108 CONTRIBUTIONS TO A FLORA OF PORTLAND. 



Swanage ; (Revd. E. F. Linton's " Notes on the 

 Dorset Flora," Proc. Dors. N. H. & A. F. Club, 

 Vol. 29, p. 16, 1908). 



V. arvensis, Murr. Heartsease. Pansy. Colonist. II. Rare. 



Cult, ground Grove Cliff, F. Cornfield Black Nore 1882. 



06s. All the other Violas except those named and V. 



Riviniana, Reichb. apparently absent. 



Silene maritima, With. Sea Campion. Native. I. Com. 

 Chesil Bank ; Pulteney. Beach wastes. II. Not com, 

 local. East Cliff ; Shore underneath Prison ; F. 



Obs. This is one of the most abundant species on 

 Chesil Bank, and forms a striking feature of the 

 flora. " Chesil Beach, often as a small-leaved form, 

 but not so extreme as the Looe Pool Bar variety ; " 

 Druce in Journ. Bot. 1908, p. 385. 



Lychnis Githago, Scop. Corn Cockle. Colonist. II. Rare. 

 East Cliff 1881 ; Sir W. C. Medlycott. Cult, ground 

 Grove Cliff, 1911 ; F. 



Obs. Lychnis alba scarce. L. dioica apparently 



absent. 



Cerastium tetrandrum, Curt. Four-cleft Mouse-ear Chick- 

 weed. Native. I. Com. Beach wastes Smallmouth to 

 Chesil, forming strong bushy plants. II. East Weare, 

 very common. The Bill ; Druce in Journ. Bot. 1908, 

 p. 385. 



C. semidecandrum, L. Little Mouse-ear Chickweed. Native. 

 Freq. I. Beach wastes Smallmouth to Chesil. II. No 

 doubt occurs. Much less com., I think, than C. 

 tetrandrum. 



Stellaria Holostea, L. Greater Stitchwort. Native. II. 



Scarce. Verne slope above Castleton ; East Weare ; F. 



Arenaria serpyllifolia, L. Thyme-leaved Sandwort. Native. 



I. and II. Com. 



A. peploides, L. ( Honckeneja peploides, Ehrh.). Sea Purslane. 

 Native. I. Locally freq. Sands South of Smallmouthj 

 more freq. there formerly. Mere beach. II. No modern 

 record . 



