554 . EXTRACTS FROM CORRESPONDENCE. [September, 



sion. The nearest habitation was a farm-house, situated about a 

 quarter of a mile distant. It is mentioned in vol. iii. of the 

 ' Cybele Britannica/ that the late Mr. Withers found the Pole- 

 moniwn in a coppice at Bathford, so that probably this is its 

 second notice of discovery in the county. Cardims eriophorus 

 grew very luxuriantly on the dry banks, and Verbena officinalis 

 by the wayside. 



EXTRACTS FEOM COEEESPONDENCE. 



June 22nd. 



... I found Elymus abundant about Sherborn Sands, which, 

 it may be new to you to hear, are now shut up ; but the key can 

 be had for asking for, without the bore of an attendant. I have 

 investigated the corner of Blackheath, and soon sighted Gera- 

 nium pratense. Being thus satisfied that I was in the right 

 place, I sought and found, among a profusion of Trifolium stria- 

 tum and minus, three Medicagines, being lupuUna, maculata, and 

 another, prostrate, with spinous fruit and unstained leaves. This 

 last could not be minima, as it was far from having entire sti- 

 pules ; but on comparing it with undoubted specimens of macu- 

 lata, though I could find no difference in the fruit, I flattered 

 myself that there was somewhat more of denticulation on the sti- 

 pules, and that it might be denticulata. But alas ! next day I 

 found others exactly like, except that they had no more denticula- 

 tion, and here and tliere a trace of stain on the leaves. On the 

 whole, I fear this is not the denticulata of foreign botanists, or 

 else, as you surmise, theirs does not differ from maadata. I do 

 not think there are any other Medicagines in the locality this 

 year. 



I see in '' British Plants " you date the discovery of L. Mar- 

 tagon in Headley Copse from 1840. If so, I can claim earlier 

 discovery, as I have known it there from 1826. For a year or 

 two it puzzled me grievously, as I dared not think it could be 

 Mart agon; but about 1829 I found it in flower, and, I believe, 

 wrote to Sir W. Hooker about it; but he, as you know, repu- 

 diated it as a British plant. I should like to know if I was also 

 the first to notice Impatiens fulva. I found it below the bridge 

 at Albury, in 1822, but mistook it for Noli-me-tangere. A- 

 propos, I searched last Monday the skirts of Weston Wood for 



