759 



Cichorium Intyhm. Fields near St. Law- 

 rence. 



Erigeron acris. On rocks at the east end 

 near Bonchurch. 



Inula Helenium. Bonchurch, near the 

 east end. 



Campanula hyhrida. Cornfields near St. 

 Lawrence. 



Vinca major. Shady hedge near St. Law- 

 rence well. 



Gentiana Amarella. On the downs. 



Chlora perfoliata. On the downs and dry 

 hedge-banks, 



Erythrcea jndchella. Cliffs and dry ground 

 near the sea. 



Linaria Cymhalaria. Wall near St. Law- 

 rence well. 



spuria. Waste ground in several 



places. 



Melampyrum arvense. Cornfields by the 

 clift' between Ventnor and St. Law- 

 rence and Niton ; and on the rocks 

 of the undercliff near St. Lawrence. 



Mmtha rotundifolia. Road-side near St. 

 Lawrence, and in some other moist 

 places. 



Saffron Walden, August, 1843. 



Galeopsis Ladanum. Cornfields iJkc., fre- 

 quent. 



Orohanche minor.* Clover-field between 

 St. Lawrence and Niton. 



barhata.* At the roots of ivy 



and grass about St. Lawrence, plen- 

 tiful. 



Statice Armeria. Between St. Lawrence 

 and Niton. 



Atriplcv laciniata. Shore at Shanklin. 



Beta maritima. Near Bonchurch. 



Rumex pulcher. Road-sides &c. frequent. 



Thesium linophyllum. On the downs in 

 several places. 



Urtica pilulifera. Near Luccombe chine. 



Orchis pyriwiidalis. On the downs. 



Ophrys apifera. Open sunny banks. 



Epipactis latifolia. East end near Bon- 

 church, very sparingly. 



Iris fcetidissima. Hedges & v/aste ground 

 common. 



Tamus communis. Frequent in hedges. 



Plialaris canariensis. Waste ground, rare. 



Avena fatua. Cornfields. 



Hordeum pratense. Near St. Lawrence. 



G. S. Gibson. 



Art. CLXXVT. — Remarks on Botanical Classification. 

 By Thomas Edmonston, Esq., jun. 



Baltasound, Shetland Islands, 



September 25, 1843. 

 Sir, 



The subject of the best mode of botanical classifica- 

 tioA is undoubtedly one not only of much interest, but of vital impor- 

 tance to the science; and having for some time entertained the opinion 

 that the present system of entirely dispensing with an introductory 

 or " artificial " scheme, is not only wrong in theory, and opposed to 



* The differences existing between these plants seem to me too slight to constitute 

 them separate species. They both grow in considerable abundance at St. Lawrence, 

 and I could discover very little distinction between specimens of each. May not the 

 trifling distinctions arise from differeuce of situation and other attendant circumstances ? 



