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THE FLORA OF HAMPSHIRE. 
coral pink-coloured form, as well as more or less striped ones and 
some of as dark a purple as purpurea on the downs of Oxon and Berks. 
Mr. Townsend says that Mr. Bentham, judging apparently from dried 
specimens only, is disposed to write L. italica (Trev.) with vulgaris, 
but besides other marked and apparently constant characters he finds 
that the seeds of the two plants are dissimilar; this the writer can 
fully corroborate. 
Veronica arvensis (var. eximia —Townsend) is a prostrate form 
branching from the base of the stem, which has also been found in 
cultivated fields in Northamptonshire; in habit it comes nearer 
agrestis. 
The subglabrous form of Gynonlossuin officinale is recorded from the 
Isle of Wight. 
The Muddiford habitat for Polygonum maritimum was verified by 
Mr. B. King in 1879. 
A hybrid between Orchis latifoUa and maculata is recorded, as is 
also a hybrid dock, and two thistle hybrids. Epipactis violacea is 
properly separated from E. media, from which it abundantly differs. 
It is a great misfortune that Mr. R. Pryor did not live to set 
straight the synonymy of the broad-leaved Epipactis, which seems now 
almost hopelessly confused. Bureau’s description of Durand’s plant 
is very vivid. 
Scirpus parvulus is another of Mr. King’s interesting discoveries, as 
is also Eriophorum gracile. 
The Glycerise have, in addition to G. Jiuitans; plicata, pedicellata 
(Towns.), and declinata (Brev.), separated as species, although the author 
considers them only worthy of subspecific rank. 
There is little doubt that Lycopodium complanatum will yet be found 
either in the New Forest or Bramshot. 
Not only is the flora rich in these critical plants, but such rare plants 
as Gladiolus, Isiiardia, Arum italicum, Matthiola incana, Spiranthes 
cestivalis, Calamiiitha sylvatica, Chara alopecuriodes, Sch'pus parvulus, and. 
Eriophorum gracile are included in the list. 
Mr. Townsend gives a comparative table of plant occurrences in 
Wilts, Dorset, Isle of Wight, Sussex, Surrey, and Berks, with mainland 
of Hants, which shows that Hants possesses 187 plants not foundin Wilts, 
176 not found in Berks, 149 not found in Isle of Wight, 123 not 
found in Surrey, 69 not found in Dorset, and 64 not found in Sussex. 
At the end of the book, the botanical districts are described, and 
their characteristics and rare species enumerated. Plants which might 
not be expected to occur are also given ; in fact the author seems to have 
left nothing undone, but has produced a county flora which amply 
refutes the statements of some s j-called botanists— i.e., that the British 
Flora is worked out, or is too uninteresting to repay further trouble. 
G. C. Druce. 
