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Obs. M. annua L. is abundant in gardens and cult, 

 ground. It seems to have been introduced from the 

 Continent. 

 Humulus Lupulus, L. Hop. II. West Undercliff towards 



Black Nore ; most probably indigenous. 

 Spiranthes spiralis, Koch (autumnalis, Rich.). Lady's 



Tresses. Native. II. Not com. Near Prison. East 



Weare sparingly. Churchope. About Lighthouses, 



plentiful ; F. 

 Orchis pyramidalis, L. Pyramidal Orchis. Native. II. 



Freq. West Cliff and West Weare. East Weare and 



Cliffs to Cave-Hole. Flowers sometimes white. 

 0. morio, L. Green-winged Orchis. Native. Rare. I. 



Sandy waste, several plants ; H. Groves ; Phyt. O.S. 



1858. II. Verne western slopes ; Culverwell ; F. 

 0. mascula, L. Early purple Orchis. Native. II. Rare. 



Verne western slopes ; East Weare near Folly Pier, 



several plants ; F. 

 0. latifolia, L. II. Broad-leaved Marsh Orchis. Native. 



II. Very rare. Near Lower Lighthouse, several plants, 



1878. Only one observed 1910 ; F. 

 Ophrys apifera, Huds. Bee Orchis. Native. I. " Sands 



Portland Ferry," Revd. H. J. Riddelsdell in Journ. Bot. 



1908, p. 388. II. Freq. Cliffs and Weares to Southwell. 

 Obs. The absence of Blackstonia perfoliata, Huds., 



a usual associate of the Bee Orchis, is remarkable. 

 Iris foetidissima, L. Stinking Iris. Native. II. Com. 

 Asparagus maritimus, Mill, (officinalis, L., pro parte). Sea 



Asparagus. Native. Very rare. I. On sandy waste. 



Noted Sole MS. 1782 ; Dawson Turner ; Dr. Maton, 



1794 ; Pulteney, 1799 ; the Author, 1876. II. A fine 



plant in the depression of an unquarried stone, close to 



cliff, towards Lower Lighthouse, 1876. 

 Allium vineale, L. Crow-Garlic. Var. compactum (ThuilL). 



Native. II. Freq. in cornfields and on cliff borders. 

 Obs. Rarely with one or two ill-developed flowers 

 among the bulbils. 



