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2. Some remarks on the flora of the Isle of 
Wight, England. 
By Thorild Wulff J:r. 
In summer 1894, I had a two-months’ botanical 
excursion in the Isle of Wight, and supposing it may 
be of interest to get some fresh notes on the botany 
of the island, I will here give a list of the more in¬ 
teresting plants that were found. — 
Dr. W. A. Bromfield’s ’’Flora Vectensis” of 1856,. 
and Fred. Townsend’s ”Flora of Hampshire, including 
the Isle of Wight”, 1883, have been of great use to¬ 
me, though the localities given there have of course 
altered a little during the time that has passed since 
their books were published. 
I visited the island in July and August, and 
made excursions in most parts of the country. The 
weather was all the while very unfavourable for bo¬ 
tanical work, pouring rain and fog almost every day* 
The well known Isle of Wight botanist, Mr. 
Fred. Stratton kindly assisted me in the pursuit of 
my work, and I have to return my best thanks to- 
this gentleman. 
From a botanical point of view the Isle of Wight 
is to be divided into two districts, one northern and 
one southern part, a range of high chalk downs run¬ 
ning east and west from Culver Cliff to the Need¬ 
les, forming the limit between them. In the southern 
district the Lower Greensand and Gault are met with,, 
in the northern part Tertiary strata (Hamstead and 
Bembridge beds, London clay etc.) chiefly occupy 
the country. The middle part of the island, ”the 
downs”, has an average height of 500—600 feet above 
the level of the sea, but in general the country only 
rises to 200 — 300 feet, very often abruptly ending 
against the sea. The highest tops are St. Boniface 
Down (782 feet) and St. Catherine’s Hill (781 feet)* 
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