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FretLij General near Soutliport. 



Aira caiyophyllea (inland). Carex distans. 



Aira prijecox (inland). Hieracium umbellatum (very common). 



Myosotis Tersicolor. Lemna gibba. 



Sagina maritima (plentiful). Trifolium procumbens (common). 



SaHx repens (var. fusca, prostrate, etc.). Hottonia palustris. 



SaHx Smithiaua. Hippuris vidgaris (common). 



Veronica aryensis (frequent). Linaria vulgaris. 



Juncus lamprocarpus. Slum angustifolium. 



Juncus coenosus. Urtica urens (abundant). 



Carex intermedia. 



BELGIAN BOTANY. 



(Continued from page 390.) 

 Next morning we set out for Lorabartzyde, a locality interest- 

 ing for rare plants, and with which M. CoemanSj one of the 

 Vice-Presidents of the Society^ was marvellously well acquainted. 

 Guided by him, we met with the following rare species : — Carex 

 divisa, Carex distans, Tragopogon porrifolius, Galium tricorne, 

 Asparagus officinalis. In ditches between this village and Nieu- 

 port we observed the Galium elongatum, a species spread over all 

 maritime parts, as well as Scirpus Taberncemontarii. In culti- 

 vated places we sa,\Y Avenafatua and Veronica didyma. Along the 

 borders of the road, Medicago maculata and Senebiera Coronopus 

 are common. Here and there are scattered Hdmintliia echioides 

 and Barkhausia taraxacifolia. This latter exists also at Westende 

 and Middelkerke. On the grassy plots and open places, we ob- 

 served examples oi Lepturus incurvatus and Sagina stricta, Fries, o. 

 a new species for the Belgian Flora^ due to the researches of M. 

 Crepin, whose piercing eye allows nothing to escape his observa- 

 tion. In similar places we found again Cerastium tetrandrum, 

 Cochlearia danica, Sagina nodosa, Scirpus pauciflorus. On reach- 

 ing the dunes we perceived in the meadows Erythrcea linaricE- 

 folia, Glaux maritima, Blitum rubrum, Schamus nigricans, Scir- 

 pus compressus, Car ex trin ervis. Along the channel at places often 

 washed by the sea we discovered an exclusively maritime flora ; 

 the turf is entirely composed of Armeria maritima, Glyceria mari- 

 tima, mixed with Spergularia 'media {Arenaria marginata, DC), 

 Plantago maritima, Statice Limonium, and Salicornia herbacea. 

 The high Grass was full of Aster Tripolmm, Juncus Gerardi, and 

 Triglochin maritimum. On the steep grassy banks were observed 



