NOTES ON THE DORSET FLORA. 1 7 



G. columhinum, L., Blagdon Farm, Cranbornc ; Edmondsliam. — 

 G. lucidum, L., in Edmondsham ; only one locality discovered. 



Rhamnus catharticiis, L., hedges near St. Giles' and near 

 Pentridge ; near Cashmoor Inn. — R. Frangula, L., Goatham ; 

 \'er\vood. A. Near Monkton Weald, the late /''. T. Richards. 

 The name of ]Mr. Richards, who was a Fellow of Trinity Coll., 

 Oxford, appears in the Flora under various disguises — Richard, 

 Rickards, Rickard, and sometimes a wrong initial — misprints 

 ^\hich the author attributed to a handwriting he could not always 

 decipher. 



Genisla angh'ca, L., Goatham. — Ouonis spmosa, L., Edmond- 

 sham, rare. — Melilotiis alba, Desr., abundant in a brickyard by 

 Verwood Station ; also in Edmondsham. — Trifoliiivi subterranetim, 

 L., Castle Hill, Cranborne. — T. 7)iedium, L., Edmondsham, very 

 local. — T. striatum, L., Castle Hill, Cranborne. — T. glorneratujn, 

 L., near Edmondsham, very rare. — T. fragiferum, L., Edmond- 

 sham, rare inland. — Anthyllis Vulneraria, L., near Blagdon Farm, 

 Cranborne ; Edmondsham ; Harley Down and Sovell Down, 

 near the G\i'S,s,2i§,es.— Hippocjrpis comosa, L., Harley Down. — 

 Onobrychis vidoe/olia, Scop. {0. sativa, L.), near Blagdon Farm, 

 Cranborne, apparently native. — Lathyrus mo7itanus, Bernh., ^•ar. 

 temiifoliiis, Reich, fil., near Edmondsham, but rare compared with 

 the type. 



Spircea Filipendula, L., Harley Down and on a down just east 

 of Handley ; Thickthorn Down ; Stourpaine Furze. 



Riihiis. The notes on the Brambles will not be of general 

 interest, but it is desirable to place the localities, which are 

 additional to the Dorset Flora, on record as a contribution 

 towards a future edition of that work. —R. plicatus, W. and N. 

 J^dmondsham ; Lilliput, Parkstone. D. Hamworthy ; fm. east 

 of W'areham Station. — R. integribasis, P. J. JNIuell, about Broad- 

 stone, Kinson, and Verwood. — R. affinis, W. and N. Lilliput ; 

 between Bailey Gate and Foxholes Wood. — R. Lifidleiamis, Lees, 

 Newtown ; Heatherlands ; Kinson ; Longfleet ; Edmondsham. — 

 R. rhamnifolius, W. and N., Heatherlands ; Lilliput ; Foxholes 

 Wood. — R, nemoralis, P. J. iMuelL, to which may belong some 



