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THE NATURALIST. 



also Teesdalia nudicaulis, Erodium ciGutarium, Scutellaria minor and Plan- 

 tago Goronopus. From tlie foregoing it will be seen that the London bota- 

 nist has much reason to be thankful that Earl Spencer's disinterested (?) 

 proposal has not been carried into effect. 



Barnes Common. — On the end nearest Putney, Centaur ea Galcitraxja is 

 very abundant, Acorus Calamus is plentiful in ponds below the Cemetery, 

 and Filago minima, Stachys Betonica, Sedum acre, Sfc, occur on several 

 parts of the Common. Alisma ranunculoides is pretty frequent about a small 

 pond and in marshy ground across the railway bridge, nearest but one to the 

 station in going from Putney. Verbascum nigrum, and Diplotaxis muralis grow 

 on waste ground by Hammersmith Bridge; and Thalictrum flavum by a ditch 

 by the river in the same place ; Petasites vulgaris is abundant by the river. 



ITew Cross. — The railway banks here will be found to produce several 

 interesting species. Lepidium Draha grows in profusion both by the railway 

 and in adjoining fields and waste ground ; and the latter situation also fur- 

 nishes Sinapis nigra, Erijsiinum cheirantlioides (sparingly) Reseda luteola, 

 Helmintliia ecMoides and Clienopodlum ficifolimn (both in plenty), and 

 Bromus secalinus. The following species were found on the railway banks ; 

 Melllotus officinalis, M. vulgaris, Vicia Mrsuta, V. Cracca, Trifolium medium, 

 Medicago sativa, Epilohium angustifolium, and Erythrcea CentauriuM' 

 Potamogeton crisjms was observed in a pond close by. 



Lower Sydenham. — This locality, though perhaps somewhat further from 

 the metropolis than the preceding ones, I have introduced here on account 

 of a rare plant which it produces — Impatiens fulva. As this species is very 

 abundant along the banks of the little river Eavensbourne near this place, and 

 there is consequently no fear of its extermination, I copy the following descrip- 

 tion of the way to the locality from my notes of last year, for the benefit of 

 future visitors. " The best way is to pursue the road direct from the L. S. 

 Station through Lower Sydenham to Perry Hill, and turn down the lane just 

 before reaching the ' Two Brewers,' follow this untH you arrive at a running 

 ditch, which follow until you come to a gate — not a turnstile — ^which pass 

 through and cross the railway, by the side of which is Lepidium campestre. 

 Turn across the meadow to the left, which brings you to the stream : here 

 and in the neighbouring ditches /. fulva grows in large masses." CEnothera 

 biennis is well established on rough ground in this meadow, and Rliinanthus 

 Crista-galli occurs sparingly. Typha latifolia and Veronica Anagallis grow 

 near the water. 



