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3. This is the violet which I suspect of being a cross between 



V. odorata alba and V. hirta. 



4. The capsules in this species had been the prey of wood-lice. 



5. Seedlings noticeably hairy. 



6. In this box three seedlings appeared in the autumn, whilst 

 the rest waited for spriug. 



As the plants are now flourishing in the Viola bed of the 

 Botanic Gardens, I consider the experiment conclusive. 



EUPHORBIA PEPLIS L. IN BKITAIN. 



By C. E. Salmon, P.L.S. 



In September of last year Mr. 0. J. Alexander, of Tunbridge 

 Wells, was fortunate enough to alight accidentally upon a plant of 

 E. Peplis on the coast of Sussex. It was growing in a very suitable 

 and likely spot in the eastern part of the county ; and the finder, 

 not realizing at the time the importance of his discovery, did not 

 search for further specimens. A week or two afterwards I visited 

 the locality, but failed to see any more examples during a some- 

 what prolonged search. Mr. F. J. Hanbury also tells me of the 

 occurrence of the plant in Kent in 1900. 



As this discovery of E. Peplis in Sussex and Kent appears to 

 considerably extend its range eastward in England, the Isle of 

 Wight being formerly its most easterly station, it may not be out 

 of place here to give a detailed and, I think, a fairly complete list 

 of its already known British or Channel Island localities, and the 

 results are appended below. 



It seems likely that the seeds of E. Peplis may remain buried 

 in the shore sands at some considerable depth for a long period, 

 and it is only when local conditions alter under tidal or other 

 influences that the seeds may find themselves at a suitable depth 

 underground for germination. On the other hand, it must not be 

 forgotten that the mischievous and inane practice of intentionally 

 sowing seeds of rare plants in wild localities is not yet wholly 

 stamped out in England. 



1. Cornwall West. u Tithymali marini species minima ex 

 Cornubia" (Merrett, 118 (1666)). " Inter Pensaus et Marketjeu 

 copiose in Cornubia" {Ray, Cat. 237 (1670)). Sands by Penzance 

 Green, very sparingly in 1830 and 1831, //. C. Watson (New Bot. 

 Guide, ii. 1835). Penzance, Lloi/d, 1836 (Hb. Boswell). Marazion 

 Green, E. T. Bennett (Phytol. iv. 1 (1851)). St. Agnes, Scilly 

 Isles, J. Woods in Penzance Nat. Hist, and Antiq. Soc. Trans. 

 1852, but Dr. Raifs was never able to verify it (Davey, Tentative 

 List, 193, 1902). St. Mary's, Scilly Isles, 1900, R. N. Milne 

 (Davey in Journ. Boy. Instit. Cornwall, xvi. 72) ; still there, but in 

 very small quantity, in 1905, C. E. S. 



2. Cornwall East. In Top. Bot. without personal authority. 

 Whitsand Bay, near the Ranie, one plant in 1847 nearly at the 



