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nearly all radical, on long petioles ; flowering stem leafless. The 

 flowers were as large as those borne by plants of the ordinary stature. 

 In this neighbourhood grows Helleborus viridis ; but I was too late 

 for it : it had passed flowering. Primroses abundant in an orchard, 

 and excessively large ; in which place I found, in a hedge, Cardamine 

 pratensis in flower. Saw more of this plant afterwards on the border 

 of a rivulet in Ham Wood. Returned through the wood ; at the end 

 of which, on an old wall, found Sisymbrium Thalianum, — some in 

 flower, others with nearly ripe fruit. Passed Burleigh, where I saw 

 plenty of Anchusa sempervirens, some plants in flower. Gathered, 

 in the course of my ramble, besides those already mentioned: — 

 Mcehringia trinervis (saw only a little of this in flower), Geranium 

 lucidum (saw only two or three in flower), Heracleum Sphondylium 

 (partially blown), splendid specimens of Asplenium Trichomanes in 

 fruit, Cardamine hirsuta and C. sylvatica (query, are these plants 

 really two species ? I commonly find the former on the upper and 

 dry parts of hedges; while the latter occupies the damp, lower parts, 

 and the runlets or water- courses), Veronica serpyllifolia, Ranunculus 

 bulbosus (two or three only), R. repens (only one), and Arum macu- 

 latum. 



April 6. Agraphis nutans in flow r er. 



April 8. Found the following in flower: — Geranium molle, Son- 

 chus oleraceus, Crataegus oxyacanthus, Ranunculus parviflorus (spa- 

 ringly), Viola tricolor (only one or two), Myosotis collina, and two 

 or three of the yellow-flowered Cruciferae — Brassica or Sinapis, did 

 not notice which. 



April 11. Sauntered through fields leading out of Plymouth to 

 Stoke. Found, in flower, Fedia olitoria (small), Alchemilla arvensis, 

 Veronica arvensis, Barbarea praecox, and Sherardia arvensis (small 

 and in limited quantity) . 



April 17. Extraordinary change in the weather: very cold; sleet 

 and hail. On the rocks under the Hoe found in flower (but stunted 

 plants), Erodium moschatum. Also, Smyrnium olusatrum (partially 

 open). 



In my former communications I quoted the flowering-seasons as 

 given by Sir W. Hooker and Mr. Babington. I have refrained from 

 so doing on the present occasion, lest 1 should trespass upon your 

 space, as well as to avoid the appearance of pitting my humble ob- 

 servations against their high authority. All interested will " compare 

 notes." 



I have been reminded that in my former articles on the present 



