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fruit and the beautiful dark green glossy aspect of its large and 

 singularly shaped leaves, that remind one of those of certain Ameri- 

 can oaks, particularly the trilobate variety of Quercus falcata, and, 

 like them, fade to a rich purple in autumn. From similarity of name 

 the true service-tree (P. domestica) has most erroneously been given 

 as a native of the Isle of Wight in the ' Botanist's Guide,' and the 

 mistake copied into subsequent publications. 



W. A. Bromfield. 



[To be continued]. 



The following species and varieties were inadvertently omitted from 

 the former part of this catalogue, from the haste with which it was 

 prepared for the press : — 



Ranunculus hederaceus. Pools, ditches, and drains in the Isle of 

 Wight, not at all unfrequent, but much less common than R. aquatilis. 



circinatus. Marsh ditches in Brading Harbour, Isle 



of Wight. 



fluitans? A plant which I considered as the var. 



pantothrix of R. aquatilis, and which I presume to be the above, now 

 considered (and perhaps justly) as a species, grows in several pools in 

 this island, but must receive farther attention before I can confidently 

 assert its identity with the R. fluitans of authors. 



auricomus. Not a common Hampshire species, though 



abundant enough in certain places. Plentiful in several parts of the 

 Isle of Wight, but restricted to the clay of the eocene deposit. I 

 have never remarked it on the chalk or greensand. 



Aquilegia vulgaris, add, In quantity in the wood facing the 

 church at Appleshaw, Mr. Wm. Whale !!! 



Papaver Rhceas. A specimen of a beautiful variety with the flower 

 pure white, I picked this summer in a wheat-field above Sandown 

 Bay. 



hybridism, add, Andover, Mr. Wm. Whale !! Most 



likely not rare in the county, but apt to be overlooked, as the flowers 

 expand only in the early part of the day and fall before noon. 



Argemone. 1 find a variety of this, which abounds on 



the green sandstone in fields about Shanklin and Sandown, with 

 petals deeply and prettily fringed or laciniate. 



Fumaria Vaillantii. Andover, Mr. Wm. Whale!! Babington 

 says this is common, but I have not met with it here, nor does Mr. 

 Borrer find it in Sussex. 



\Alyssum calycinum, add, A few specimens picked in a clover- 



