660 



Maindell chalk-pit ; Mr. W. L. Notcutt!!! and near the monument 

 (Nelson's ?) ; Id. 



Thymus Serpyllum. On dry turfy banks, pastures, and heathy, 

 hilly places, abundantly. On the summit of our highest downs, and 

 very commonly on old mole-hills. Var. (3. citriodora. Road-side 

 near the Sandrock spring. This, the lemon-scented thyme, is proba- 

 bly common with us in Hants. Another variety, with very hairy 

 stem and leaves, is not unfrequent, as about Ryde, &c, &c. Dr. Dar- 

 lington tells us, that within his recollection it was a prevalent vulgar 

 notion in America that the wild thyme sprang up spontaneously in 

 spots where human blood had been spilt by any casualty or violence. 

 Fl. Cest. p. 347. The idea, though revolting, is not without its poe- 

 try ; but how widely different from the images of peace and repose 

 which the thyme-covered bank suggests to the rural muse in Europe ! 

 The common garden thyme ( T. vulgaris) grows spontaneously and in 

 plenty on a wall-top in Niton village. 



Calaminiha officinalis. In dry, open, sunny situations, on banks, 

 by road-sides, borders of fields, along hedges, and amongst rocks, 

 chiefly on gravelly or calcareous soils in the low country, never, I 

 think, in the hilly upland districts. In several parts of the Isle of 

 Wight, but very local. Sparingly betwixt Quarr Abbey and Fish- 

 bourne, near Quarr House, September, 1837, but I have not seen it 

 there for years. It used to be plentiful in Undercliff, amougst the 

 rocks behind Bonchurch, but the recent buildings have probably 

 much diminished its frequency there. Frequent on hedge-banks be- 

 twixt Thorley and Wellond. By the road-side above Apse Heath. 

 Along the road from Carisbrook to Buecorabe, and about Carisbrook 

 Castle and village, near the church. A few plants in the park at 

 Swainston. Ruins of Quarr Abbey, near Ryde ; Mr. Thomas Mee- 

 han, jun. !! In various parts of mainland Hants. Exceedingly 

 abundant betwixt Cosham and Havant, lining the road on the north 

 side for hundreds of yards between Drayton and Farlington, and con- 

 tinuing at intervals almost to Bedhampton. Plentiful within the huge 

 area of Porchester Castle. Hedges near Exton, by Meonstoke, in 

 considerable plenty, August 21st, 1849. Exton road ; Rev. E. M. 

 Sladen (probably the same station as the last). Extremely common 

 betwixt Win ton and Hursley ; Mr. Win. Whale ! Old meadows at 

 Mardon Castle, and in Hursley Park ; Miss A. M. Yonge. South- 

 ampton road, beyond Titchfield, Mr. W. L. Notcutt ; and unques- 

 tionably in many other places. C. Nepeta is very likely to be found 

 within the limits of the Hampshire Flora, and should be looked for 



