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S. nodosa, L. Knotted Fig wort. Native. II. About 



quarries and main road between Verne and Prison. 



East Weare sparingly. 

 Veronica Tournefortii, C. Gmel. (Buxbaumii, Ten.). 



Buxbaum's Speedwell. Colonist. I. Frequent. II. 



Generally distributed in cultivated and waste land 



extending to Lighthouses. 



Obs. Introduced in Portland probably about 70 



years ago ; now abundant. 

 V. serpyllifolia, L. Smooth Speedwell. Native. II. Rare. 



Thicket under North East Verne ; F. 

 V. Beccabunga, L. Brooklime. Native. II. Scarce. East 



Weare ; Culver well ; F. 



Obs. V. Anagallis-aquatica, L. apparently absent. 

 Euphrasia occidentalis, Wettst. Native. II. Scarce. ? East 



Weare, towards Rufus Castle, fairly plentiful, 1898 ; 



Eevd. E. L. Marshall. New for Dorset. 

 E. curta, Wettst. Native. II. Scarce. ? Near the Lighthouses. 



" New for Dorset," Druce in Journ. Bot. 1908, p. 387. 

 Orobanche elatior, Sutton. Tall Broom-rape. Native. I. Rare 



and local. Railway bank, a little south of the Bridge ; 



many plants, 1880 and 1881. Also noted by C. W. 



Dale in Journ. Bot. 1908, p. 387. 

 0. Hederae, Duby. Ivy Broom-rape. Native. II. Rare 



and local. East Cliff and Weare between Verne and 



Southwell landslip, 1880. Gardens at Grove ; F. ! 

 0. minor, Sm. Lesser Broom-rape. Native. II. Scarce. 



East Weare ; Retaining-wall Churchope ; F. ! On 



clover Southwell. About Cave-Hole and Lighthouses. 

 Obs. Usually on clover, but sometimes on Crepis 



virens. 

 0. amethystea, Thuill. Sea Holly Broom-rape. Native. 



I. Very rare and local. Turfy sandy waste south-east 



of Smallmouth, on Eryngium maritimum ; J. W. White 



in Journ. Bot. 1896, p. 432 ! 



Obs. " Difficult to distinguish from 0. minor unless 

 compared in a fresh state ; " (Flo. Bris. 447.) 



