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REVIEWS. IM^y, 



Sussex, partly in Kent, and partly in Warwickshire, with his in- 

 timate friend Mr. Willugliby. 



The plants growing on the coast are far more numerous and of 

 greater interest than those of the downs. Besides Glaucium lu- 

 teum, G. phoeniceum was found in the summer of 1859, not far 

 from Hove. See ' Phytologist ' for January, 1860. Cakile ma- 

 ritima and Crambe maritima are also found here, along with Coch- 

 learia danica and the very rare Erysimum orientale, which has 

 been seen within the last ten years in great plenty at Wandsworth 

 Steam-boat pier. See 'Phytologist' for November, 1859. Si- 

 napis muralis {Diplotaxis muralis) is extending its range in Eng- 

 land. Fi^ankenia levis is also found on these shores. F. pulveru- 

 lenta is also reported : but in this instance it is possible that there 

 may be some mistake. Honkenya, a recent genus, is spelt in the 

 sketch Honkeneja, for which precedents may be produced. We 

 have gathered Linum angustifolium on the marly cliffs between 

 Shoreham and Brighton, and saw in the same place the Squirting 

 Cucumber, Cucumis Coloquintida. Purists may be shocked at the 

 appearance of this vagabond among genuine natives of our Bri- 

 tish soil, but it has had the impudence to intrude itself into other 

 places of our native land. Erodium maritimum is a rare sea- 

 coast plant, but it is not strictly limited to maritime localities. 

 Trifolmm subterraneum, T. maritimum and the rarest of rare Tre- 

 foils T. steUatum, still grows abundantly near Shoreham. T. sca- 

 brum and T. glomeratum also grow here. Vicia lutea and V. M- 

 thynica are both recorded from this district. Both have been 

 seen at Wandsworth and Battersea of late. Sedum album is men- 

 tioned as growing on the beach between Brighton and Shoreham, 

 a rather unusual station for a mural and rupestral plant ! Bupleu- 

 rum tenuissimum and Saxifraga t7^idactylitis are also occupants of 

 the coast, with Eryngium maritimum and Smyrnium Olusatrum,th.e 

 latter with black berries (seeds) . This plant, viz. S. Olusatrum, 

 bears black fruit, but its fruit is not a berry. Crithmum mariti- 

 mum, Erigeron canadensis, Erytkrcea pulchella and E. littoralis, 

 Convolvulus Soldanella and Solanum marinum, a creeping pro- 

 cumbent variety of S. Dulcamara, abound less or more in this 

 vicinity. Schoberia fruticosa (in the complete list called Suada 

 mar.) is also recorded. Allium vineale, with several rare Grasses, 

 are reported from this rich locality, which well deserves a visit 

 from the London botanist. 



