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the Wimborne Road between Edmondsham and St. Giles'. 

 Rhinanthus major, Ehrh., in a cultivated field, Westworth Farm, 

 Edmondsham. Only one specimen was found, while in the 

 adjoining meadows R. Crista-galli was the common plant. 

 Having met with a similar case at Shapwick, Somerset, it 

 naturally occurs to one to consider whether the common species 

 can be stimulated by cultivation into simulating, or being, the 

 much rarer species we call R. major. The Continental plant is 

 usually much more marked than any British plants of R. major I 

 have seen. R. stenophyllus, Schur., on chalky turf, Knowlton. 

 E. -Melbury Hill, near Shaftesbury. Melampyrum pratense, L., 

 Edmondsham, and in one wood the var. latifolium, Bab., occurs, 

 which I have also seen at Witchampton ; in Westley Wood ; and 

 (D) at East Morden. 



Orobanche major, L., Edmondsham, where only one specimen 

 was found and brought me gathered. D. Strong clumps in a 

 hollow on the heath between Hamworthy Junction and Lytchett 

 Minster; between Morden and Lytchett Matravers. C. minor, 

 Sm., usually on clover, Edmondsham ; Longfleet ; but not 

 unfrequently on Crepis virens, as near Shapwick and Badbury. 



C. On Crepis on a wall-top, Osmington. O. ameihystea, Thuill., 

 was in great form at Seacombe when I saw it about five years 

 ago ; also in smaller quantity at Dancing Ledge. C. Mr. J. W. 

 White reported it from Chesil Beach, on Eryngium on blown 

 sand near Weymouth (Journ. Bot., 1896, p. 432). Pinguicula 

 lusitanica, L., Goatham. Verbena ojfia'na/t's, L., Horton ; Gussage 

 All Saints ; near Cranborne ; between Hod and Hamilton Hills. 



D. East Morden. 



Mentha longifolia, Huds. (M. sylveslris, L.), between Woodland 

 and Manaton, on a bit of rough waste by a track. M. piper it a, 

 L., var. rulgaris, Sole. G. On weedy allotment ground, 

 Stoborough ; the same variety as the Tarrant Monkton plant in 

 the Flora. M. genlilis, L., roadside, Edmondsham. Calamintha 

 arvensis Lam., very local in the county ; in the Flora noted for two 

 districts. This, however, is under the mark. F. Talbot Village ; 

 Edmondsham ; Blagdon Farm, Cranborne. C. Steepleton, 



