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and rivers ; frequent in the Isle of Wight, and I believe throughout 

 the county. Common along the course of the Medina above New- 

 port, at Blackwater, &c. In several parts of Sandown Level, at 

 Yarbridge, Alverstone, and several other, places, often very abun- 

 dantly. Winnal-vvater meadows. Bridge at Cams and side of 

 Titchfield River; Mr. W. L. Notcutt. W. Meon, Warnford; Rev. 

 E. M. Sladen. Itchen Stoke; Miss L. Legge. V. sambucifolia may 

 possibly be found in the county, but of this I know nothing, and 

 judging from the characters assigned it in the Manual, it seems to 

 have little else than the larger number of leaflets to distinguish it 

 from the common V. officinalis, a mark on which it would be unsafe 

 to rely, as we have lately seen that in the elder, which this species is 

 thought to resemble, the leaflets vary from three to five, and some- 

 times to as many as seven or nine, whilst in form they are no less in- 

 constant. 



Valeriana dioica. In low, wet meadows ; very rare in the Isle of 

 Wight. In deep, boggy ground, apparently composed of commi- 

 nuted shells, at Easton Fresh-water Gate, pretty plentifully. By a 

 small stream at the west end of Briddlesford Heath. In some wet 

 meadows near Thorley ; Rev. James Penfold!!! In Winnal-water 

 meadows Winton, abundant. Warnford ; Rev. E. M. Sladen. 



Valerianella olitoria. In cultivated ground, corn-fields, and on 

 hedge-banks ; extremely common. Var. /3. Flowers white ; in a field 

 near Shanklin. 



dentata. In cultivated fields, chiefly amongst corn ; 



very common. Abundant in corn-fields about Ryde, Sandown, 

 Cowes, and most other parts of the Isle of Wight. Frequent, I be- 

 lieve, over the whole county, though I have omitted to note its 

 occurrence in mainland Hants. Nore Hill ; Dr. T. B. Salter. By 

 Hill Copse, Fareham ; Mr. W. L. Notcutt. Var. (3. Fruit clothed 

 with incurved, rigid hairs, cup of the calyx small (Fedia mixta, 

 Valil). In a corn-field with the next species, by a creek of the Me- 

 dina, adjoining Medham brickfield, in great plenty, July 13th, 1839. 

 In these specimens the hairs are but sparingly found, and not easily 

 seen without a glass. 



Auriada. In cultivated fields amongst corn, &c, 



plentiful in various parts of the Isle of Wight, but rather less frequent 

 than the last, of which I more than suspect it to be a variety merely. 

 About Ryde, Cowes, Freshwater, Yarmouth, Haven Street, &c., often 

 very abundantly, and probably equally frequent on the mainland. 

 Obs. — Var. carinata, which abounds in Normandy and the Chan- 



