CONTRIBUTIONS TO A FLORA OF PORTLAND. Ill 



M. rotundifolia, L. Dwarf Mallow. Native. II. Very rare. 

 Near Prison and Rufus Castle. West Cliff 1905 ; Revd. 

 H. Boyden. 



Linum angustifolium, Huds. Narrow-leaved Flax. Native. 

 II. Freq. " I have it from Portland ; " Pulteney. 

 Verne Slopes ; Grove Cliffs ; Chene ; F. 

 Obs. The cilise of the sepals absent. 



Geranium molle, L. Soft Crane's Bill. Forma fioribus albis. 

 II. By " Perryfield House," Weston ; several clumps, 

 1911, F. 



G. rotundifolium, L. Soft Round-leaved Crane's Bill. Native. 

 II. Very rare. Slopes of Verne near Merchant's Rail- 

 way, 1878 ; there, 1909. Roadside between Southwell 

 and West Cliff, 1909 ; F. ! 



Obs. Very thinly distributed in South England, 

 G. columbinum, L. Long-stalked Crane's Bill. Native. 

 II. Rare and local. Rocks at Portland, Gibson. Above 

 East Battery, 1882. East Weare near " Shepherd's 

 Dinner," 1882. East Weare near Admiralty Incline, 

 many plants, 1909 ; F. I 



Obs. Centuries ago, considerable subsidences 

 occurred on the East and South-East s'des of Port- 

 land. The tracts of land which slipped away are 

 from 50 to 150 feet below the top of the adjacent 

 cliffs, and are known as the East Weares. In their 

 general features, they remind us of the Undercliff in 

 the Isle of Wight. Being still pretty much in their 

 original wild state, and being sheltered by the high 

 cliff in their rear from the westerly and north- 

 westerly winds which blow across the Channel, these 

 Weares afford highly favourable ground for plants 

 loving shelter, sunshine, and warmth. One of the 

 best spots in Portland for the Field Botanist is at a 

 place called " Shepherd's Dinner," near " Long 

 Tout." In by-gone days, the Weares formed a 

 feeding ground for numbers of sheep, which in due 

 time supplied the renowned " Portland mutton." 



