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PLANTS OF THE STEEP HOLME. 



G. CLARIDGE DRUCE, M.A., F.L.S., 

 Oxford. 



A VISIT to the above interesting islet of Sabrina in the Bristol 

 Channel, to see its special flowers in good blossom, was made on 

 May 26th, 1909. In the i^ hours' stay, in company with Mr. 

 W. Harford, the following ninety-five species were observed : — 

 Raniincultis hulbosus L., often much dwarfed, PcBonia, still 

 existing and in good flower, Cardamine hirsiita L., Brassica 

 Rapa L., form, Cheiranthus Cheiri L., Cochlearia danica L., 

 Erophila verna DC, Diplotaxis tenuifolia DC, Viola Riviniana 

 Reichb., Cerastium vulgattim L., C. pumilum Curt., Hypericum 

 montanum L., Lavatera arborea, L., Geranium niolle L., G. Roberti- 

 anum L., Erodium maritimum L'Herit., common, E. cicutarium 

 L'Herit., Acer Pseudo-plafanus L., near house, Lotus corniculatus 

 L., ViciasepiumL., V.angustifolia L., V.sativaL. form, V.hirsuta 

 S. F. Gray, Riibus rusticanus Merc, Saxifraga tridactylites L., 

 Sedum acre L., Cotyledon Umbilicus Veneris L., Conium macula- 

 tum L., Smyrnium Olusatrum L., Crithmum maritimum L., 

 Hedera Helix L., Sambucus nigra L., Symphoricarpus racemosus 

 Mich, the relic of a garden, Rubia peregrina L., Galium mollugo 

 L., Sherardia arvensis L., Kentranthus ruber Druce, Dipsacus 

 fullonum L., Bellis perennis L., Inula squarrosa Bernh., /. crith- 

 moides L., Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum L., Senecio Jacobcea L., 

 Carlina vulgaris L., Arctium minus Bernh, Carduus crispus L., 

 C. nutans L., Cirsium lanceolatum Scop., C. arvense L., Taraxa- 

 cum vulgare Schrank, T. erythrospermum Andrz., Sonchus 

 oleraceus L., Limonium binervosum C. E. Salm, Statice lineari- 

 folia Laterr, Primula veris L., Anagallis arvensis L., Syringa 

 vulgaris L. planted, Ligustrum vulgar eV., common, Blackstonia 

 perfoliata Huds., Centaurium umbellatum Gilib., Cynoglossum 

 officinale L., Lycopsis arvensis L., Myosotis scorpioides L. 

 [M. arvensis), M. versicolor Sm., Echium vulgare L., Hyoscyamus 

 nigerh., Verbascum Thapsus L., Scrophularia nodosal^., Nepeta 

 hederacea Trev., Marrubium vulgar eV., Teucrium Scorodonia L., 

 Plantago Coronopus L., var. ceratophyllon Rapin., which Mr. 

 Williams thinks is a distinct species, P. maritima L., P. lanceo- 

 lata L., Beta maritima I., Rumex crispus L., R. Acetosa L., 

 Mercurialis perennis L., Urtica dioica L., Parietaria ramiflora 

 Moench, Iris foetidissima L., Allium Ampeloprasum L., Scilla 



igio June i. 



