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half-way between Bournemouth and Poole on the 

 borders of Hants and Dorset. From the name of 

 this locality it has been called the Branksome lily. 



These are a very few of the Rare and Local 

 plants which might be enumerated. I will conclude 

 with the Nice Snowflake (Leucoium Nicceense). It is 

 distinguished at once by the split spathe. This plant 

 has a more limited geographical distribution than 

 almost any other. Nevertheless, it is not absolutely 

 confined, as Ardoino says, to the coast district 

 between Nice and Mentone, for I have found it west 

 of the Var. It is abundant on the Mont Vinaigrier, 

 the Mont Alban, and the Mont Boron ; in fact 

 everywhere to the east of Nice down to the sea rocks. 

 The Nice Snowflake is much persecuted, but I think 

 that it is in no danger of extermination, for it grows 

 in some places which are little frequented and are 

 not mentioned in the books. It is supposed not to 

 flower before the Equinox. 



Professor Penzig (" Flora delle Alpi ") gives the 

 following list of plants peculiar to the Maritime 

 Alps : Viola nummularifolia, Iherls gai'rexiana, 

 Silene cordi/olia, Dianthus neglectus, Trifolmm balbisi- 

 anum, Moehringia papulosa, M. dasyphylla, Saxifmga 

 flomlenta, S. cochlearis, S. lantoscana, S. lingulata, 

 Primula Allionii, Plagius virgatus> Achillea herba-rota, 

 Potentilla saxifraga, Senecio Persoonii, Micromeria 

 piperella, Euphorbia vanuti, Pinguicula leptoceras, 

 Phyteuma balbisii, Campanula stenocodon, Asperula 

 hexaphylla, Lilium pomponium, Fritillaria involucrata, 

 Allium narcissiflorum, &c. 



