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Jiirsutum, Bryonia dioica, Plantago media, Sison, Pastinaca, Ver- 

 bena officinalis, etc. 



Tragopogon porrifolms. Not indigenous ; is it ? 

 Arctium. Is it possible there is no other species ? 

 Vinca minor. Introduced ? 



Verbascwn Thapsus. Is it cultivated for ornament, or medi- 

 cinal use ? Kequii'es the ^ surely. 



Veronica Buxbaumii also has no brand, though doubtless an 

 introduced plant at Harrow, as elsewhere in England. 



Mijosotis sylvatica. " Roadsides" seems a very unlikely kind 

 of station. Can M. arvensis have been gathered instead ? 



Atriplex Babingtonii. It is hardly possible this seaside species 

 can have occurred so far inland ; but our confidence in the right 

 naming of the plants in this genus is still further impaired by 

 finding A. hastata, A. patida, and A. angustifolia given as if 

 their names corresponded to three distinct species ; it being well 

 understood that the name hastata is given by continental botanists 

 either to Avhat we call A. deltoidea (including the A. hastata of 

 Babington's Manual == the^. patida of Smith), or to the A. 

 patida of Smith separately ; thus the A. patula of Linnseus is 

 left to represent the A. angusitfolia of Smith, and clearly one 

 name is supernumerary in the Harrow List. 



Fagus sylvatica. If planted only, requires some brand. 

 Juncus. It is indeed surprising to find that in spite of the 

 presence of a canal, only three species have been found. May 

 we hope that, with the experience of another two or three seasons, 

 the writer will be able to register a very considerable increase to 

 his local catalogue, as we are sure he may well look for certain 

 additions among the Junci, Potamogetones, and Gramina. 385 

 species can hardly be the complete census for a neighbourhood, 

 where, it is true, most of the land is under grass, and where not 

 half-a-dozen really scarce plants have been found. But, even 

 with the omission of several varieties that do duty for species, it 

 is hardly likely that the actual number is far short of 500 in any 

 " neighbourhood^' (within a walk of head-quarters) situated in 

 the south of England. 



If these remarks should meet the eye of the botanist to whom 

 we are indebted for the first detailed account of Harrow Botany, 

 I sincerely hope that they will not be mistaken as implying any 

 censure upon the writer, but will rather bring some explanation 



