112 CONTRIBUTIONS TO A FLORA OF PORTLAND. 



To save time and labour to the shepherds, it was the 

 custom for one of the children of the family to carry 

 dinner down a pathway one of the few in the 

 precipitous face of the cliff to the plateau below. 

 The path thus became known as " Shepherd's 

 Dinner," by which name it was recognised through- 

 out the Island. This relic of former pastoral days 

 was destroyed by the making of the Portland and 

 Church Hope Railway about 20 years ago. 

 G. lucidum, L. Shining Crane's Bill. Native. II. Locally 



freq. East Weare. 



G. Robertianum, L. Herb Robert. Var. purpureum ( Vill.). 



II. " Portland Isle ; " Druce in Journ. Bot. 1908, p. 385. 



Obs. Recorded from Chesil Bank, Abbotsbury ; Revd. 



H. J. Riddelsdell (ibid). 



Erodium cicutarium, L' Herit. Common Stork's Bill. Var. 

 vulgatum, Syme. Native. I. Freq. Roadsides Small- 

 mouth to Chesil. II. East Weare ; Verne slopes, 

 plentiful ; F. 



E. moschatum, L' Herit. Music Stork's Bill. Native. II. 

 Extremely rare. " Portland cliffs, Native," 1907 ; Revd. 

 H. J. Riddelsdell in Journ. Bot. 1908, p. 385. R. 

 Rowston, 1911. 



Euonymus europseus, L. Spindle-tree. Native. II. Very 



Rare. East Weare below " Shepherd's Dinner," 1880. 



Below Second Drum ; East Weare in thicket near the 



Range house ; F. ! 



Acer campestre, L. Maple. Native. II. Scarce. Thicket 



by pond near King's Pier ; F. 



Trigonella ornithopodioides, DC. (Falcatula ornithopodioides, 

 Brot.). Bird's Foot. Native. Rare and local. I. 

 Chesil Bank close to Portland ; Gibson. Sandy waste 

 near Chesil old Railway Station, 1857; H. Groves (probably 

 same habitat). II. Turfy roadside between St. George's 

 Church and Weston, plentiful, 1879. 



Medicago sativa, L. Lucerne. Alien. II. Freq. Borders of 

 fields. Naturalised. 



