476 ADDITIONAL NOTES, ETC. 



which it is reported to have heen noticed half a century 

 ago. (See Annals of Natural History &c., No. 48 ; Phy- 

 tologist, iv. 408). 



798. Verbena officinalis, vol. ii. p. 2.33. 



The north Hmit extends to the county of Lancaster, on 

 the west side of England. 



799. Salvia verbenaca, vol. ii. p. 233. 



It will prohably be found that the relative length of the 

 calyx and corolla varies considerably in this species, and 

 that the corolla continues to increase in length after ex- 

 pansion from bud to flower, scarcely exceedmg the calyx 

 when recently opened, and gTadually becoming double that 

 size. 



800. Salvia pratensis, vol. ii. p. 234. 



The late Dr. Bromfield held this species to be " in all 

 probability truly indigenous " in Appuldurcombe Park, in 

 the Isle of Wight. I much fear that the words " in all 

 probability " should here be construed to signify a very 

 slight probability or bare possibility. The facts are, that 

 Dr. Bromfield possessed a single specimen of Salvia pra- 

 tensis, received from Miss Kilderbee, who believed she 

 had received it fresh along with other wild plants, ga- 

 thered by a groom in a chalk-pit in the park mentioned ; 

 moreover, that Dr. Bromfield himself afterwards sought 

 for the plant without success in the park, which is one of 

 large extent. (Phytol. iii. 658). This may be rather an 

 extreme instance ; but if Dr. Bromfield only occasionally 

 gave such wide latitude to the expression " in all proba- 

 bility truly indigenous," it suggests to other botanists the 

 necessity of receiving with some caution those of his re- 

 cords which involve the expression of an opinion or infer- 

 ence, mixed up with the report of a bare fact. Dr. Brom- 

 field's reports of facts, apart from reasoning, were usually 

 careful and reliable. And yet his writings require to be 



