368 ON SOME ISLE OF WIGHT PLANTS. 



Rosa tomentosa, Sm. Chale Common, several bushes. Niton, 

 roadside towards Godshill, a bush or two at intervals. The type, 

 or near it. 



R. micrantha, Sm. Very frequent on the Landslip, and on the 

 very similar rocky bushy ground between Pelham Woods and the 

 Ventnor Road. Near Eocken End, and elsewhere in the Niton 

 Undercliff. 



R. canina, L. : — R. lutetiana, Leman. Brading, Luccombe, 

 Landslip, Pelham Woods, and Niton ; but really abundant only on 

 the Landslip, where its great frequency is remarkable. — 22, dumalis, 

 Bechst. Apparently far the commonest rose (in the east and 

 south-east). — R. biserrata, Merat. Luccombe, in the bushy ground 

 towards the Landslip, several bushes, very characteristic. — R. urbica, 

 Leman, seen only at Niton. I was surprised at the seeming scarce- 

 ness of this usually very common rose. — R. arvatica, Baker. Near 

 Luccombe Chine. Niton, quite frequent in several parts of the 

 parish, especially towards Whitwell. — R. obtusifolia, Desv. Near 



Luccombe Chine and on the Landslip. — U. latebrosa, Desegl. Niton, 

 near Westcliff. 



R. systyla, Bast. Brading, near the railway station, Niton, 

 Newport Road, occasional. Pelham Woods. Near Luccombe 

 Chine. The ordinary form everywhere. 



R. arvensis, Huds. Between Shanklin and Ventnor. Niton. 

 Chale. Abundant where it occurs, but not so generally distributed 

 as is usual in the south of England. 



(Enothera odorata, Jacq. Sandown Bay, about quarter of a 

 mile west of the pier: a plant or two near the Alyssum maritimwn 

 station, and another some little way further west ; from a garden 

 originally, no doubt. Abundant (where planted) on the sandhills 

 at St. Helen's Spit. ' 



• Carduus pratemis, Huds. The "Wilderness" at Bookley, 

 June, 1875. 



Erigeron acris, L. West Cowes, in Mr. Ward's grounds, in 

 1865. 5 



Picris hieracioides, L. Near Black Gang. 



Trarjopofjon porrifolius, L. Still abundant in the old station by 

 the railroad for a considerable distance near Brading. 



Crept* taraxacifoUa, Thuil. Border of a field east of Shanklin, 

 in some quantity, and extending a little along the adjacent cliffs. 

 Niton, among sown grass, hi several fields. 



C. nicaendn, Balb. With C. taraxacifoUa at both Shanklin and 

 Niton ; but only among sown grass. 



Meni/anthes trifoliata, L. In the "Wilderness" at Rookley, 

 June, 1875. 



Lithospermum officinale, L. Near Brading. The Landslip. 

 Bushy ground between Pelham Woods and the Ventnor Koad. 



Myosotis caspitosa, Schultz. The prevailing species in the 

 Sandown and Newchurch Marshes. 



M. patwiru, With. By the East Yar (only on its actual banks) 

 near Sandown, and at Newchurch. Not yet in flower at the end of 

 May, when the preceding and following species were fruiting freely. 



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