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and " gracefully dilated upwards ;" the teeth ovate-lanceolate, taper- 

 ing into long points, and erecto-patent. But as Mr. Bentham observes 

 (Labiat. p. 598), " The form of the limb of the calyx is so uncertain 

 within the above mentioned limits, that I cannot distinguish the three 

 plants figured as separate species by Reichenbach," — a remark to the 

 correctness of which my own repeated observations on our native 

 species enable me to bear testimony. 



Marrubium vulgare. In dry waste places, pastures, by road-sides 

 and about villages ; rare in the lower and more level parts of the 

 county and island, more frequent and most truly wild in the higher 

 districts, and especially on the elevated chalk downs, and along the 

 earthen or stone fences that traverse them. A local plant in the Isle 

 of Wight, more frequent in West than in East Medina. Pastures at 

 Bonchurch. Frequent on many parts of Afton Down, and in other 

 places about Freshwater. On the slope of the down a little above 

 Brook Church, in plenty, and about Brixton. Abundant on all the 

 downs west of Calbourn ; Sandown ; Colwell : Mr. W. D. Snooke 

 (in Fl. Vect.). Sparingly and sporadically in the lower grounds of 

 the island, where in many cases it has. probably stayed from cultiva- 

 tion. On several parts of Short Heath, near Selborne, and observed 

 by me in various parts of mainland Hants, but I find no memoranda 

 of particular stations amongst my notes, which for that portion of the 

 county are of very recent compilation, and consequently imperfect as 

 regards many species native thereto. I should say the Marrubium 

 was by no means uncommon throughout the county, but partially or 

 locally distributed, chiefly in the hilly parts of it. I have seen it 

 growing plentifully and perfectly naturalized in Georgia, United States. 



Teucrium Scorodonium. In dry woods, thickets, hedges, and 

 rough, stony, bushy, or heathy places ; plentiful in most parts of the 

 county and Isle of Wight. 



X Chamdedrys. On old walls, banks and borders of fields ; 



a very doubtful inhabitant of the Isle of Wight, now apparently ex- 

 tinct. In the area of Carisbrook Castle ; Dr. Stokes in Withering's 

 Bot. Arrangem. Certainly not to be found there now, since I have 

 made repeated search for it myself, as have likewise persons residing 

 at the castle, who show the ruins to strangers. It will probably be 

 found hereafter in some part or other of the county. I have never 

 seen it but on old walls or banks contiguous to ruined houses, and 

 have gathered it on walls at Winchelsea and at Stapleton in Radnor- 

 shire. T. Botrys, which Mr. Borrer tells me grows certainly wild on 

 Box Hill, Surrey, may with reason be expected on the chalk hills of 



