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St. George's Down, by Newport. At Apse Castle, near Shanklin, 

 abundant, but confined chiefly, if not wholly, to one part of it, namely, 

 the heathy portion about America. A single specimen found in a 

 corn-field near Mottiston, July, 1838. On Royal Heath, Sandown, 

 Mr. Albert Hambrough ! (probably now destroyed by inclosing). I 

 have some how or other neglected making notes of this and the two 

 following grasses on the mainland, although certain of having seen 

 them all three at various times. The present species I have gathered 

 near Farnborough Station, in July last. 



Aira caryophyllea. In dry, barren, sandy or gravelly and hilly 

 pastures, on heaths, &c. ; not unfrequent. In rough, elevated fields 

 near Bembridge, plentifully. Field between Sandown and Lee Farm, 

 in great profusion. On Royal Heath and Lake Common. Frequent, 

 if 1 remember right, on Bleak Down, on the sandy fences by the road 

 side, and in various other places. The Salterns (Fareham), Mr. W. 

 L. Notcutt. 



Aira prcecox. In exactly similar places with the last, also on 

 banks, waste ground and wall tops occasionally, but I think less fre- 

 quent with us than that. Plentiful some years ago on a waste part of 

 Ryde Dover, but doubtless now destroyed. On the higher and heathy 

 part of Apse Castle, near the top of the hill, abundantly. On Royal 

 Heath, but whether to be found at present on that almost entirely in- 

 closed spot I am ignorant. These are the only Isle-of- Wight stations 

 I find on record by myself; for mainland Hants I have only the fol- 

 lowing habitat as yet to communicate, although there can be little 

 doubt the early Hairgrass is no uncommon species in the county. 

 Titchfield Common, Mr. W. L. Notcutt. Well distinguished, as they 

 are, by excellent and stable characters, and by the different flowering 

 time, there is a close resemblance between this and A. caryophyllea, 

 which last, in some of its more luxuriant states, incurs greater liability 

 to be mistaken for A. flexuosa than for A. praecox, being in fact a 

 quasi-intermediate, though perfectly distinct, species from both its 

 larger and smaller congeners. 



Corynephorou scanescens (Airacanescens, Sm m &c.) may be looked 

 for with strong probability of success on the sandy parts of the 

 Hampshire coast. It is stated to occur as near to us as Poole, in 

 Dorsetshire. 



Trisetum Jlavescens. In dry fields, meadows, pastures, heathy 

 places, by road-sides, on banks, &c. ; very common in most parts of 

 the Isle of Wight, and I think of the rest of the county; particularly 

 abundant on the chalk, but not unfrequent in sandy places. 



