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ham, in Surrey, but have never seen it, except in the above instances, 

 from this county. Mrs. R's station, shown to me by her servant, 

 who always accompanied her mistress when herborizing, was a hedge- 

 bank in a field far from house or garden, and if there was no mistake, 

 the locality might pass for an excellent one, but when I saw it, it was 

 late in the year, and the plant had vanished for the season. Its true 

 country seems to be the south-east of Europe, in Austria, Hungary, 

 &c. 



Anthriscus vulgaris. On hedge-banks and fences, in waste places, 

 under walls, and in dry, sandy ground, particularly near the sea and 

 about towns, but far from common in the Isle of Wight or county ge- 

 nerally. On Ryde Dover, but sparingly, and likely to be soon wholly 

 extirpated, also betwixt Ryde and Springfield in very small quantity. 

 Profusely abundant on banks and fences betwixt Bonchurch and 

 Ventnor, along the line of the old road, 1846 — 1848. Abundant at 

 Sandy Bank and Sandy Way, just out of Shorwell, 1846. I have 

 also found it at a great elevation on High Down, by Freshwater, and 

 on lofty cliffs betwixt Whitwell and Niton. Plentiful on earthen 

 fences at Clay Hall, between Gosport and Alverstoke by Haslar. 



Chairophyllum temulentum. An abundant species in woods, 

 hedges, and waste places in most parts of the Isle of Wight and 

 county. 



Conium maculatum. A widely diffused, yet rather local species, 

 both in the county and island, in moist woods, pastures and waste 

 ground. Scarcely to be found within some miles of Ryde : a few 

 plants amongst the ruins of Quarr Abbey. Abundant here and there 

 about Brading, Yaverland, Luccomb, Bonchurch and along the Un- 

 dercliff. Plentiful just out of Yarmouth, towards Thorley, and in 

 various other places. Profusely in that garden of Hecate, Longwood 

 Warren, near Winchester. A favourite station of this plant with us 

 is along the top of the earthen fences which run across the downs, on 

 which it flourishes prodigiously. 



Smymium Olusatrum. In waste ground, amongst ruins, and on 

 hedge-banks, also (and truly wild) on sea-cliffs, damp pastures and in 

 shady lanes, in innumerable places in the Isle of Wight. Profusely 

 along the crest of the shore betwixt Ventnor and Steephill, and in se- 

 veral places along the coast betwixt Bembridge and the Culver Cliff. 

 Lanes near Foreland Farm. Plentiful in the area of Carisbrook 

 Castle, and in a vast number of places over the island, in hedges, 

 lanes and pastures, both inland and along the coast; in many of 

 them probably the plant was formerly cultivated, but in others it oc- 



