126 CONTRIBUTIONS TO A FLORA OF PORTLAND. 



Statice linearifolia Laterr. Thrift. Native. I. Com. Railway 



banks and turfy grounds. II. Freq. Cliffs, as at Chene 



and Godnore. West Weare. See Druce in Journ. Bot. 



1908, p. 387. 



Obs. " The common Dorset plant, according to my 

 experience, is S. linearifolia. Laterr." ; Druce in 

 litt. 

 Primula vulgaris, Huds. Primrose. Native. II. East and 



West Weares, rather sparingly. 

 P. veris, L. Cowslip. Native. II. Rather com. North 



Verne. East Weare. West Cliff, very stunted ; F. 



Veris x vulgaris, (commonly miscalled Oxlip). East Weare 



below the Grove. F. 

 Samolus Valerandi, L. Brookweed. Native. II. Scarce and 



local. The Weares. Culverwell. 

 Ligustrum vulgare, L. Common Privet. II. East Weare, 



undoubtedly native. 

 Centaurium umbellatum, Gilib. (Erythrcea Centaurium, Pers.). 



Common Centaury. Native. II. Freq. Culverwell, 



abundant. 



Var. capitatum, Druce. (Erythrcea capitata, Koch. II. 



Near the Bill ; New record for Dorset ; Druce in Journ. 



Bot. 1908, p. 387. 

 C. pule he Hum, Druce. Slender or Dwarf Centaury. Native. 



Rather freq. I. Beach excavation by highroad. II. 



Shore towards Castleton, 1880 ; now, perhaps, destroyed. 



East Weare. About Cave-hole and Lower Lighthouse, 



much dwarfed, forming compact and densely flowered 



cymes, probably the result of exposure and constant 



browsings ; (see Townsend's Flo. Hants, Ed. 2, 254). 

 Gentiana Amarella, L. Autumnal Gentian. Native. II. 



Rather freq. North Verne ; Between Verne and Easton ; 



East Weare; West Cliff ; near the Bill ; F. 

 Cynoglossum officinale, L. Hound' s-tongue. Native. II. 



Rather freq. on Top Hill, but thinly distributed. 

 Symphytum officinale, L. Common Comfrey. Native. II. 



Very rare. Churchope, in two places ; F. 





