412 BOTANICAL NOTES; NOTICES, AND QUERIES. [January^ 



second of tliem is a depression, full of black, or rather brown, mud, but at 

 high tide the water enters and fills it. 



I will now, as briefly as jjosslble, give a list of those plants which I have 

 found in the first of these divisions, with their comparative frequency, and 

 the dates and duration of their appearance. 



Ranunculus hirsutus A single specimen 



Delphinium Consolida A single specimen 



Erysimum cheiranthoides .... Very scarce 



Sinapis nigra Not unfrequent 



Diplotaxis erucoides 1 A large plant . 



Diplotasis tenuifolia Not unfrequent 



Enarthrocarpus lyratus . ... A single specimen 



Meiiloins parvijtora Very abundant 



Melilotus messanensis Not common . 



Erigeron canadensis Abundant . 



Calliopsis bicolor Not unfrequent 



Chrysanthemum segetum .... A single specimen 



Sept. 13. 

 Sept. 18. 

 Sept. 18. 

 Oct. 4. 

 Oct. 4. 

 Sept. 15. 

 Oct. 21. 

 Sept. 11. 

 Sept. 11. 

 Sept. 18. 

 Sept. 18. 

 Oct. 4. 



The italicized plants in the above list are those which are luiiversally known 

 to be foreign to this country ; the solitary plant of Belphinium Consolida 

 bore pink blossoms, and none of the above could be considered abundant, 

 si\\e MelUoltis parviJlo?'a and Eriffcron canadensis, neither of which are in- 

 digenous. In the second division a still greater profusion of plants occurs, 

 as will be seen by tlie following list : — 



Papaver Argemone Not unfrequent 



Lepidium Draba Abundant . . 



Erysimum orientale Not unfrequent 



Diplotaxis muralis Not unfrequent 



Silene noctiflora A single specimen 



Spergula nodosa Abundant . 



Ononis, sp. ? Not unfreqiient 



Medicago denticidata Abimdant . . 



Medicago, sp. ? Not unfrequent 



Melilotus arvensis ? Very abundant 



Melilotus leucantha A single specimen 



Melilotus messanensis Very abundant 



Trifolium resupinatum Vei-y abimdant 



Trifolinm constantinopolitanum . . Very abundant 



Trifolium, sp. ? Abundant . . 



Trifolium hybridum Not unfrequent 



Lytlirum hyssopifoliiim .... Abundant . . 



Ainmi niajus Abundant . . 



Torilis nodosa Very abundant 



Torilis infesta Abundant . . 



Peiicedanum, sp. ? Not una-equent 



Centaurea Cyanus Not unfrequent 



Centaurea Calcitrapa Sparingly . . 



Antliemis arvensis Abundant . . 



Vei'onica Buxbaumii Not unfrequent 



Anagallis cocrulea Very abundant 



Plantago Lagopus Very abundant 



. Sept. 11. 

 . Sept. 11. 

 . Sept. 13. 

 . Sept. 13. 

 . Sept. 15. 

 . Sept. 15. 

 . Sept. 15. 

 . Sept. 13. 

 . Sept. 18. 

 . Sept. 11, 

 . Oct. 4. 

 . Sept. 11. 

 . Sept. 11. 

 . Sept. 11. 

 . Sept. 13. 

 . Sept. 13. 

 . Sept. 13. 

 . Sept. 13. 

 . Sept. 13. 

 . Sept. 11. 

 . Sept. 18. 

 . Sept. 11. 

 . Sept. 11. 

 . Sept. 13. 

 . Oct. 4. 

 . Sept. 13. 

 . Sept. 11. 



As regards the plants in the preceding list, nearly all of them' Avere in full 

 blossom ; Lepidium Draba, however, was principally in seed, though flower- 

 ing specimens were not wanting. This was also the case with Erysimum 

 orientale, only one specimen of this being in blossom. Spergula nodosa was 



