28 NOTES ON THE DORSET FLORA. 



county Flora. — ^. purpurea, L., said to be common in the Flora. 

 I think records are wanted. I know it for Shapwick ; Edmond- 

 sham. D. Near Wareham and towards Trigon. G. Stoborough 

 meadows. — »S. rubra, Huds., " frequent," Flora of Dorset. I have 

 seen the usual form once, near Edmondsham, and var. Forhyana, 

 Sm.. by the R, Stour, Tarrant Crawford. D. Wareham to 

 Trigon. — 6". aitriia, L., Hampreston ; Corfe Mullen ; Uddens ; 

 West Moors ; Edmondsham. D. East Morden ; Sherford 

 Brook. G. Littlesea ; Swanage to Corfe ; Creech. — Populus 

 alba, L., by the railway, Poole Park ; Wimborne ; Crichel. — P. 

 canescens, Sm., by the Lodge, Edmondsham, one large tree, 

 planted. — P. tremula, L., var. glabra, Syme, Kinson ; Parkstone ; 

 Corfe Mullen ; Foxholes Wood ; Bailey Gate ; Blandford ; West 

 Moors ; Edmondsham. D. Lytchett Minster. G. Studland. — 

 Var. villosa, Lange, W. of Wimborne ; Lower Barnsley. E. 

 Shillingston. — P. nigra, L. I have several notes of this, but 

 cannot say now whether they should be referred to P. nigia 

 or to P. canadensis, L., which is verj' like it, and occurs at 

 Edmondsham. The latter tree is a more recent introduction, but 

 during the last 50 years has been so freely planted that it is now 

 perhaps the commoner species. 



Juniperus communis, L., St. Giles' Park, dotted about the turf 

 in what seems to be a native station ; downs near Cranborne, 

 toward Handley and toward Pentridge. 



My Notes on the Dorset Flora are in danger of running to the 

 length of tediousness, and I avail myself of the permission of the 

 Hon. Editor to bring the present paper to a close at the end of 

 the Dicotyledones, which makes a convenient break. The notes 

 that have been accumulated on the Monocotyledones, which 

 include such interesting Orders as the Orchidece, Iridece, and 

 LiliacecB, beside the Rushes, Sedges and Grasses, and the 

 Vascular Cryptogams, which consist chiefly of Ferns, will with 

 what may be observed during the season of 1908 provide 

 material for a further paper in continuation of the subject. Any 

 members who meet with flowers that are new to a district in the 

 county, and are willing to contribute to these Notes, are invited to 



