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Flo WEEING Plants eeom West Wittering. 



Thalictrum flavum, Linn. 

 Ranuncuhis aquatilis, Linn. 



sceleratus, Linn. 



Lingua, Linn. 



repens, Linn. 



bulbosus, Linn. 



sardoim, Crantz. 



parviflorus, Linn. 



Calf ha pahistris, Linn. 



sSuphar luteum, Sm. 



Viola (?). 



Silene maritima. With, (seed small), 



Stellaria media, Cjr. 



Frwms Cerasns, Linn, (or P. avium, 



Linn.). 

 Spir^a TJ'maria, Linn, (fruit small). 

 Bnhus fruticosus, Linn. 

 Poteriiim officinale. Hook. f. 

 Kosa canina, Linn. 

 Hipfuris tmlgaris, Linn. 

 Myriophylhim apicatum, Linn. 

 Bydrocotyle vulgaris, Linn. 

 (Enanthecrocafa ? Linn, (fruit small). 



Irhellandriiim, Lam. (fruit small). 



Angelica sylvestris, Linn. 

 Cornus san guinea, Linn. 

 Samhucus nigra, Linn. 



Viburnum Opulus, Linn. 

 Scahiosa succisa, Linn. 

 Eupatorium cunnahinum, Linn. 

 Cnicus lanceolfdus, Hoffm. 

 Lapsana communis, Linn. 

 Menyanthes trifoliata, Linn. 

 Lycopus europceus, Linn. 

 Ajuga reptans, Linn. 

 Atriplex patula, Linn. 

 Polygonum Persicaria, Linn. 

 JSumex conglomeratu8, Murr. 



obtusif alius, Linn. 



Mercurialis perennis, Linn. 

 Corylus Avellana, Linn. 

 Quercus Bohur, Linn. 

 C eratophyllum demersiim, Linn. 

 Sparganiuon ramosum, Curtis. 

 Potamogeton nafans. Linn. 



heterophyUus, Scbreb. 



trichoides, Cham. 



Riippia maritima, Linn. 

 Za.nnichellia pahistris, Linn. 

 Eleocharis palustris^ R. Er. 

 Scirpiis pauciflorus, Lightf. 



lacustris, Linn. 



Carex distans, Linn. 

 riparia, Curtis. 



Mosses (determined by A. Gepp, F.L.S.). 

 West Wittering. Selsey. 



NccJcera complanata, Huebener. 

 Homaloihecium sericeum, Br. & Scb. 

 Eiirhynchium prcelongtim, Br. & Sch. 



speciosum, Schimper. 



Hyjmum cupressiforme, Linn. 



Schreheri, Willd. 



flu it an s, Linn. 



aduncum, Hedw. 



Leiicodon sciuroides, Schwaegr. 

 Homalothecmm sericeum, Br. & Sch. 

 Eurhimchium prcdongum, Er. & Sch. 

 Brachythecium popideum, Er. & Sch. 

 Hypnum cvpressijorme, Linn. 



The mammalian remains as yet found all belong to Rhinoceros and 

 Elephant, though gnawed hazel-nuts show that a rodent, according 

 to Mr. E. T. Newton, E.G.S., probably the squirrel, ought also to 

 occur. Bones of tishes are extremely rare, and none belonging to 

 amphibia have been met with. 



The mollusca, with four exceptions, are common British forms. 

 Corhicida flumincdis and Hydrohia marginata are, however, entirely 

 extinct in Britain. Succinea ohlo7if/a is not now found in the South- 

 east of England, while Hydrohia similis is confined to the Thames. 

 Three of these species are abundant in Pleistocene deposits in 

 various parts of England. It may be observed that none of the 

 characteristic species of the South of England have been met with 

 at West Wittering, but as these southern forms are all dry-soil 



