384 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
laria to gain much knowledge of the species, and that he did not 
distinguish it from Marchantia. He could hardly make this mis- 
t t i 
lunulate gemmiferous receptacles are nearly always in evidence. 
Some knowledge of the rate ~ which the species increases in 
definite localities is much requi 
It is to be hoped that cs English botanist will take up the 
on its present occurrence, and former history if possible, its rela- 
tion to gardens, &c.; its means of dispersal, by plants being 
carried along streams as well as by gemms—fruit occurs so rarely 
that it can have little effect—and its effect on other species. At 
— undoubtedly native, has its range increased by means of 
garde 
NOTES ON THE FLORA OF DORSETSHIRE. 
By G. Crharipce Drvce, M.A., F.L.S. 
THE following notes include some observations I made during 
unsuccessful searches for Vicia levigata Sm., and in visiting the 
locality for Lewcoywm vernum, &e. With these I have incorporated 
some notes made by my friend the late Mr. C. W. Dale—Dale—a 
distinguished entomologist, others made by Mr. Bolton King—K— 
about 1882, and a few entered in my copy of the Flora of Dorset 
one or two ear lier pe einem than sha given by Mr. Mansell- 
Pleydell as the “first record.” - asterisk means an addition to 
the county flora. Alien plants indicated by +. The cen 
in ts—A, B, &c.—refer is othe districts of the 
Dorsetshire. The nomenclature is that of my Lzst of Brita 
lants. 
“Ranunculus Stevent Andrzj. Near Wootton Fitzpayne and 
Bridport (A).—*} Nigella sativa L. By the road in the scattered 
village of Tarrant Keynstone; but I did not see it in the gardens 
there (F). 
Papaver Rheas L. *var. Pryoru Druce. Tarrant Keynstone 
C). 
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Lytchett (F).— Thlaspi arvense L. Pavan (F).— Lepidiwm 
campestre Br. Glanville Wootton (E), C. W. Dale. Bank of 
the Fleet near aroapa Video (C), &. — L. heterophyllum Benth. 
var. canescens Gren. & Godr. Portland (C).—+L. Draba L 
Portland (C). — == Cechleanis officinalis L. eg Bank, Abbots- 
bury (C), &.— Sisymbrium officinale Scop. var. leiocarpum 
Portland (C).—Erysimum cheiranthoides L. Portland: — Brassica 
