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Plantago Coronopus. In dry, sandy, gravelly places, fields, pas- 

 tures and waste ground, under walls, &c, very common. On Ryde 

 Dover in plenty. Very fine and abundant on the green sand along 

 the coast, as on Royal Heath, and above Sandown Bay, betwixt San- 

 down and Shanklin. Particularly abundant and luxuriant everywhere 

 on the green sand along the whole line of cliff coast betwixt Black- 

 gang and Compton Bay. 



maritima. In mud flats and salt-marsh meadows and pas- 

 tures ; common on the coasts of the island and mainland. In the 

 meadows behind Ryde Dover in abundance. Muddy sides of the 

 Medina above Cowes. Shores of Brading and Yarmouth harbours, 

 &c, in plenty. 



lanceolata. In meadows, pastures, by road-sides, waste 



places, &c, everywhere plentiful. 



media. In dry meadows and pastures, particularly on cal- 

 careous soils; very frequent over the county and Isle of Wight. 

 About Ventnor and other parts of Undercliff, the prevailing species. 

 Plentiful about Newport, Carisbrook, Thorley, Calborne, and through- 

 out the chalky districts generally. Common on most of the chalk 

 downs and pastures in the county, as about Winchester, Whitchurch, 

 Andover, &c. The prettiest of all our plantains, and very sweet- 

 scented in flower. Sir James Smith recommends for destroying this 

 plant on grass plats, the pouring a drop of sulphuric acid on the 

 crown of the root; a piece of valuable advice to such gardeners as 

 have time to undertake and patience to perform the operation ef- 

 fectually. 



Wm. A. Bromfield. 



Eastmount, Ryde, Isle of Wight, 

 November, 1849. 



(To be continued.) 



EDWARD NEWMAN, PRINTER, DEVONSHIRE STREET, BISHOPSGATE. 



