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I searched along the shore a considerable time, without success, 

 for Herniaria glabra, which in the ' Botanist's Guide ' is said to grow 

 there ; and am ready to fear that it has become extinct, if indeed it 

 ever grew there, and if some other plant in an immature state was not 

 mistaken for it. G. S. Gibson. 



Saffron Waldeu, August, 1843. 



Art. CLXXV. — Rarer Plants found near Ventnor, Isle of Wight. 

 By G. S. Gibson, Esq. 



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

 neighbourhood of Ventnor, Isle of Wight, during a week's stay at that 

 place in the summer of 1843. 



Clematis Vitalba. Hedges, abundant. 



Papaver hybridum. Cornfields, sparingly. 



Glaucium luteum. Sea-sliore, plentiful. 



Fumaria capreolata. Wayside at St. Law- 

 rence. 



Matthiola incana. Chalky cliffs at Steep- 

 hill, near Ventnor, for some dis- 

 tance, chiefly in inaccessible places, 

 and to all appearance wild. 



Cakile maritima. Bonchurch and Shank- 

 lin. 



Silene maritima. Between St. Lawrence 

 and Niton. 



Arenaria peploides. Shore at Slianklin. 



■ marina. Cliffs nr. St. Lawrence. 



Linum. angustifolium. Abundant at 



Shanklin. 



Lavatera arborea. Waste ground at Vent- 

 nor and Shanklin. 



Hypericum montanum. Rare near St. 

 Lawrence. 



Geranium rotundifolium. Old walls at St. 

 Lawrence. 



< columbinum. On the hills in 



small quantity. 



Euonymus europceus. Hedges at St. Law- 

 rence. 



Lathyrus sylvestris. Very abundant in the 

 east end of the undercliff near Bon- 

 church. 



Medicago maculatn. Near Bonchurch and 

 St. Lawrence. 



Near the east end Bon- 



Near St. Lawrence. 

 Near St. Lawrence, 



Near Luc- 



Medicago sativa. 

 church. 



Hijypocrepis comosa. 



Rosa spinosissima. 

 scarce. 



Epilobium angustifolium. 

 combe chine. 



Apium graveolens. Shore and cliffs in se- 

 veral places. 



Petroselinum segetum. Not uncommon in 

 cornfields, hedges, & waste ground. 



Sison Amomum. Hedges, frequent. 



Crithmum maritimum. Cliffs at Steephill 

 and other places. 



Pastinaca sativa. Road-sides &c. comn. 



Torilis infesta. Cornfields, not uncomn. 



Smyrnium Olusatrum. Cliffs at Steephill. 



Viburnum Lantana. Common in hedges. 



Rubia peregrina. Abundant. 



Asperula Cynanchica. On the Downs. 



Galium tricorne. Cornfields near St. Law- 

 rence. 



Fedia dentata. Cornfields. 



Cnicus eriophorus. East end, near Bon- 

 church. 



acaulis. Plentiful on the hills. 



Carduus Marianus. Waste ground near 



St. Lawrence. 

 Conyza squarrosa. Shady hedges &c. 

 Pyrethrum Parthenium. Waste ground. 



maritimum. Sea-shore at Steep- 

 hill &c. 



