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[June, 



graveolens and (Enanthe Lachenalii 'w6re also' all bu^ ubiquitous 

 on the mar^ns of ditches.* But omus, on the othef hand, though 

 it occurred in many places, was not so abundant as in the marshes 

 of Reculver, St: Nicholas, Sari^i etc.; ill or near THdii^^ "^| ^" 



Two points, before mooted in the' ' Phytologist," biit "lina^fe'r- 

 mined, are now settled; we hope, to the satisfaction of the readers 

 of this article; Nymphcea alba var. minor is owe, and Piiiipu' 

 nelLa magna var. dissecta is the other. The former has already 

 been entered at p. 139, to which the reader is referred, and it 

 will further corroborate tlie opinion tliere stated to intimate here 

 that a friend and correspondent of ours has seen this so-called 

 variety, both in the New Forest, near Brockenhurst, and also in 

 Ham-ponds, near Sandwich, and observed that the varieties wer6 

 of various magnitudes, and that the gradations w^ere inappreciable. 

 The plants increased in size not by a manifest but by an imper- 

 ceptible enlargement of dimensiofts."^^'^^^^^ ^o i^qxilioq ,lni,iii-ihi 



The second plant, Pimpinella niei^ka '^K Qis^SW^^^h, 'oiW^'W 

 not far from Willesborough Leas, which, it may be observed iii^^ 

 passing, are no longer Leas, but covered with houses, plantations, . 

 well-drained meadows, and corn-fields. This species was very' 

 plentiful, and it varied much in the tenuity of the leaflets and 

 segments of its decompound leaves ; these were so multiform, thiat^' 

 it was a puzzle to decide whether some intermediate examplldi '. 

 belonged to the normal or to the dissected-leaved fornd^;" |^^^^§" 



In Morison and Robarts's History, it is recorded that thi§ ' 

 variety, viz. Pimpinella Saxifraga major foUis dissectis, was found 

 everywhere in hedges or on banks by hedges near Maidstone, in 

 Kent. Observed by Mr. J. Sherard, in company with Mr. Rand! ' 

 See Hist, Oson. iii. 28'1. Can any learned reader tell the Ed'ilitS^ 

 of this Journal where the travels of these two botanists afe tu- 

 corded? .odr/li diiv^ bajnm ^rr// 3xi3/li t^;."/ rnwjuK 



In rekvenceAoii(}:r^pif^imMrds'''iihy'^iS^mk^^ 

 made. On the other side of the valley of the Stour, towards'' 

 Brabourne, this plant grows in myriads, and the root- and steril^^^ 

 leaves present all the possible varietie^^, from the entire to tne 

 doubly pinnatifid form. These 'may be distinguished from Crepis^ 

 taraxacifolia, certainly by tlie fruit, pretty accurately by the r^'-^^ 

 dical leaves, and possibly also by the locality. We never ob-" 

 served these two species growing together. Hav^^'aliy"6f-'My^^ 

 readers ever seen thern in juxtaposition (in close pr^j^itnityj ? 



