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cimen is in the herbarium of Miss Lovell, who picked it in a field 

 near Brixton or Brightsone, in this island, but could not succeed in 

 finding a second. Perhaps introduced accidentally ! 



Lathy r us pratensis. Hedges, thickets and damp pastures and mea- 

 dows most universal and abundant. A variety with very downy 

 stems and leaves I find between Ryde and Binsted. 



sylvestris. Woods and thickets rare. Abundant but very 



local in several parts of the island ; most frequent in East Medina, 

 about Shanklin and Luccomb. Bordean Hanger, near Petersfield, 

 but picked very sparingly, July, 1848. A variety with considerably 

 broader leaves occurs about the cliffs at Shanklin, and is, I doubt not, 

 the L. latifolius said to grow on Sandown Beach, by Dr. Pulteney, 

 in the ' Hampshire Repository.' 



palustris. Boggy meadows ; very rare. Heath by Botany 



Bay, Mr. W. L. Notcutt, 1842. Of this I have seen no specimens. 



maritimus. Sandown Beach, Isle of Wight, Dr. Pulteney 



in Hamp. Rep. Near Cowes, Mr. Marryat in Baxter's ' Genera of 

 Flowering Plants.' Mr. Baxter informed me that Mr. M. found the 

 plant on the sands near Lord Seymour's (Norris) Castle, E. Cowes. 

 A specimen of what appeared to them to be the leaves of this plant 

 was found in June, 1843, by Dr. Martin and Mr. J. A. Hankey, in 

 Sandown Bay, but I have never been fortunate enough to rediscover 

 it in either station. The continual rapid encroachment of the sea on 

 the shore at Sandown and Shanklin is quite sufficient to account for 

 the disappearance of any plants inhabiting the beach, but the species 

 may be reasonably expected to emerge once more into light and life 

 when circumstances shall again favour the germination of the seeds, 

 now probably lying dormant in their pebbly place of sepulture. 



Orobus tuberosus. Extremely common in woods, thickets and 

 heathy places in the island and county generally. Of the variety te- 

 nuifolius I have occasionally picked a specimen in this island, but 

 here, at all events, it seems rather an accidental than a permanent 

 deviation from the typical form. 



Ornithopus perpusillus. Frequent on sandy or chalky pastures 

 and banks in the Isle of Wight. Profusely and of large size on sandy 

 banks towards the Culver Cliff, eighteen inches or more in length. 

 About Fareham, Mr. W. L. Notcutt. 



Hippocrepis comosa. On dry chalky banks, pastures and downs, 

 very abundantly in many parts of the Isle of Wight. At Ventnor and 

 Bonchurch the close, green sward is radiant with its golden coronets, 



