NOTES ON THE DORSET FLORA. 1 



on moist low ground, and known in Edmondsham as " Kiss 

 me quick." V. dioica, L., meadows, Edmondsham, Cranborne, 

 and Venvood. Valerianella dentata, Poll., in several cornfields, 

 Edmondsham. The Common Lamb's Lettuce seems to be 

 absent. Scabiosa Columbaria, L., here and there on the 

 chalk. 



Solidago Virgaurea, L., remarkably abundant in some of the 

 woods on the clay ; the wood just south of Castle Hill is full of 

 it. Filago minima, Fr., Parkstone ; on the eastern borders of 

 Edmondsham. D. Near Wareham, a little north of the railway, 

 and about Morden Decoy. Gnaphalium sylvaticum, L., West 

 Moors ; by the Peat Moors River, near Verwood. In both cases 

 this rare Dorset plant occurred in fields that had been left fallow, 

 and would be in danger of suffering extinction under the plough. 

 Pulicaria vulgaris, Gaertn., was two years ago threatened with 

 destruction, the ground being already then marked out for 

 building purposes ; the locality was very restricted. Anihemis 

 arvensis, L., Parkstone ; Edmondsham ; Blagdon Farm, 

 Cranborne. Chrysanthemum Parthenium, Pers., Rumford. D. 

 X.W. of Wareham Station. Malricaria iuodora, L., var. salina, 

 Bab., shore of Poole Harbour, Lilliput to the Sandbanks. 

 Tanacetumvulgare, L., Edmondsham. Petasites vulgaris, Mosnch., 

 St. Giles'. D. South of Bere Regis with huge leaves, 4ft. high 

 and 4ft. broad some of them. Carh'na vulgaris, L., "Everlasting 

 Thistle " locally, Edmondsham ; downs near Cranborne. 

 Cichorium Intybus, L., Edmondsham. D. East Morden. Picris 

 hieracioides, L., Chettle ; Cranborne. P. echioides, L., borders of 

 Edmondsham and St. Giles'. C. Osmingtcm. G. Chapman's 

 Pool. Crepis taraxacifolia, Thuill., Edmondsham ; gradually 

 spreading in the county. Hieracium rigidum, Hartm., var. 

 trichocaulon, Dahlst., on banks about Goatham. Taraxacum 

 iidum, Jord., Kingston Lacy. D. Lytchett Minster, on the side 

 towards Wareham. G. East of Corfe Castle. This is one of the 

 two marsh forms of Dandelion. Tragopogon porrifolium, L., by 

 the side of the railway on the Parkstone side of the Poole 

 Station ; an escape. 



