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down. All the specimens were in fruit, and a few still in flower 

 and fruit both. There need be no fear about specifying the loca- 

 lity as definitely as we can ; for there is no risk of robbing the 

 station. The roots of the Sea Pea run so far among the shingle 

 that the plant can protect itself from (against), the ravages of 

 rapacious plant seekers, and the greediness of plant sellers. It 

 is desirable that others should enjoy the delight we felt, even 

 though they might not have tlie time, the patience, nor the per- 

 severance to hunt for it so long and assiduously as we did. This 

 was one of our most important captures, it may not be termed a 

 discovery; for the localities, though vaguely given, as "Beach 

 near Walmer,^' " Between Kingsdown and Walmer," and " Be- 

 tween Deal and L)over," are probably all meant to signify this 

 one station where we saw the plant, very near to Kingsdown, and 

 above a mile from Walmer. 



The other plants observed in this part of our day^s walk were 

 Cramhe maritima, here and there sparingly on the shingly beach ; 

 Geraniwn robertianum, the maritime variety ; and a pelorian form 

 of Linaria vulgaris, Glaucium luteum, Echium vulgare, etc. 



From Kingsdown we walked on to St. Margaret's, under the 

 cliffy and a very warm walk it Avas. The breeze, though blow- 

 ing briskly from the sea, was counteracted by the influence of 

 the clifr*, and never reached within a hundred yards of the lofty, 

 steep rocks. We kept botanizing on the undercliff'j the upper 

 one was a perpendicular or overhanging chalk rock, on which 

 nothing did or could grow. 



Here we first lighted upon large plants of Brassica oleracea 

 long past flowering, and far, very far beyond our reach. "VYe 

 subsequently saw them growing on a lower site, on the debris 

 of the chalk, between the road and the sea. Here abounded 

 Erythrcea Centaurium, or the narrow-leaved variety^ which we 

 were good-natured enough to consider E. linaricefolia ; and broad- 

 leaved forms also appeared, which we could not prevail on oui-- 

 selves to name E. latifolia. Gentiana Amarella was in great 

 force, as geologists say, and very luxuriant, often a foot hio-h 

 very broad-leaved and bushy. Is this the variety or siDecies 

 called G. germanica ? Linuin angustifolium again appeared, with ■ 

 the largest forms of Chlora perfoliata ever seen, and of the most 

 intense glaucous hue, with flowers of the deepest possible yellow. 



With many other plants seen before, and too tedious to enu- 



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