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been ascertained on the south side of the downs, in a lane near 

 Brading. 



Another spring flower, the wild Daffodil, occurs in profusion in many 

 of the woods, over which it sheds a conspicuous yellow tint at a time 

 when hardly even primroses have yet expanded. The Daffodil has been 

 known to flower at the early date of the 20th of January, and it is not at 

 all unusual to find some in bloom early in February. 



The two rare Carices axilaris and strigosa occur in several woods 

 near Ryde. The Oak is the commonest timber tree throughout this 

 division. 



For sylvan botany the best woods of the northern division are, 



Centurion's Copse (near Bembridge), noted for Vinca minor, Nar- 

 cissus, Carex Pseudo-Cyperus, Lastraea spinosa, Stellaria neglecta, 

 &c. 



Whitefield Wood (between Ryde and Brading) produces Pulmo- 

 naria in abundance, Rosa tomentosa, Viburnum Opulus, and many 

 other more common species. Close to it is Hardingshoot pond, where 

 grow Nasturtium terrestre, Bidens tripartita, Chenopodium rubrum, and 

 in a small field adjoining the road Narcissus biflorus and Tulipa sylves- 

 tris, but probably upon the site of what was once a garden. Pulicaria 

 vulgaris is another scarce plant found here. 



Quarr Copse, now rapidly diminishing from the progress of build- 

 ing, yields Pyrus torminalis, Neottia Nidus-avis, Ophrys muscifera, 

 Narcissus, Daphne Laureola, Luzula Borreri, Carex axillaris, Milium 

 effusum, Aquilegia vulgaris, Pulmonaria, &c. 



Firestone and Combley, Pulmonaria and Narcissus, Pyrus tormi- 

 nalis, Trifolium medium. 



A copse near Tapnel Farm by Yarmouth is the sole locality in the 

 island for Tilia parvifolia, there plentiful. 



There are not many heathy or boggy localities on the north side 

 the Isle of Wight ; they are better developed in the sandy district, and 

 along the course of the main river and the Medina. 



St. Helen's Green produces Mentha Pulegium and Pulicaria vul- 

 garis ; and a wet slope at its western extremity Scirpus pauciflorus, 

 S. Savii, Anagallis tenella, Hypericum elodes, Drosera rotundifolia, 

 Galium uliginosum, Epilobium palustre. Close by grows the true Viola 

 canina. 



Ashey Common yields Carduus pratensis. 



Ninham Heath (lying between Quarr Abbey and Ninham Farm), is 

 one of our stations for Orobanche Rapum ; Aquilegia vulgaris also 

 grows here. 



New Copse (towards Wootton Bridge), produces Carex pallescens, 

 Hieracium tridentatum, Carex binervis and C. pilulifera, with Milium 

 effusum and Viburnum Opulus. 



Briddlesford will afford Orobanche Rapum, Salix aurita, Carex 

 fulva, Carduus pratensis ; and some bog plants, as Valeriana dioica and 

 Galium uliginosum, also Mentha rotundifolia, Hieracium boreale, &c. 

 Wootton, Crepis setosa in the cultivated fields. 



