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90. Flora of the Isle of Wiffht. Anxiety to render as complete as possible a Flora 

 of this island, on which I have been for some years past, and am still engaged, and a 

 desire to verify personally all the species and their respective stations, lead me ear- 

 nestly to request from such gentlemen as have botanized in the island, a communica- 

 tion of their discoveries, which I shall at all times feel most happy and grateful to 

 receive and acknowledge, and most particularly so when accompanied by specimens, 

 however small, of the plants found by them. — Id. 



91. Discovery of Monotropa Hypopitys at Cawdor, Nairnshire. Dr. Balfour lately 

 paid me a hurried visit, on his return from a botanical excursion to Skye and the outer 

 Hebrides, when he was so forLunate as to mate a very interesting addition to the Flora 

 of this district, by the discovery of Monotropa Hypopitys in the wood of Cawdor, about 

 a mile from here : I may, I believe, call it an addition to the Flora of Scotland, for 

 Mr. Watson does not mention it in his very accurate ' Botanist's Guide,' as occurring 

 in Scotland. Dr. Balfour could get only a single specimen ; some days afterwards I 

 succeeded in getting a few more, growing under birch and oak, where the ground was 

 thickly covered with a moss (a species of Hypnum I believe), so densely indeed that 

 the grass was almost choked with it, a blade only being to be seen here and there. The 

 specimens of Monotropa were generally about a yard apart, sometimes two being toge- 

 ther. I could trace the fibres of the Monotropa a very little way beyond those of the 

 moss, and did not observe any connection between them and the roots of the oaks and 

 birch, the only trees growing near them ; and am of opinion that if they draw any 

 part of their nourishment from the roots of the neighbouring trees, they certainly do 

 derive considerable support from the vegetable soil in which they grow. — Wm. Alex. 

 Stables ; Cawdor Castle, Nairn, November 10, 1841. 



92. Errata in Mr. Flower^s List of some of the rarer Bristol Plants, (Phytol, 68). 

 Page 68, line 13, for Braston read Bourton : lines 37 & 38, for Peupolc read Penpole. 

 Page 69, line 21, after Lotus tenuis, add " Meadows about Sea Mills." Having stu- 

 died the characters of this plant for the last three seasons, I cannot consider it anything 

 more than a variety of Lotus corniculatus. Page 70, line 22, after Allium add ca- 

 rinaium. — Tlios.B. Flower ; 8, Surrey Street, Strand, November 13, 1841. 



93. Lastrcea Thelypteris. I have lately observed this interesting fern, in great 

 plenty, on Birtle and Glastonbury Moors, Somerset. I believe it is by no means fre- 

 quent in this county. — Id. 



94. Phyteuma orbiculare. This plant occurs in the greatest abundance on Round- 

 way Down, near Devizes, Wilts, in company with Asperula cynanchica, Thesium lino- 

 phyllum, Juniperus communis and Spireea Filipendula. — Id. 



95. Cuscuta Epilinum. On flax in plenty, between Comptin Martin and Ubley, 

 also at West Harptree, on the road to Cheddar, Somerset. — Id. 



96. Arabis stricta, (Phytol. 68). I have much pleasure in thinking the habitat of 

 Arabis stricta on St. Vincent's rocks, may still be preserved. Some years since I sow- 

 ed a quantity of seed in spots whence I had previously gathered plants, and have 

 again done so this year. I wish it to be particularly understood that my cultivation 

 has been confined to known spots, and to St. Vincent's Rocks alone. For doing this 

 I have been gratified by receiving thanks from the most distinguished botanist of the 

 dsiy. —Fredh. Rupert ; Brislington, Nov. 17, 1841. 



97. Corrections and Additions in Mr. MiWs List of Plants in the Isle of Wight, 

 (Phytol. 91). Line 34, for Triticum Nardus read T. junceum. Tamarix gallica, (line 

 37) has most probably been introduced into the locality near Yarmouth. Poa bulbosa 



