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Wahlenbergia hederacea. In damp turfy or heathy pastures, on 

 spongy bogs, moist banks, and bare, humid spots on commons, &c. ; 

 apparently very rare in the Isle of Wight. First found by Miss 

 Evelegh, on damp pasture ground at Rookley Wilderness ! By the 

 margin of Lashmere Pond at the foot of Bleak Down, but sparingly ; 

 Dr. G. A. Martin, 1841 !!! Boggy tract on the southern face of 

 Bleak Down. On moory ground not above 400 yards (about west) 

 from Rookley farm, in great plenty, as also in other parts of the same 

 pasture field, abundantly, July 28th, 1844. Near Ashurst Lodge, 

 New Forest ; Mr. G. S. Mill in ' Phytologist,' i. p. 92. This beauti- 

 ful little plant will probably be found not uncommonly in our Hamp- 

 shire forests, which, from the general nature of the soil in these wood- 

 land tracts, are just the places in which it delights. When growing 

 on bare, exposed spots on banks, its minuteness is often its protection 

 from the clutches of the prying botanist, and doubly secure is it in its 

 concealment when trailing its thread-like stems through a bed of moss 

 or verdant turf on the margin of some clear and shallow streamlet. 

 I have not yet succeeded in getting the capsules of this species, 

 which, with the exception of one or two others, are all extra Euro- 

 pean, and mostly restricted to the southern hemisphere, more particu- 

 larly abounding at the Cape, and in the African islands of Madagascar, 

 St. Helena, &c. 



N. B. — Lobelia urens may possibly be found hereafter on heaths 

 along the western borders of the county, seeing that two plants highly 

 characteristic of the occidental flora inhabit the contiguous county of 

 Dorset within a very few miles of the Hants boundary. I allude to 

 Erica ciliaris and Simethis bicolor. I am not, indeed, certain that 

 the former has not already been gathered within our limits, having 

 heard a rumour to that effect, but which needs to be confirmed by 

 competent authority. 



Calluna vulgaris. On barren moors, heaths, in dry, sterile, sandy 

 woods, thickets and pastures ; abundantly. Var. (3. Hoary tomen- 

 tose. On Bleak Down and in Youngwood's Copse, near Nevvchurch, 

 Isle of Wight, in plenty. The prevailing form, and in its most hairy 

 state, at Wolmer ; Dr. T. Bell Salter. 



Erica Tetralix. On damp heaths, wet, moory ground and spongy 

 bogs ; frequent in the Isle of Wight, and doubtless over the entire 

 county. Var. Flowers pure white. Near Newport and at Black- 

 gang ; Mr. G. Kirkpatrick. Forest of Bere, New Forest and Isle of 

 Wight ; Rev. Messrs. Gamier and Poulter. I found this pretty va- 

 riety in the island to be not uncommon on Briddlesford Heath, 1841 



