Outlines of the Botany of the hie of Wight. 5 1 3 



The principal boggy localities are found along the Yar and Medina. 

 The water plants found in the Isle of Wight are 



Ranunculus (the aquatic 

 species). 



sceleratus. 



Lingua. 



Nasturtium officinale. 

 Hippuris vulgaris. 

 Myriophyllum (two). 

 Callitriche (several). 

 Helosciadium inundatum. 

 Sium angustifolium. 

 CEnanthe fistulosa. 

 Utricularia vulgaris. 



minor. 



Polygonum amphibium. 

 Juncus obtusiflorus. 

 Alisma Plantago. 



Butomus umbellatus. 

 Typha (two). 

 Sparganium (three). 

 Lemna (four). 

 Potamogeton (several). 

 Ruppia rostellata. 

 Zostera (two). 

 Zannichellia. 

 Eleocharis fluitans. 

 Scirpus Tabernaemontani. 

 Carex ampullacea. 

 Catabrosa aquatica. 

 Glyceria fluitans. 

 plicata. 

 Equisetum limosum. 



Sandown Bay yields many interesting species ; at Red Cliff will be 

 found Orobanche caerulea, Allium vineale, and Silene nutans, Trifolium 

 striatum, Medicago.denticulata, a maritime form of Anthyllis vulneraria. 

 In the adjoining corn-fields, Galium tricorne, and other chalk plants ; 

 ^nd where the soil is sandy, Lycopsis arvensis, Raphanus Raphanistrum, 

 Erodium cicutarium, Anthemis arvensis, &c. 



Towards the fort are found Trifolium subterraneum, T. glomeratum, 

 T. scabrum, Vicia lathyroides, Trigonella, Anthemis nobilis, Moenchia 

 erecta, Ranunculus parviflorus, Sagina ciliata, &c. The ditches in 

 the neighbourhood produce Ranunculus floribundus, CEnanthe fistu- 

 losa, whose young leaves so much resemble those of (E. Phellan- 

 drium, Potamogeton natans, P. crispus, &c., Lemna trisulca, L. 

 polyrrhiza. 



In a hollow near the hotel grow Pulicaria vulgaris and Anthemis 

 nobilis. 



On Royal Cliff Agrostis setacea appears, and this was formerly a spot 

 famed for Vicia lathyroides. Arenaria rubra, Festuca bromoides, Vicia 

 angustifolia, Aira, Hieracium vulgatum, still exist where the ground has 

 not been built upon. 



The marine shore of Sandown Bay has been already noticed. This 

 is not a productive locality for sea-side plants ; but in the slipped banks 

 that lie at the foot of the cliff, will be gathered a few species, such as 

 Osmunda, Drosera rotundifolia, that would hardly be expected in such 

 a station. Scirpus Savii is plentiful near Shanklin. 



Shanklin is a good place for such of the colonists, or weeds of culti- 

 vation, as prefer a sandy soil. Papaver Argemone, Silene anglica, 

 Geranium pusillum will be easily found. Melilotus arvensis grows in 

 several of the clover-fields ; so does Anthemis arvensis, and the rarer 

 Melilotus vulgaris. Chrysanthemum segetum , a chief ornament of sandy 



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