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that it grows on Mendip at Cheddar, and Dr. H. F. 

 Parsons has kindly forwarded the following note : " In 

 a rocky field near Great Elm, on inferior oolite, where 

 it is established in some plenty ; but may have been 

 carried thither with garden rubbish." 



PLANTAGINACE^E. 

 PLANTAGO, L. 



635. P. Coronopus, L. 



Native ; in barren spots near the coast, common. VI. VII. 



636. P. maritima, L. 



Native ; in salt marshes, and on banks by the tidal waters, 

 rather common. VI. VIII. 



637. P. lanceolata, L. Common Rib-grass. 



Native ; in meadows, pastures, and waste places. Very 

 common and generally distributed. We once gathered 

 at Montpelier a monstrosity bearing several heads upon 

 one scape. V. VI J I. 



638. P. media, L. LamVs-tongm. 



Native ; in dry pastures, quite common. VI. IX. 



639. P. major, L. 



Native ; in waste places, by roadsides, and in fields ; very 

 common everywhere. VI. VIII. 



(P. arenaria, W. & K., was formerly found abundantly on 

 the sandhills near Burnham ; but we think has not 

 been seen there since 1867. It has grown for some 

 years in fair quantity with other aliens on a small heap 

 of old colliery debris near Kiugswood, G!.) 



