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by the authors of the Catalogue of Plants in the ' Hampshire Reposi- 

 tory ' (erroneously attributed to Pulteney) given below. It was sub- 

 sequently noticed there by Mr. D. Snooke!!! A single plant on the 

 shore at the mouth of the Wooton River, June, 1842. A few plants 

 on the shore west of the houses at Ryde, Mr. W. Wilson Saunders !!! 

 (Probably a garden outcast). At Christchurch and Freshwater, Isle 

 of Wight, Rev. Messrs. Gamier and Poulter, in ' Hampshire Reposi- 

 tory.' I remember to have once picked a specimen on the muddy 

 shore near Southampton. Flowers often imperfect, the styles ob- 

 solete. 



Convallaria Polygonatum. In woods and copses ; a doubtful in- 

 habitant of this county. Chavvton Park, near Alton, Mr. J. Woods, 

 Jun., in Bot. Guide. In May, 1848, I carefully searched the woods 

 at Chawton for a whole day, but could n&t meet with this rare spe- 

 cies. On applying last year to Mr. Woods for further particulars and 

 directions to the spot, that gentleman stated that he had an indistinct 

 recollection of gathering this species near Chawton, but that at this 

 distance of time he could neither recall the locality to mind, or speak 

 confidently with regard to the plant itself. Woods at Rotherfield 

 Park, Miss Scott. Since, however, this Convallaria grows, it is 

 said, in coppices about Alderbury, in the contiguous county of Wilts, 

 (and is found in Kent, Somerset, and other southern counties), there 

 seems no reason why it should not be equally indigenous to Hants. 

 I remarked, whilst looking for the plant about Chawton, that small 

 specimens of C. multiflora sometimes put on the aspect of C. Polygo- 

 natum, the leaves in such examples being broader and more erect (or 

 parallel to the stem) than is usual in the former, where the leaves are 

 commonly reflected in pairs from the stems, and stand conjoined like 

 wings at a considerable angle to it, uncovering the latter throughout. 

 May not this resemblance, which I found very tantalizing, often occa- 

 sion C. Polygonatum to be passed by for the above form, or rather 

 state, of C. multiflora, which is far from uncommon ? I suspect this 

 last may be the Polygonatum humile Anglicum of Ray's Synopsis, 

 found by Mr. Philip Moore, gardener of Gray's Inn, in the woods of 

 Wiltshire, according to Bobart, and by the same person in those of 

 Hampshire, according to Morison (Hist. Plant, iii. p. 537), who says, 

 on a view of specimens received by him from Hants, that it differs 

 from the common Solomon's seal only in its smaller size and 

 stature. 



Convallaria multiflora. In woods, copses, groves, thickets, and 

 shady pastures, both on the dry, chalky uplands, and in low, damp 



