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tennination : the leaves or bracts in the spike are membranous, flat, 

 scale-like, serrated at the sides, dilated at the base, and terminating in 

 a prolonged point at the apex. After the escape of the seeds the spikes 

 bend downwards, assuming a semicircular form, and the bracts become 

 reflexed. 



The thecEe are sessile, of a pale yellow colour, and in form much 

 resembling a kidney bean. 



(To be continued). 



Art. XII. — Short Account of an Excursion to Cohham, Kent. 

 By Al. Ievine, Esq. 



Albury, June 21, 1841. 

 Sir, 



If you think the following short account of a visit to Cob- 

 ham, Kent, worth your notice, you are welcome to insert it in ' The 

 Phytologist,' to which I wish much success. 



Yours very truly, 



Al. Irvine. 

 To the Editor of ' The Phytologist.' 



On Whitmonday, May 31, 1841, my friend Mr. Wm. Pamplin, jun. 

 and myself left London Bridge in one of the steamers about 8 o'clock 

 A, M., and arrived at Gravesend by half-past 10. We then started for 

 Cobham across the fields, a walk which may be accomplished with 

 ease in little more than an hour. Among the com we found Papaver 

 hybridum, Adonis autumnalis, Ajuga Chamsepitys, Bupleurum rotun- 

 difolium, &c. 



After passing through the village of Cobham towards the park, be- 

 yond the carpenter's shop and yard, in a corner partly in the wood and 

 partly on the little waste ground between the cornfield and the wood 

 skirting the park, we gathered a species of Tragopogon,* which Mr. 

 Pamplin, who showed me the spot, told me, as far as I can recollect, 

 is an undescribed or unrecognised species. 



From the spot where the Tragopogon grows we walked along the 

 verge of the park, having the park on our left hand and the corn-fields 

 on our right, and in a few minutes arrived at most magnificent plants of 

 Astragalus glycyphyllos, growing in great abundance; we also ob- 



* See next page. 



