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teney's Cat. of the rarer Plants of Dorset. I found it in October last 

 extremely abundant in ditches and pools on the road out of Christ- 

 church towards Sopley and Ringwood, beginning a short distance 

 from Christchurch, and continuing nearly to Winkton ; some of the 

 ditches and drains in that low-lying and swampy district being quite 

 filled with it. I may take this occasion to mention that I found Stel- 

 laria glauca (a plant I had down on hearsay only in the Hampshire 

 catalogue till then), growing abundantly in marshy ground on the 

 same road, on the left hand going towards Sopley, a short mile out of 

 Christchurch, and still very partially in flower, October 6th, 1849. I 

 have never remarked the Frog-bit in any other quarter of Hants, but 

 can scarcely doubt of its occurrence in various parts of the county, as 

 it is frequent in Sussex in the levels, on low grounds along the coast, 

 as at Eastbourne, Pevensey, Arundel, &c. 



The curious Water Aloe or Water Soldier (Stratiotes aloides) may 

 be found in Hants, although for the most part restricted in its genuine 

 wild state to the easternmost midland counties of England. It is na- 

 turalized in this island, as above mentioned, and it is only a wonder 

 it is not more generally dispersed over the realm, since, when thrown 

 into almost any pond or ditch, it seldom fails to take entire posses- 

 sion, hardly permitting a rival to flourish in peace by its side. 



t ? Udora canadensis (Anacharis Alsinastricm, Bab. Man.). In 

 rivers, streams, snd stagnant waters ; very rare, and possibly not in- 

 digenous to the only Hampshire station yet known for this plant. In 

 an artificial piece of water in Leigh Park, near Havant, the seat of 

 Sir George Staunton, Bart. ; Mr. Borrer, 1847 !! Mr. B. informs me 

 that the species was remarked by the gardener at Leigh Park only 

 within a year or two of the above date, and after the introduction to 

 the pond of some American aquatics, with which it was concluded to 

 have been conveyed thither. The same year, a very similar, if not 

 identical plant, was discovered growing abundantly in the reservoirs 

 at Foxton Locks, near Market Harborough, Leicestershire, by Miss 

 Kirby, and since then it has been detected in a multitude of most 

 unexceptionable localities (rivers and streams) in England and Scot- 

 land, placing its indigenous origin beyond all doubt; although as 

 usual its claim to nativity was immediately questioned, it must be al- 

 lowed with far more reason than is commonly brought forward in ex- 

 cuse for scepticism on like occasions. For being known exclusively 

 till that time as a transatlantic plant (unless the Lithuanian species 

 be the same), there was ground for demurring to its reception amongst 

 our true natives, so long as the stations it was found in partook of an 



