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bourne New Barn Hummet, plentifully ; May 9, 1846 : and since ga- 

 thered in some abundance in the same wood, of which it seems to be 

 a pretty constant inhabitant. Plentifully on a rough, sloping, stony 

 field nearly at the back of the Tolt Copse, Gatcombe, June 10, 1846. 

 In the great fir and beech plantation on the down near Westover, se- 

 veral specimens upwards of two feet high, July 3, 1843. In a chalky 

 hollow on the north side of Messly or Mersley Down, sparingly ; 

 May 28, 1844. Quarr Copse, in some plenty ; Miss Theodora Price, 

 June, 1838!!! Field at Egypt, W. Cowes ; Rev. Mr. Mann. Cliff 

 above Gurnet Bay ; Miss G. E. Kilderbee ! Shady lane under Caris- 

 brook Castle, and on the borders of a lane leading from Roughborough 

 farm up the down; Mr. G. Kirkpatrick. At Norris Castle; Id. In 

 considerable abundance in the copse of low brushwood (chiefly hazel) 

 on the down at the top of Alvington chalk-pit, about half a mile from 

 Carisbrooke, on the Yarmouth road ; Miss Dennett (vidi icon). Soli- 

 tary specimens I have picked in several other places, and it occurs 

 sporadically, I think, in nearly all parts of the island, but I hardly 

 know if it be found on the green sand. Woods, &c, about W. Meon, 

 as Hall Place, Westbury, Warnford, Chappets and elsewhere, com- 

 mon ; the Miss Sibleys. Bordean Hill, frequent; Id.!!! Bordean 

 Hill, Hambledon ; Rev. Messrs. Garnier and Poulter in Hamp. Repos. 

 Parnell or Parholt Wood, near Farley, by Winton ; Miss A. M. 

 Yonge !!! Highclere ; Dr. A.D.White. High clere Park and Bar- 

 ton's Copse, by Sidmonton House ; Cat. of Plants of Newbury. Nore 

 Hill, Selborne ; Professor Bell ! Doubtless widely and generally dis- 

 persed throughout the county, but probably rare in the western or 

 New-Forest district. Its geographical distribution is remarkable, as, 

 although found in Norway at least as far north as Trondiem (Dron- 

 theim) in lat. 63^-, and, it is said, in the Loffoden Islands 68 — 69°, it 

 scarcely enters Scotland in lat. 55 — 56°. The same sudden termina- 

 tion far to the south of its polar limit on the continent holds true of 

 the next plant. 



Herminium Monorchis. On chalky banks and pastures, rare ? and 

 not yet observed in the Isle of Wight. Bordean Hill ; Rev. Messrs. 

 Garnier and Poulter in Hamp. Repos. !!! I am indebted to Miss L. 

 Sibley for pointing out to me the station for this little plant, which is 

 on short pasture ground on the way to the ascent of the hill from 

 Langrish, on the right hand near the lime-kilns. Miss G. E. Kilder- 

 bee has kindly supplied me with numerous fine specimens gathered 

 there in July last. Fir plantation under Wheely Down, near Warn- 

 ford ; Mr. Vickery. These are the only stations I find recorded for 



