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optical illusions are dispelled by calling in the organ of touch to aid 

 and correct the eye in these subtile disquisitions. 



W. Wilson. 



Orfoid Mount, Warrington, 

 August 31, 1843. 



Coni-fields at Port- 

 Near Wyke. 

 Portland. 

 Stony beach. 



Art. CLXIX. — Rarer Plants observed near Weymouth. 

 By G. S. Gibson, Esq. 



The following is a list of some of the rarer plants observed in the 

 vicinity of Weymouth, during a fortnight's sojourn in that town in the 

 summer of 1843. 



Adonis autumnalis. 



land. 

 Papaver hyhridum. 



Argemone. 



Glaucium luteum. 



Fumaria capreolata. Lane at Chesil, Port- 

 land. 



Cochleana danica. Chesil bank, by the rd. 

 Cakile maritima. Saudy shore. 

 Arabis hirsuta. Rocks at Portland. 

 Silene anglica. Very sparingly near the 



sluice, Lodmoor. 

 Linum angustifulium. Near the Feriy- 



bridge ; Backwater banks near gas- 

 works, &c. 

 Geranium lucidum & columhinum. Rocks 



at Portland. 

 Medicago maculata. Cliffs &c. in several 



places. 

 denticulata. Sparingly near the 



Ferry-bridge. 

 Trifolium ornithopodioides. Chesil bank 



close to Portland, and at Portland. 



maritiinum. By the Backwater 



and the cliffs. 



scabrum. Sandy shore &c. fr. 



Vicia gracilis. Cornfields at Portland. 



angustifidia. Cliffs towards Sands- 

 foot castle. 



lutea. Field on the cliff near Sands- 

 foot castle; stony beach at Lodmoor 



Lnthyrus Aphaca. Fields &c. at Portland, 

 abundant ; also near Wyke. 



Pisum maritimum. Chesil bank, opposite 

 Wyke. 



Rosa spinosissima. Portland. 



Petroselinum segetum. Hedges, not un- 

 common. 



Slson Aynomum. Hedges, frequent. 



Bupleurum tenuissimum. Field by Back- 

 water on the west side, beyond the 

 gas-works ; also near the sluice, 

 Lodmoor. 



(Eaanthe p imp inello ides. Moist meadows 

 &c. frequent. 



Silaus pratensis. Meadows. 



Crit/wium maritimum. Chesil bank, west 

 of the bridge. 



Pastinaca sativa. Fields and road-sides. 



Torilis infesta. Road-sides. 



Smyrnium Ohisatrum. Cliffs nr. the pier. 



Eryngium maritimum. Chesil bank and 

 by Ferry-bridge. 



Ruhia peregrina. Rocks at Portland. 



Asperula Cynanchica, Fedia Auricida and 

 Prenanthes muralis. Portland. 



Carduus nutans (white flowers). Portland, 

 near the church. 



Marianus. Portland. 



Cichorium Inlybus. Corn-fields and road- 

 sides. 



Conyza squarrosa and Solidago Virgaurea. 

 Portland. 



Scnecio sylvaticus. Cliffs by Backwater. 



Aster Tripolium Si Pyrelhrum maritimum. 

 Salt-marshes. 



