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A. Adiantum-nigrum , L. Carisbrook Castle. 
Ceterach officinarum , Willd. Noted for Knowle’s 
Farm in the extreme S. Wight but not to be 
found there any more. A few specimens were seen 
on the walls of the south side of Carisbrook Castle. 
Scolopendrium vulgare , Stn. Very frequent in wet 
shady places. Gigantic specimens of about 1 m. in 
height to be found in the Undercliff and in Shanklin 
Chine. On the former locality this fern oecurrs the 
top of the leaves divided into 2—10 and even more 
lobes. 
Osmunda regalis ) L. In the Undercliff at Niton 
a few specimens. 
Equisetum maximum , Lam. In the same locality, 
rather rare. — 
The flora of the Isle of Wight shows some like¬ 
ness to that of the S. W. coast of Norway. Among 
the species that are characteristic for these two pla¬ 
ces, I will here only mention: Glaucium luteum, Scop. 
Hypericum pulchrum, L. Ilex Aquifolium, L. Rosa 
pimpinellæfolia, L. Sedum anglicum, Huds. Erica 
cinerea, L. Digitalis purpurea, L. Teucrium Scorodo- 
nia, L. Asplénium Ruta-muraria, L. (A. marinum, 
L.) Scolopendrium vulgare Sm. etc. 
There is also a striking correspondence between 
the vegetation of ”the Downs” and that of the ;, Alf- 
var” in the island of Oeland in Sweden. In both 
places the soil is calcareous and the mould only a 
few cm. thick. The climate too is very much the 
same, and many species consequently are common to 
the two islands. Stemless or pygmean forms are fre¬ 
quently met with. — 
Lund. Sweden. October 1895. 
