NOTES ON THE DORSET FLORA. 15 



assumed as the rule where no other letter occurs to mark the 

 exceptions. I have drawn attention below, under Rhamnus 

 Frangula, to the correct spelling of the name of my friend, the 

 late Mr. F. T. Richards, who is not always recognisable on the 

 pages of the second edition of the County Flora. 



Thalictrum flavum, L., Edmondsham. Adonis autumnalis, L., 

 has been reported to me as having been found by Mrs. Head 

 near Cranborne. Ranunculus Lingua, L., near High Hall, 

 Canon E. R. Bernard. R. sardous, Crantz, Goatham, and 

 Rumford, two outlying districts of Edmondsham. Aconitum 

 Napellus, L., in the borders of a field near the Deer Park, St. 

 Giles', well established, but doubtfully native. A woman I was 

 visiting near Poole once told me that her name for the Monks- 

 hood was "Old woman in her bed," adding, as she pulled 

 the covering petals off, " with her shoes on," the feet being 

 represented by the deformed anthers. 



Berberis vulgaris, L., occurs in a hedge near a cottage, 

 Edmondsham. Papaver Rhceas, L., var. sirigosum (Boenn.) 

 occurs here. I have also seen var. Pryoni, Druce, in a garden 

 in Parkstone, a form with the peduncle densely hispid with 

 reddish bristles. The ordinary type and intermediate forms were 

 also present. P. hybridum, L., Kingsdown, near Badbury Rings. 

 Glaucium flavum, Crantz. G. Chapman's Pool and on chalk 

 cliffs in Swanage Bay. Corydalis lutea, DC., a weed in 

 Edmondsham Rectory garden at the foot of walls. Fumaria 

 Boraei, Jord., Shapwick. D. Wareham. Several of the localities 

 in the Flora for F. confusa, Jord., need to be revised and placed 

 under F. Boraei. F. densiflora, DC., Goatham. F. parviflora, 

 Lam. Cultivated field near Badbury Rings, Rev. R. P. Murray. 



Nasturtium officinale, R. Br., var. microphyllum (Reichb.), 

 perhaps no more than a state induced by drier situation, 

 Edmondsham. N. palustre, DC., var. pinnatifidum, Tausch., 

 shallow pond, Edmondsham. Erophila vulgaris, DC., east of 

 Aimer. D. Wareham. Var. stenocatpa, Jord., down, N.E. of 

 Handley. E. praecox, DC., a form, on gravel and on a dry 

 bank, Edmondsham Rectory garden. Cochlearia Armoracia, L., 



