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Icevigata. It is clear that all the above records 

 referred, not to the Chesil Bank, but to the beach 

 near Lodmoor, Weymouth. 



V. bithynica, L. Bithynian Vetch. Var. angustifolia, Syme. 

 Native. II. Very rare. Field between Reforne and 

 West Cliff, 1879 ; Sir W. C. Medlycott ! 

 Lathyrus Aphaca, L. Yellow Vetchling. Colonist, but 

 possibly native in places. II. Plentiful as a weed in 

 cornfields. East Weare ; F. 



L. Nissolia, L. Grass-leaved Vetch. Native. II. Rare. Top 



of Slopes above Second Drum on Admiralty Incline ; F ! 



L. latifolius, L. Broad-leaved Everlasting Pea. Alien. II. 



" Naturalised on the " (East) " Undercliff ; " Druce in 



Journ. Bot. 1908, p. 385 / 



Obs. Merely the relic of a former garden near this spot. 

 [L. maritimus, Bigel. Sea-side Everlasting Pea. I. " On the 

 sand and naked pebbles of Chesil Bank, running from 

 Portland to Abbotsbury ; " Pulteney.] 



Obs. Habitat as stated, now too wide. Not found, I 

 believe, within the last 70 years at least, on the 

 Chesil Bank south of Smallmouth. 

 Primus insititia, L. Bullace. Native. II. Rare. Thicket 



East Weare ; F. ! 



Spiraea Filipendula, L. Common Dropwort. Native. II. 

 Rare and local. Cliff, and waste ground near Prison. 

 East Weare by Rifle Butt ; F. 

 Rubus rusticanus, Merc. Native. II. Very com. 



Obs. The prevailing species of the genus in Portland, 



as is usual in limestone districts. 

 R. leucostachys, Sm. Native. II. Freq. 

 R. caesius, L. Native. II. Freq. 

 Geum urbanum, L. Wood- Avens. Native. II. Very rare. 



Inside ruins of old church Churchope, 1911 ; F. 

 Po ten til la sterilis, Garcke. (Fragariastrum, Ehrh.). Barren 

 Strawberry. Native. II. Local. Plentiful in East 

 Weare from below Prison to near Churchope. 

 Obs. P. Anserina, L., is very rare or absent. 



