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Niton, and on Yarbury Hill. Abundant on the dry, heathy parts of 

 Apse Castle, at America, &c., and on Blackpan Common. The black 

 and rather agreeably flavoured fruit are called here hurtle or hurdle- 

 berries. 



Vaccinium Oxycoccos. In spongy, turfy bogs, creeping amongst 

 Sphagnum and other mosses ; extremely rare in the Isle of Wight, 

 and apparently nearly as much so in the county generally. In a 

 sphagnous, boggy meadow by the Medina, betwixt Cridmore and 

 Appleford farms, forming part of a tract of peaty bog, known as the 

 Wilderness,* in considerable abundance; August 22nd, 1841. I 

 had not succeeded in finding the cranberry here in fruit, and scarcely 

 even in flower, but on the 27th of September last, Dr. Salter gathered 

 a handful of the ripe berries, which he observed to be in a great 

 measure concealed amongst the Sphagnum, through which, like crim- 

 son threads, the stems of this plant delight to trail. In the bogs of 

 Bin's Pond ; Rev. G. White. Dr. Salter met a poor woman with a 

 handkerchief full of cranberries for tarts, on Wolmer Forest, from 

 whence he infers that they must be tolerably abundant in some parts 

 of that district. Droxford Forest ; Rev. E. M. Sladen. 



N. B. — Vitis Idaa has been mentioned to me in a list of plants as 

 found in this county, I have little doubt through error or inadver- 

 tence, being an unlikely species to grow wild in this part of England 

 even on our loftiest hills. Andromeda polifolia may possibly occur 

 on peaty moors and bogs of the forest districts, as it is known to in- 

 habit Somersetshire, near Bridgewater and Glastonbury. It has even 

 been mentioned to me as growing in this island, which must certainly, 

 I think, be a mistake, as I could hardly have overlooked so conspi- 

 cuous a plant in the very few and limited localities fitted for its 

 production. 



Pyrola minor. In mossy (and dry heathy ?) woods and thickets ; 

 very rare ? Found in June, last year, by J. Woods, Esq., on what 

 was once a corner of Romsey Common, but now a fir plantation, in 

 tolerable abundance. Mr. Woods, in a late communication, has 

 kindly indicated to me the exact locality for this species, which may 

 possibly not be very uncommon in the New Forest district. P. ro- 

 tundifolia may be reasonably hoped for in this county, but no species 

 of the genus has yet been discovered in the Isle of Wight. 



Monotropa Hypopitys. In woods, groves and plantations, princi- 

 pally in those of beech or fir. Very rare in the Isle of Wight. By 



* Called also Rookley or Appleford Wilderness. 



