172 martyn's list of surrey plants. [June, 



Bromifs diandnis. Has recently been seen near the steam-boat pier, but not 



at Battersea. Note. It is a very uncertain plant. 

 Anchusa sempervii'ens could scarcely grow now about Vauxball. Like 



Peckham, Claphara, and StockweU, the ground is covered with rows 



of houses. 

 Hottonia palustris. This rare plant has been suffocated in the foul air of 



the sewage from the houses of East Hill and Wandsworth-road. 

 Cicuta v'u'osa. Has not been seen in Battersea for many yearg. It might 

 'ronce have grown here: "' :^:'T '! , '"''' '^"^ -^'^y^*^ ^^'-'^^-^^^^^ 



Smijrnimr Olmatrum. VauxhLil!-'. ^^^ ^^^^oaclo aoliaifli lo allaidj ailj 

 (Emmihe silaifoUa. Battersea. ' ^^ ' *'^^*^^^. ^^^ ^^^'^ I ^l^^ '^'^ nofir f)« 

 Fritillaria Mehagi'is. Was seen in the Mortlake 'locality not very long 



ago. It has not appeared for some years. J- '{'Uj. .^i, < 



Convulluria midtifora. Cannot now grow at StockweU. ' yrrs fiffB ^8>tgn 

 Arenaria teiiuifolia. Not in Battersea fields. Is there a well-authenti- 

 cated Surrey station for this species ? 

 Fapaver dubium, Anagallis Jlore cceruleo, etc. Must long have disappeared 



about StockweU. 

 Mentha rubra. Mentha virkUs. There are no fields now at Peckham. 

 Geranium pratense. Battersea. 

 Lathyrns NissoUa. Cannot grow at Stockw^eU for ,the ,abo,v§ ,rea5Qi?,-j^(See 



List B.) !)/;;; , S'f O ho f (Tpr /; mr.'A rfr»57;f ^ff [^c^i^pjp r,,„ 



Lathyrus palustris. Has not been seen near London for more than a 



century. 

 Trifolium hybridum. Peckham. .. .. .'.' . . .' 



Salix purpureri. Vauxhall. . • 



Saffitlaria sagittafoUa.\ 'l^i^i^M^^m^}'^ '^^'^^^'''^ ^^ ^^'^. 



Mpdrocharis Morsus-rance. Not in Battersea where ditches* ai'e scarce. It 



grows at, Barnes Common. 

 Ap'iP^ex ^erecia.' This bete noire of botanists is one of our botanical 



"mysteries." 

 Ophioglossum oulgaturn. Battersea cannot now be credited nor. debited 

 "'^ -'witli'this'plaiflj.' t^>^JJ JJ ^Ijaiiltiuoi bna iiasa gjxw^iq isib-i ariT 



Note. Carduusdrvensis var! seiosiis liivenitur 'Varietas "foliis 

 Isevioribus vix spinosis nou sinuatis nee tarn profunde divisis. 

 Amongst the , corn iii'Battei-s'esi fields^ over against Chelsea, " cui 

 examussim (exactly) respondet figura Carclui arvensis Tabernse- 

 montani Ic. p. 700 quern Carduum in avena provenientem vocat C. 

 Bauhinus, quemque priori plerique Botanici eundem faciiint ; sed 

 si non, quod pi'obabile videtur, species diversa sit, insignem saltern 

 varietatenfi esse, nemo qui plantam viderit, negaverit.-" "This 

 thistle wiiich agrees g'M2Ve with the figure in Tabernseraontanus, 



