1 6 NOTES ON THE DORSET FLORA. 



escape, Edmondsham. Erysimum cheiranthoides, L., very scarce, 

 Edmondsham. Coronopus didymiis, Sm., alien, Edmondsham. 

 Lepidium ruderale, L., introduced, possibly as I have found 

 elsewhere with chicken's food, Mount Pleasant, Horton. Iberis 

 amara, L., diminutive specimens, said to have been found wild 

 near Edmondsham. Raphanus maritimus, Sm. A. Charmouth. 

 This record for the county has been questioned, but I obtained a 

 root from the locality and grew it, proving it correct. The plant 

 grew very strong in my garden for one season, but was exter- 

 minated by the turnip fly. 



Helianthemum Chamcectstus, Mill., is said in the Flora to be 

 common and generally distributed. This is true on the chalk, 

 but on the extensive heath land of East Dorset it is absent. Viola 

 hirta, L., var. calcarea, Bab. ( V. cakarea, Gregory), occurred on the 

 west side of Stubhampton Bottom, Cranborne Chase, in some 

 quantity over a very limited area, with bright mauve-pink flowers, 

 and has proved constant in the garden. It has also been sent 

 me with violet flowers from near Swanage (G) by Mr. Bolton 

 King. V. lactea, Sm., Verwood Heath. V. ericetonim x lactea, 

 Broadstone ; between Talbot and Ensbury. Polygala serpyllacea, 

 Weihe, Goatham and Edmondsham. P. cakarea, F. Schultz, 

 Harley Down and Bottlebrush Down, near St. Giles'. 



Saponaria officinalis, L., Edmondsham. Silene Cucubuh>s, 

 Wibel, b. puberula, Syme, near St. Giles' ; Shillingstone. 

 Cerastium quaternellum, Fenzl. {Mcenchia\ Talbot to Kinson ; in 

 two or three spots near Edmondsham. D. Hamworthy. 

 Stellaria media, Cyr., var. Bonmana (Jord.), N. and S. of Park- 

 stone. G. Studland. 5. umbrosa, Opiz., Edmondsham. .V. 

 uliginosa, Murr., not so very common, rare on heath land ; 

 Edmondsham ; Corfe Mullen ; West Moors ; Verwood. D. 

 Morden Decoy. G. Arne ; Studland, Rev. W. M. Rogers. 



JMalva moschata, L., PIdmondsham, also with white flowers. 

 M. roiundi folia, L., Cranborne, very scarce. M. pusilla, Sm., 

 was well established for some years on waste ground, Edmond- 

 sham, but a deposit of soil and rubbish has threatened its 

 continuance. Geranium pratense, L., under Hod Hill, 



