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Botanical Information : Eboe Nut. Chinese Rice-paper. Herba- 

 rium of M. Barneoud. Notes on Cleomella, by Dr. Torrey. 



Notices of Books: New edition of the 'British Flora. 1 Woods's 

 ' Tourist's Flora.' 



A Catalogue of the Plants growing wild hi 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 987). 



Luzula campestris. In dry meadows, barren fields, pastures, and 

 sandy, heathy places on short turf; everywhere extremely common. 

 Apse Castle, on the walks, &c. 



Luzula multifiora. In damp, moory ground, turfy bogs, wet 

 woods, thickets, and other moist or shady places ; frequent. Between 

 Ryde and the Priory. Wood by Little Smallbrook. About West 

 Cowes. On the skirts of Lake and Blackpan Commons, in and about 

 Apse Castle, and most other parts of the Isle of Wight, and doubtless 

 equally common over the rest of the county. The var. /3. congesta, 

 with the clusters collected into a roundish, lobed head, is also fre- 

 quent. Notwithstanding that some of our best botanists consider this 

 plant a variety of the last, I cannot but be of opinion that Mr. Ba- 

 bington is right in deeming it, as did Smith, De Candolle and others, 

 a good and very distinct species. The oblong, not globose, seeds, far 

 greater size and height of the plant, and its different places of growth 

 and general habit are all in favour of such a view of its nature. It 

 has usually a very gray, and even hoary aspect, and flowers later than 

 L. campestris. It is a pity that L. nivea should be retained on the 

 list of British plants, if it be well ascertained to have been planted in 

 the woods near Dunfermline; it is scarcely a species of western and 

 sea-coast countries of Europe, nor does it range so far north as Scot- 

 land on the continent. 



Alisma Plantago. In ponds, ditches, and slow streams, &c. ; com- 

 mon everywhere. Herb quite inodorous. 



Alisma ranunculoides. In ditches, drains and shallow pools. In 

 several parts of the Isle of Wight, but by no means common. Abun- 

 dant in marsh ditches at Easton, Freshwater Gate, and occasionally 



