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Matthiola incana , Br. On the High Down cliffs 
east to Freshwater Gate plentiful, but growing on 
the almost vertical sides of the cliffs, the plant is 
very difficult to get at. 
Cheiranthus Cheiri , L. Common. I have especi¬ 
ally noted it in greatest abundance from the old walls 
of Carisbrook Castle and Churchyard. 
Nasturtium Armor acia , (L.) Fr. On the banks 
of the Medina south of Newport. Probably escaped 
from cultivation. 
Frankenm lævis , L . In Townsend’s Flora pag. 
47. the plant is said to grow on the edges of the 
saltpans at Newtown. Though I very carefully exa¬ 
mined this place where it formerly grew, I was not 
able to find the least of it, and consequently I am 
almost sure the plant is no more to be found there. 
The same author states the plant to grow at St. 
Helen’s spit, but, informed by my friend Mr. Fred. 
Stratton of the great alterations (cultivation or so¬ 
mething like that) that have been made on the very 
same place where it formerly used to grow, I did 
not go there to look for it, the plant probably having 
disappeared. It seems to me that this species, therefor, 
is no more to be considered an Isle of Wight plant. 
Silene maritima , With. On the cliffs above the 
high road in the Undercliff at Niton, however, rat¬ 
her rare. 
Halianthus peploides 1 (L.) Fr. On the sandy coast 
at Yarmouth and Newtown. 
Tamarix gallica ) L. grows in very fine specimens 
at Newtown, close to the saltpans north of the coast¬ 
guard’s station. As I did not observe the plant cul¬ 
tivated in the gardens of the neighbourhord, I do 
not see why it should not be considered a native 
there. Dr. Bromfield however writes in the ’’Flora 
Vectensis”: ’’Tamarix gallica ... is only growing there 
(at Freshwater) now in a cult, state.” 
