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ing time of our various Orobanches begins earlier than the period as- 

 signed in the books ; O. rapura is in Hants a May flowerer, and none 

 of our other species are later than the middle of June before begin- 

 ning to blossom. 



N.B. — Orobanche ramosa has found its way (in print at least) into 

 the Hants flora, and if hemp was ever cultivated to any extent in the 

 county, this, its peculiar parasite, may well be supposed to have oc- 

 curred amongst it. But the O. ramosa, $. of the old ' Botanist's Guide,' 

 is, as has been clearly shown by Sutton (Linn. Trans, iv. p. 180), the 

 O. flore minore of Ray's Synopsis (Dillenian edition) or our O. minor, 

 confounded by Hudson as a variety with the true O. ramosa, in the 

 second edition of the ' Flora Anglica,' the genuine O. minor not hav- 

 ing at that time been recognized as a distinct species, or indeed much 

 known to the botanists of the day. To the possession of the true O. 

 ramosa of Linnaeus as a species indigenous to Hampshire, we can at 

 present advance no claim. 



Wm. A. Bromfield. 



Eastmount, Ryde, Isle of Wight, 

 July 7, 1849. 



(To be continued.) 



[The reader will please make the following corrections in Dr. 

 Bromfield's last communication : — 



Page 573, line 26, for " unhospitably," read " unprofitably." 

 Page 576, Pulmonaria virginica should have been printed as a foot- 

 note. Line 3, for " Volkyniae," read " Volhyniae." 



Page 577, line IS, for " Gerard's Em.," read " Gerarde em." 

 Page 578, line 9, for " purpuro-caeruleum," read " purpureo caeru- 

 leum." 



I wish distinctly to state that the above are typographical errors, 

 and were corrected in Dr. Bromfield's proof, which unfortunately ar- 

 rived after the sheets were printed. — E. N.] 



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