unquestioned ; nor 

 can I perceive any just cause why such claim should now be set 

 aside after having passed unchallenged from time immemorial. 



Viola hiria. Common in most parts I believe of the county. It 

 covers the ground in large patches on the most exposed parts of 

 Longwood Warren, near Winchester. Abundant in many parts of the 

 Isle of Wight. 



palusiris. Cold, wet, boggy thickets in the Isle of Wight, but 



very local, though abundant where found. 



lactea. New Forest, near Boldre. On a heath near Cur- 

 bridge, Bishop's Waltham (Curbridge Common?). Very rare on 

 heaths in the island. 



■ tricolor, var. arvensis. This is mentioned here because it is 



the only form known to me of this very common plant inhabiting the 

 Isle of Wight or the mainland of Hants. Though many, rich, rare, 

 and lovely are the wild flowers of the south, we cannot here gaze or 

 recline on those " pansied " banks which breezes fresher than our own 

 fan into bloom and beauty in the north. The wild heartsease is here 

 an insignificant corn-flower, the least attractive of any in the chaplet 

 on the brow of Ceres. 



Frankenia Icevis. Abundant near Portsmouth on banks and in flat, 

 salt-marsh ground. In similar places and on chalk cliffs in the Isle 

 of Wight, but very local. The leaves are erroneously described as 

 linear, being in truth oblong, and only linear by the revolution of their 

 margins; this part of the specific character should be framed accord- 

 ingly- 



Parnassia palusiris. This elegant plant formerly grew on a tract 

 of boggy ground, called William's Moor, close to Hyde, but long ago 

 drained and converted into excellent pasture and arable ; Mr. J. 

 Lawrence. I have never found it since in any part of the Isle of 

 Wight, or heard of its occurrence within the county. 



Drosera rotimdifolia. Common in bogs, both here and on the 

 mainland. 



longifolia. Gomer Pond, in plenty. Embley, near 



Romsey. In bogs on the New Forest, as all about Tachbury Ower, 

 &c, with D. rotimdifolia ; Mr. W. Pamplin. About Titchfield; Mr. 





