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Cowes, as noticed by my late lamented friend Samuel Hailstone, Esq. 

 By the brook at the head of the marsh between Gurnet Bay and 

 Hardhill farm. Frequent in pastures and thickets in various parts of 

 the parishes of Thorley and Freshwater. Weston, Calbourne, Wel- 

 low, Ningwood and elsewhere. I have no data at present for showing 

 its distribution over mainland Hants, but from its frequency in the 

 Isle of Wight suppose it may not be uncommon in the county. By 

 the road-side not far from Preston Candover, between Old Alresford 

 and Basingstoke ; Mr. Wm. Pamplin in litt. Called wild sunflower 

 in the Isle of Wight. 



Inula Conyza. In dry hedges, thickets and on grassy slopes, 

 mostly, but not exclusively, in the chalk districts of the Isle of Wight, 

 where it abounds. In the lane leading from Quarr Abbey to the 

 Newport road in plenty, otherwise rare about Ryde. Plentiful at 

 Bonchurch, Ventnor, St. Lawrence, and along the UnderclifF gene- 

 rally. Frequent about Arreton, Brading, Carisbrook, at Yaresland, 

 Northcourt, Adgeton Rowledge, &c. Frequent, I believe, in the 

 county on the chalk. Maindell chalk-pit, Fareham, and Porchester 

 road ; Mr. W. L. Notcutt. Warnford ; Rev. E. M. Sladen. Week- 

 hill-hanger, Selbome ; Dr. T. Bell Salter. Sometimes grows to five 

 feet in height : the odour is veiy aromatic and agreeable. 



Inula crithmoides. In muddy salt-marshes ; very local in the Isle 

 of Wight ; more general along the shores of mainland Hants. In a 

 creek of the Medina, about half a mile above East Cowes, but very 

 sparingly; the late Mr. S. Hailstone !!! Fringes the margins of the 

 brine-pans in the Newtown marshes in great abundance. Marsh near 

 Hurst Castle ; Ray, Bot. Guide. Wicor Hard ; Mr. W. L. Notcutt ! 

 In several parts of Hayling Island, and shore betwixt Emsworth and 

 Langston. Frequent, I believe, all along the coast of Hants where 

 mud-flats occur. The golden samphire has an aromatic, not ungrate- 

 ful smell, and a warm, pungent, saline taste, approaching in both re- 

 spects to the true samphire {Crithmum maritimum), for which the 

 fleshy leaves would perhaps be a good and much more accessible 

 substitute. 



Pulicaria vulgaris. In moist spots and pits where water has 

 stood during winter, on village greens, and about farm-houses, in 

 places trodden by cattle, but not commonly in the Isle of Wight. 

 About Trouble-fields farm, Ryde, in some quantity. Abundant on 

 St. Helen's Green. About Sandown, where it was plentiful some 

 years ago in a deep pit or depression abounding in chamomile (An- 

 themis nobilis), just where the Ryde and Brading road branches ofF 



