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Rubus ccesius. By no means a common plant in Hampshire. 

 Very local in the island, the var. pseudo-casius being here the com- 

 monest form. In Swainston Park the ground is in some parts covered 

 with, a mat of dewberries, W. A. B. 



Rosa spinosissima. Abundant in various parts of the county and 

 Isle of Wight, on heaths and on sandy sea-shores, pastures and hedge- 

 banks. About Boldre and elsewhere in the New Forest, &c. 



tomentosa. Frequent in the county and island, in woods and 



hedges. 



micrantha. In various parts of the Isle of Wight, by no 



means uncommon, and probably on the mainland, but I know nothing 

 of its distribution in the east division of the county. 



mbiginosa. Far less frequent with us than the last, and in- 

 deed apparently quite rare, at least in the Isle of Wight. Near Yar- 

 mouth and Calbourne, but sparingly in both places, though truly wild. 



canine/,. Abundant everywhere in some one or other of its 



multitudinous forms. The var. (3. sarmentacea is one of the most 

 common of these in the island. 



arvensis. Very plentiful in a variety of places in the Isle of 



Wight, chiefly in woods and thickets on the clay. On the mainland 

 I believe it to be also generally distributed. 



Cratagus Oxyacantha. Profusely everywhere in woods, hedges, 

 and thickets throughout the entire county and island, often reaching, 

 as in the New Forest, to a great size and height. The vai'iety with 

 one of the styles alone developed, C. monogyna, Jacq., is by far the 

 commoner form with us, if not the only one. Another variety, with 

 larger, more oblong fruit, and a third with woolly fruit and peduncles, 

 occur in this island ; the latter, which is not uncommon, and I sup- 

 pose is the C. eriocarpa, Lindl., was first pointed out to me by my 

 friend Mr. W. W. Saunders. The fruit of the hawthorn is called 

 hoghails or haghails in this island. 



\1Pyrus communis. Occasionally in woods and thickets as a very 

 spiny torulose shrub or small tree, but not at all common, and mostly 

 sporadical, seldom perfecting fruit. More frequently it occurs in 

 hedge-rows, but in other places it has a perfectly wild appearance ; 

 yet from the paucity and sterility of the individuals, I am inclined to 

 think the specimens found in our woods may owe their origin to the 

 seeds of the cultivated pear dropped by birds. 



Malus. In woods, copses, thickets, and hedges throughout 



the county and island, truly and abundantly indigenous. 



Aucuparia. In (mostly) hilly or rocky, but sometimes in 



