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growth : this he was inclined to think was actually the case, because 

 the outer edge of the grass was serrated at regular distances. When 

 the upper surface or cuticle was brought into focus, certain more or less 

 hexagonal cells, coated with a very thin layer of silica, became visible : 

 this outer covering, however, does not appear to undergo the slightest 

 change during the progress of the growth : the serrations also appeared to 

 cover the whole surface of the grass. Hitherto he had been unable to 

 observe the development and growth of cells near the root, his atten- 

 tion having been more particularly directed to the apex of the blade, 

 the pushing forward or growth of which he considered to be oc- 

 casioned not by the before-mentioned expansion or elongation of the 

 terminal cells, but by the addition of new matter to the base of the 

 blade. 



A Catalogue of the Plants growing wild in Hampshire, with occa- 

 sional Notes and Observations on some of the more remarkable 

 Species. By William Arnold Bromfield, M.D., F.L.S., &c. 



(Continued from page 768). 



Daphne Mezereum. Woods, thickets and copses ; rare ? It can 

 scarcely be held indigenous to the Isle of Wight, as hitherto it has 

 occurred in a couple of localities only. A single small plant in a 

 moist brambly thicket about a quarter of a mile west of Wackland 

 farm ; Mr. Thatcher !!! The plant was shown to me by the late Mr. 

 It. Loe, of Newchurch, with unripe berries on it, May 12, 1845. A 

 specimen had previously been found some years since at Apse Castle, 

 near Shanklin, by Mrs. Cheverton, of Apse farm, and by her trans- 

 planted into the garden there, where I saw it growing. In several 

 parts of mainland Hants. In Old Park Wood, Bishop's Sutton ; Mr. 

 J. Forder !!! — also reported to grow in Old Down Wood, Ropley, and 

 in Brooke's Wood, Bishop's Sutton ; Id. In West Wood, West 

 Meon, but very scarce, from being so much sought after to supply the 

 gardens ; Miss E. Sibley !!! Reported to grow in the woods at Brook- 

 wood ; Dr. A. D. White. (This station is very near the last, and 

 hence very probably correct). In the beech woods betwixt West 

 Meon and Bramdean, quite wild, and not sparingly ; Mrs. Winkworth 

 Moody. (Mr. Pamplin in New Bot. Guide Suppl.) This includes 

 both the two preceding stations, with perhaps other localities, and I 



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