5OO Alexander Goodman More Scientific Papers. 



St Helen's Dover or Spit yields all the species of List 2, except the 

 Asparagus, Crambe, Phleum arenarium, and Erythraea latifolia ; these 

 must , be sought on "Freshwater Island." Euphorbia Paralias still 

 flourishes, a last legacy from the hand of Dr. Bromfield, who planted it 

 just before his departure for the East. 



Towards the Mill-pond the soil is more tenacious, and there will be 

 seen most of the plants usual in such situations, Sagina maritima, 

 CEnanthe Lachenalii, Lepturus filiformis, Frankenia laevis, Artemisia 

 maritima, &c. Carex extensa and C. distans grow in the damp rushy 

 hollows, with them Erythrsea pulchella. Among the furze will be found 

 Lathyrus Nissolia, Sagina nodosa, Mcenchia erecta, Sagina ciliata, and 

 a host of other interesting species. Poa bulbosa, Festuca uniglumis, 

 and Scilla autumnalis are in the Isle of Wight, confined to St. Helen's 

 Spit. 



Cerastium semidecandrum, Medicago denticulata, Ornithopus, 

 Myosotis collina, and Festuca ambigua* are also well worth notice. 

 The last week in May or early in June, is the season at which the Sand- 

 hills will best repay a visit. 



Passing Priory Bay, where occur Polygonum Raii and Geranium 

 purpureum, and then Salterns, where will be gathered Ranunculus 

 Baudotii, Ruppia, and a few sand plants, we should next have halted 

 at Ryde Dover, formerly a famous locality for rare plants, but now, 

 through the progress of building, they are so utterly exterminated, that 

 the botanist can only look with fond regret upon what was once more 

 than a rival of St. Helen's Spit, the station for Dianthus prolifer, 

 Datura Stramonium, Onopordum, hosts of Trefoils, &c. Near Quarr 

 Abbey is a small embankment which affords Medicago denticulata 

 and some other maritime species ; but the next creek of importance 

 is that of 



Wootton, where a profusion of Spartina stricta will be everywhere 

 noticed, and Statice rariflora mixed with the commoner S. Limonium, 

 besides most of the other plants mentioned in List 3. A short excursion 

 into the neighbouring fields will produce Briza minor, Gastridium lendi- 

 gerum, CEnanthe pimpinelloi'des, Silene anglica, and many others. 



Next comes the Medina, which at high water acquires the dimen- 

 sions of a river, but is, as far as Newport, nothing more than a pro- 

 longed inlet of the sea, affording capital winter quarters on its soft mud 

 to numerous yachts. Here again occur everywhere the plants of List 3. 

 Inula crithmo'ides has been found on the east bank. Coronopus didyma 

 at East Cowes ; and a little above West Cowes Linaria repens and its 

 variety hybrida, Inula Helenium, Narcissus biflorus. Chenopodium 

 olidum is another local plant; and a piece of Bog at Cockleton pro- 

 duces Pinguicula lusitanica, Achillea Ptarmica, &c. 



* [In accordance with the author's MS. corrections, the name Festuca ambi- 

 gua is substituted for F. Broterl (see p. 107), as are Sedum anglicum forS. album, 

 Erythrcsa latifolia for E. littoralis, and Potamogeton pectinatus for P.flabella tus, 

 thoughout the text.] 



