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ADDENDA TO MISS STOWS CATALOGUE OF THE 

 FLOWERING PLANTS OF WOODHALL SPA. 



Eighteen years ago, towards the middle of June 1882, I spent 

 a few days at this health resort, preparatory to a tour in the 

 Valais, Zermatt, etc., Switzerland, and compiled an MS. list, 

 numbering- between two and three hundred plants noticed. Of 

 these I have eliminated all but the following- sixty-four, which 

 do not occur in Miss Stow's most interesting catalogue, and 

 I think they are worth recording as a supplement to her enumera- 

 tion, though so many are widely distributed and common. The 

 ground traversed by me was limited to Horncastle on the north, 

 Stixwould on the w 7 est, and southwards, Kirkstead Abbey. 

 Whilst entirely agreeing with Miss Stow that but few r rarities 

 occur within this area, there are, notwithstanding, several local 

 species amongst them, and the question of comparative infre- 

 quence is, after all, more than counterbalanced by the great 

 and exquisite profusion of certain conspicuous flowers, impart- 

 ing much beauty to the scene, at all events in the early summer 

 time. 



The only special notes, recorded at the time, which I find 

 appended, are : — 



(1) A reference to the extraordinary luxuriance of Polygala 

 vulgaris L. , notably the blue-flowered variety, more rarely 

 while, some examples being as large as the form grandiflora 

 Hah. from Ireland. Like Miss Stow, I did not notice any of the 

 pink variety. 



(2) A peculiar monstrous form of Digitalis purpurea L., 

 gathered, if I remember right, in a hedge-row near Scrivelsby 

 Hall, in which the corollas were uniformly about twice the 

 natural size and spotted entirely over. 



(3) Lychnis diurna Salisb. was very conspicuous by its 

 absence, its place being taken by L. vespertina Salisb. {alba 



(4) A Fragaria, probably a large form of F. chtletisis, was 

 naturalised and exceedingly abundant not very far from Wood- 

 ball Station. 



JAMES COSMO MELVILL, M.A., F.L.S., 



Brook House, Presttvich, Manchester. 



Mill.). 



Ranunculus bulbosus L. 

 Fumaria officinalis L. 



Viola odorata L. 



On the Tattershall Road. 



i<k>o November i. 



