156 REVIEW. {.May, 



plants in the south of England. Parnassia palustris (Grass of 

 Parnassus) grows in most of the lower ground among the sand- 

 hills in considerable quantities. It is not unknown in Herts and 

 Bucks, but the stations are few and distant. 



" In situations similar to those in which we found the Grass of Parnassus 

 we met with large quantities of the Pyrola rotimdifoUa (round-leaved 

 Winter- Green) ; in fact, in many places the ground was literally carpeted 



with it." 



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^ This plant is a doubtful native of the south of England. Many- 

 years ago the writer of this saw at Henfield a living plant, said 

 to be Pyrola rotundifulia, and also said to have been found in a 

 part of St. Leonard's Forest called Miller's Race. Can Mr. 

 Borrer or Mr. ^litten, or any other botanist, tell us if this be a 

 Sussex plant ? 



" A frequent inhabitant of the little grassy hillocks among the sand- 

 hills is the Gentiana campestrls (Field Gentian), which, though not very 

 remarkable for beauty, is yet interesting on account of its rarity. 



" The beautiful Brythraa Centaurium (Lesser Centaury) is no unfre- 

 quent neighbour of the last, and adds materially to the beauty of the floral 

 scene by its very pretty bright pink blossoms. It is a plant beloved of 

 herbalists, on account of its tonic quaUties, and is locally tenned ' Sanc- 

 tuary.' But perhaps the plant most frequently to be met with about the 

 sandhills is the Cijnoglossum officinale (Common Hound's-Tongue). Its 

 dull purple flowers, with their mouse-like smell, had vanished previous to 

 our visit ; but we brought back to Preston many mementos of our walk in 

 the shape of numbers of its seeds, which clung with great tenacity to our 

 clothes. 



" Between the sandhills and high-water mark there is a great abundance 

 of the Glaux maritima (Black Saltwort), and occasionally a few plants of 

 the singular-looking EryiKjbim maritimum (Sea Holly) ; while in ditches 

 between the sandhills and Marton Moss we saw several specimens of the 

 Hottonia palustris (Water Violet). The beautiful lilac-coloured blossoms 

 of the last of course had long departed, the plant blossoming in June, but 

 it was easily recognized, from its peculiarly jagged and divided leaves. 



" The most conspicuous perhaps, and one of the rarest, is the Brassica 

 Monensis (Isle of Man Cabbage), and we saw abundance of the Thalictrum 

 minus (Less Meadow Rue). In the same locality, in their proper seasons, 

 are to be met with Datura Stramonium (Thorn Apple), Lycopsis arvensis 

 (Small Bugloss), Salsola Kali (Prickly Saltwort), CaJiile maritima (Sea- 

 Rocket), Trifolium arveuse (Hare's-foot Trefod), T. suffocatmn (Sufib- 

 cnted Trefoil), and many others. 



