110 CONTRIBUTIONS TO A FLORA OF PORTLAND. 



Polycarpon tetraphyllum, Loefl. Four-leaved All-seed. 

 Native. I. Extremely rare. Sandy ground near Chesil 

 Bank. 



06s. First record W. Hudson 1778, Journ. Bot. 1908, 



p. 386. Found by Revd. J. Lightfoot 1774, (a) Sole 



1782, A. B. Lambert 1797, Revd. A. Goodenough, 



afterwards Bishop of Carlisle, (died 1827), and by 



Borrer circa 1850 ; rediscovered by the Author 1876. 



Hypericum perforatum, L. Dotted-leaved St. John's Wort. 



Native. II. Local. East Weare near large Rifle Butt, 



plentifully ; F. 



H. montanum, L. Mountain St. John's Wort. Native. II. 

 Rare. East Weare near King's Pier, plentiful 1911 ; 

 F. ! 



[Althaea officinalis, L. Marsh Mallow. Native. " Grows, 

 as I have been informed, about Portland and by the 

 Fleets of Chesil Bank." Pulteney. Extinct " about 

 Portland " and does not occur in I.] 



[La vat era arborea, L. Tree Mallow. Probably indigenous ; 

 its natural home being on maritime rocks. Recorded by 

 Ray 1724, " in Bishop Gibson's Edition of Camden as a 

 Native of Portland and of Chesil Bank, where it still 

 continues to be found, and from thence has been intro- 

 duced into the gardens of the villages of the Island and 

 the neighbourhood ; " Pulteney. No record since.] 

 Obs. Although extinct in a wild state, still found in 



the gardens of the neighbourhood. 



Malva moschata, L. Musk Mallow. Native. II. Rare. 

 Lawn South of Prison, 1878. Between Pennsylvania 

 Castle and Chene, 1881 ; W. R. Garratt. West Cliff ; 

 beyond Southwell ; F. ! Usually single plants only. 

 M. sylvestris, L. Common Mallow. Native. Com. 

 Obs. Called in Portland " Bread and cheese." 



(a) Specimen in Herb. Mus. Brit, labelled " Ex Herb. Banks, 

 . . Portland Isle, 1774, Mr. Lightfoot." 



