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ton. The plant is almost impossible to discover a 
thick, spiny hedge being planted all around the place 
where it grows. 
Carex pendula , Huds. At Niton, and very fine 
in Shanklin Chine. 
Spartina stricta , Rotli. On the salt marshes sur¬ 
rounding the mouth of the river Yar. 
Setaria viridis , (L.) P. R. Very rare. I obser¬ 
ved it in a garden at West Cowes and certainly the 
plant was not cultivated there. 
Gastridium lendigcrum 9 Gaud. On the coast at 
Blackgang. 
Agrostis setacea, Curtis. On a down S. E. from 
Newport. 
A. alba , L. ß maritima , Lam. In most typical 
specimens on the coast at Blackgang. Townsend 
never saw this form in the island. 
Catabrosa aquatica , (A.) P. B. In ponds near 
Newport, very scarce. 
Poa rigida , L. On dry walls in the Under cliff. 
Blechnum Spicant , ( L .) Sm. Introduced in a 
garden at Niton. 
Asplénium Ruta-muraria , L. Walls along the 
main-road at St. Lawrence. 
A . TrichomaneSj L. On old tombs at Carisbrook 
in a few specimens. Very rare in the Isle of Wight. 
A. marinum , L. Formerly growing on ’’Bocks 
above the shore W. of St. Catherine’s Point” (1845). 
’’One plant only detected putting forth fresh fronds, 
June 1880” 1 ). — The rock on which the plant used 
to grow is now, I was informed, fallen into the sea. 
I examined the cliffs from the lighthouse to Black¬ 
gang hoping some specimens might be left but did 
not succeed finding any, so I should think this spe¬ 
cies is no more to be found in the Isle of Wight, 
this place being the only locality ever known for it. 
*) Townsend: Flora of Hampshire, pag. 484. 
