98 CONTRIBUTIONS TO A FLORA OF PORTLAND. 



rare plants are enumerated in the catalogue at the end of 

 this Paper. 



As regards the plan of the following Flora, I have adopted 

 the nomenclature of the 10th Edition of The London Catalogue. 

 The area under review I have divided into two botanical 

 districts, both comprised within the civil parish of Portland. 

 District I. comprises the sandy tract and the two beaches 

 lying between Smallmouth and Chesil. This is classic ground 

 for the botanist and furnishes some of the rarer plants. 

 District II. embraces Portland proper. To save space, where 

 there is more than one species in a genus, the name of the 

 latter is not repeated in full, the initial letter only 

 being given, as R. hederaceus for Ranunculus hederaceus. 

 Synonyms are supplied only when thought to be needed. 

 The initial letter or abbreviation immediately following 

 the Latin name of each species stands for the name of 

 the botanist who first so named the species. I am 

 responsible for all localities followed by a full stop. Those 

 given on other than my personal authority are followed 

 by a semi-colon, and the authority is printed in italics. In 

 some cases where I have myself seen a specimen in a locality 

 recorded by another, I have placed this sign (!) after the 

 record. 



The following abbreviations have been used : Com., 

 Common ; Freq., Frequent ; Cult., Cultivated ; Flo., Flora. ; 

 Var., Variety ; Obs., Observation ; F., G. E. Fulleylove. 



I am greatly indebted to Mr. G. E. Fulleylove, who has 

 resided for many years in the Island, for numerous records 

 of localities and other valuable assistance kindly supplied. 

 His observations have extended from 1906 to 1911. 



I mentioned just now, as occurring in Portland, the 

 Recurved Sea-Lavender, Limonium recurvum, C. E. Salmon. 

 This is a plant which we highly prize on account of its extreme 

 rarity, there being, in fact, no certain record for it from any 

 other part of the world. It belongs to the Natural Order 

 Plumbaginaceae, of which the common Thrift or Sea-pink is 

 the most familiar British example. It is a beautiful 



