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Viscum album , L. Townsend writes on this spe¬ 
cies pag. 158: Wery rare or extinct in Wight 71 , — 
I am glad to have noticed several plants now gro¬ 
wing on apple-trees in a garden at Chillerton, on 
the east side of the main road from Newport to 
Blackgang. 
Rubia peregrina , L. In hedges at Niton and 
Newtown. The plant seems to be rather frequent 
in the island. 
Galium cruciatum , L. Inside the walls of Caris- 
brook Castle and in some other places. The species 
is especially met with on the chalk, and seems to 
prefer that soil. 
Asperula Cynanchica , L. On the chalk downs 
running east and west across the island, common. 
Centranthus ruber , DC. On the rocks abont Vent- 
nor and Steephill in great abundance. In shady pla¬ 
ces in the Undercliff it sometimes occurrs with pale 
white flowers. 
Dipsacus silvestrisj L. Common. 
Scabiosa Columbaria , L. On the chalk downs 
very common. — On the High Down at Freshwater 
I found a variety of this plant for which I propose 
the name: 
/. nana. — N. f. — Planta acaulis, ad basim 
rosula foliorum instructa. Corymbi 1 — 3 , sessiles vel 
peduncidis dense sericeis , 1 — 1 ,5 cm. longis insidentes. — 
Carduus tenuiflorus ) Curt. On the edge of the 
cliffs above the Undercliff at Niton, also on Shanklin 
Down. 
Carlina vulgaris , L. About Niton in dry places 
frequent. — On the High Down to-gether with Scab. 
Columbaria f. nana, I found Carlina vulg. growing 
in a curious form, naturally owing to the unfavou¬ 
rable conditions of life on the downs. The variety, 
being a most distinguished one, deserves its own 
name, and I propose for it: 
