304 EXTRACTS PROM CORRESPONDENCE. [OctobeV, 



obtusifloruSj J. compressus, Cyperus longus^ Cladium Mariscus^ 

 Scirpus pmigens, Carex extensa, C. distans, C. hirta, Polypogon 

 monspeliensis^ Aira canescens, Lagarus ovatus^ Briza minor, B. 

 maxima^ Cynosurus echinatus, Bromus madritensis, B. /3 rigida, 

 B. maximuSj Triticum laxum, Lepturus filiformisj Asplenium 

 lanceolatum. 



The plants enumerated were all in bloom. Mauyotber rarities 

 were observed which were either over or had not yet flowered, 

 for example : — Trichonem,a Columnar, Oi'chis laxiflora, Tamarioc 

 anglica, Centaurea Calcitrapa, Ononis recUnata, Crambe maritima, 

 Althaa officinalis, Knuppia agrostidea, etc. It was useless to 

 look for Gymnogramma leptophylla and Ophioglossum lusitani- 

 cum, as those Ferns sprout and fructify in the early spring, and 

 by the end of May have withered away. Although it has been 

 mentioned that I spent a month in the islands, yet as the pri- 

 mary object I had in view was conchology and other branches of 

 marine zoology, and at least half my time was spent in dredging 

 and shore-collecting, this catalogue does not represent all that 

 might be done by an active botanist who devoted a summer 

 month to the exclusive and careful examination of the Channel 

 Island Flora. 



I have duplicates of many of the rarest species found, and shall 

 be happy to send them to botanists in exchange for other rare 

 British plants. 



Sedgefield, Ferry Hill. 



EXTRACTS FROM CORRESPONDENCE. 



Plants of Kinnoul. 



Fi'om Mr. John Sim, Perth. 



I have just returned from another visit to Kinnoul. Hill. . . . 

 I congratulate myself upon making a couple more acquaintances 

 this morning. I have now discovered the Viola hirta as well as 

 V. odorata : it is so far from being rare, or rather, spare in the 

 wood, that it is really abundant, growing along with its family 

 relative V. canina, but the difference of the two is at once apparent 

 to the most cursory observer. The hill of Kinnoul, I venture to 

 affirm, is second to no hill in Britain for rare plants. . . . Just 



