166 BOTANICAL NOTES, NOTICES, AND QUERIES. 
of matted Campion with a white flower, which I bewail the loss of; for 
an imperfect sprig of it was only brought me, and I waited afterwards mm 
rain almost a whole week for fair weather to have gone in quest of it. In 
most of the mountains of Galloway and Mayo grows an elegant sort of 
Heath, bearing large thyme-leaves, a spike of fair purple flowers like some 
Campanula, and viscous stalks ;—I know not if it be anything related to 
the Cisti Ladanifere. In the same places Pinguicula flore carneo minore 
is a common plant, and a sort of Ros-Solis, which I take to be undescribed. 
Sedum serratum foliis pedunculis oblongis insidentibus is exceedingly common 
on all the mountain tracts of Mayo, Galloway, and Keri. Onthe moun- 
tains of Keri Sanicula guttata grows in abundance, together with some 
other rare plants, as the Arbutus, Cotyledon hirsuta, etc. But the Tories 
frustrated our curiosity here, though nowhere else in the kingdom. Penta- 
phylloides fruticosa we found plentifully amongst limestone rocks, on the 
banks of Loch Crib, in the county of Galloway; and Dr. Merret’s Vac- 
cinia rubra foliis Myrtinis crispis (a very beautiful plant) we found to 
be no rarity in this kingdom. 
Colchicum autumnale.—I can guarantee one (at least) Suffolk habitat 
for Colchicum autumnale, which is in a meadow about half a mile from 
Framlingham, on the north side, or Badingham road. In this (Worcester) 
district it is particularly abundant. . TT WeGassme 
Blackheath Station for Scilla autumnalis—Plants noticed on Black- 
heath, Greenwich, September 5th, 1855 :—Geranium pratense and G. ro- 
tundifolium, Koniga maritima, Jasione montana, Medicago denticulata, and 
M. minima. These were all located at the east end of the old gravel-pit 
towards Charlton. Scilla autumnalis was brought to us from the same 
station by Mr. W. F. Helmsley. We do not vouch for the nativity of 
Koniga maritima, though it had certainly grown here. The other plants 
were well established, but not plentiful, with the exception of Geranium 
rotundifolium, which abounds there. E. J., Chelsea. 
Cochlearia officinalis.—Is Cochlearia officinalis an annual plant in moun- 
tainous or alpine places ? 
Vicia levigata.—Has this plant been recently noticed on the beach at 
Weymouth? Any information respecting its history will be acceptable. 
Impatiens glandulifera.—We have been informed that a Balsam twice 
as tall as the Impatiens fulva, with a stem as thick as a common broom- 
handle, grows on the Colne between Harefield and Denham. We were 
also told that mine host of the Swan, at Denham, knows the plant and 
its locality. Will any of our readers residing near the Colne verify this, 
and send us a specimen of the plant in question? We had our informa- 
tion from the keeper of Old Park Woods, Harefield. 
Erysimum cheiranthoides.—The vertical range of this species is stated in 
the ‘ Phytologist’ for September, to be 0-100 yards, that is, from the coast 
line to the altitude of 100 yards. The plant however grew plentifully in a 
turnip-field near the summit of the Clent Hills, Worcestershire: these 
hills are stated to be above 1000 feet high. The plant is found here and 
there on the banks, or rather under the hedges on the banks, but in the 
turnip and potato fields it is very abundant. J. A., Stourbridge. 
