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but sought it there in vain the following year. About Kenner, by 

 Mr. D. Snooke, but I have never met with it elsewhere or since then 

 in this island. The corymbose disposition of the branches is a good 

 auxiliary character to distinguish this species from L. angustifolium, 

 which has the branches singularly lax, irregular and divaricate, with 

 the dissepiments of the capsules hairy. 



}Linum perenne. Wrickham : Dr. Pulteney in Hamp. Rep. Of 

 this I have not seen specimens, and should fear the next species may 

 have been mistaken for it, though Pulteney was an accurate observer, 

 and mentions the latter as well in his list, from which I quote. 



angustifolium. Extremely common all over the Isle of 



Wight, in dry soils, sandy fields, on banks, and by road-sides. Abun- 

 dant, even to profusion, in some places about Ryde, Shanklin, &c. 

 Less frequent, I believe, on the mainland, at least 1 do not remember 

 to have noticed it in plenty out of the island. 



cathariicum. Abundant all over the county and Tsle of 



Wight, in dry fields and on the chalk downs, &c. 



Radiola Millegrana. Damp, sandy places, and on heaths, appa- 

 rently (from its small size) rare in the Isle of Wight. 



Oxalis Acetosella. Woods and shady places, not unfrequent 

 throughout the county and island. 



% comiculata. Naturalized in one or two places in the 



Isle of Wight, but sparingly, and not extending itself much. At 

 Steephill and at Alverstone Mill, Albert Hambrough, Esq. I could 

 not find it this spring at the latter station. 



Euonymus europceus. Extremely common all over the county and 

 island in woods, thickets and hedges. Called in the Isle of Wight 

 skewer or skiver wood, being much sought after for making that im- 

 plement for the butchers. A variety with smaller, very dark green 

 and shining leaves is frequent in the island. 



Rhamnus catharticus. Less general than the last, but still very 

 frequent on mainland, Hants, especially in the interior of the county 

 remote from the sea, and on the chalk. About Southampton. Plen- 

 tiful about Chilcombe and elsewhere near Winchester. Abundant, 

 almost to profusion, in woods and hedges in and about Appleshaw. 

 Andover, on the road to Weyhill, in plenty. Woods at Bordean, 

 Petersfield, Clanfield, West Meon, East Meon, &c. Decidedly rare 

 in the island, and there exclusively confined to the chalk, and to the 

 interior hills and valleys, nowhere approaching the sea-coast, even 

 where its favourite rock juts out on the shore. The eastern or conti- 

 nental tendency of this shrub is evidenced by its diminishing fre- 



