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mens, will there not then be a diminution of the aggregate number of 

 parts ? Thirdly, Is it a doctrine of morphology that in a species or 

 genus in which all the parts of the flower are normally present, one 

 series of parts may be totally absent and unrepresented ? 



Clarkia pulchella frequently has the same aberration ; and Lindley 

 says that in Skinnera, an allied genus, the petals are always wanting. 



Edward Newman. 

 Devonshire St., City, June, 1850. 



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 917). 



Iris Pseud-acorus. By river-sides, in shallow ditches, ponds, and 

 low marshy or moory meadows ; abundantly in all parts of the county 

 and Isle of Wight. 



fcetidissima. In groves, thickets, pastures, along hedges and 



borders of fields ; extremely common in most parts of the Isle of 

 Wight, but very rare on the mainland, excepting on or near the coast. 

 Everywhere about Ryde, in Quarr Copse, Apse wood, &c. Profusely all 

 over the Undercliff, to the verdant aspect of which in winter the tufts 

 of dark evergreen leaves most materially contribute. Woods, &c, 

 about Cowes, Yarmouth, Freshwater and elsewhere, abundantly. 

 Frequent, if I recollect right, about Southampton, towards Netley, 

 but I have not paid much attention to its distribution in mainland 

 Hants, where it is far less plentiful than on this side the Solent, even 

 on the coast. Not unfrequent in Hayling Island. About Porchester 

 and Porchester Castle. Bitterne (near Southton), Rev. Messrs. Gar- 

 nier and Poulter in Hamp. Repos. Fontley, Mr. W. L. Notcutt. 

 Extremely rare about Winchester, Dr. A. D. White. In a lane be- 

 twixt West Meon and Privet, Miss Sibley. I do not remember to 

 have seen it in the west of the county, as at Lymington, Christchurcb, 

 or in any part of the New Forest ; nor have I any station to record 

 for the northern or eastern quarters, although doubtless it occurs 

 here and there in all parts of Hants. Var. /3. citrina. Flowers of 

 a uniform pale yellow. Of this most remarkable variety I met with 

 a few plants in a wood near Yarmouth, in July, 1837, since which 

 time I have never fallen in with it there or elsewhere. I long sup- 



