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aguatilis, with which it has been united by fome botanifts. We have fill, however, our 
doubts; the latter fpecies is fo teuly polymorphoas according to the Stantsa in which it 
grows. We think we have feen plants exactly refembling Ranuncults bederaceus growing 
in places where the water had entirely left the foil, and gradually putting on the appear- 
ia aice of R. aguatilis as it approached the deeper mater, where the Jatter only appeared. In 
Hie thefe there could hardly be a doubt of their being the offspring of the fame parent. 
‘ _The Number for May contains Antirrbinum minus, which fiuithes all the Brititt fpecies of . 
bi Antirrbinum. Tt i is often to be met with in Batons field, and other corn-fields, where the 
bt foil 1s particularly light. 
Hypericum calycizum ;.the large-fowered ieteekcal fo very common in gardens, is here 
iB fupocfed to grow wikd in Ireland. 
ny Gnaphalium margaritacewm, given by Dillenius, in Ray’s Synopfis, as a denizen of this 
a ifland. 4t is, however, probably of American origin; but having been formerly a favourite 
2 in every cottage-garden through the land, it is nat te be wondered at, if it fhquid have eftab- 
FS lithed itfelf in many parts, where it appears perfe@ly wild. 
- Erigeron cana denfe is precifely under the fame eircamftances as the laft-mentioned plant, 
/ except that it never has been fo univerfally cultivated. Dr. Smith obferves, that he has 
P not obferved it in the neighbourhood of London ; we have feen it upon the tops of walls 
oH in feveral places. 
f Equiletum arvenfe, paluftre, and fuqviatile. The firft refemble one another very much, 
:: except in fize; but Mr. J. D. Sowerby has difcevered an‘excellent [pecific difference, in 
the angles of the branches, each of which terminating in a tooth, is double in | fuviatile y bus 
not fo in arvenfe. ' 
NATURALIST’S MON TILY see 
t MAY x 
ft . Leaving Month. 
All that is fweet to {mell, all that can charm. 
| Or eye or ear, burfts forth ou every fide, 
| And crowds upon the fenfes. 
| 
OWARDS the cotnmencement of the month we had a good deal of rain. The 7th wage 
very fine and hot day ; and the fame beautiful weather continued till the 19th, the eyen- 
ing of which was cold and rainy. There was fome thunder on the 19th. On the 14th, 15th, 
abd 16th, the thermometer, in the fhade, was as high as 68°. The laft days of May were 
“unreafonably cold ; and ‘in feveral parts of the fouth of England, particularly in Devonthire 
and oy oe there was much rain. 
May i. A-Dormoufe was brought to me in its hybernaculum, and ftill ina torpid ftate. 
From this ftate it did not perfectly recover, though placed in a cage ina warm Foon. till the 
10th, when, for the firtt time, it came out of its neft in feareh of food. 
Cuckoo flowers (Cardamine pratenfis,) are feen in.all the moift meadows; and I this day, 
for the firft time, heard the fong of the cuckoo. It has, however, been heard by others 
neartly'a week ago. 
_ ‘The medicinal leeches begin to {wim aunt: the weeds in the rivers 5 and the perfons 
who catch them for fale, have obtained a contiderable number. 
‘The hornbeam, (carpinus cetulus,) fycamore, (acer pfeudoplatumus, } common bugle, (ajuga 
ae ans, ) wild cicely, (Chéerophyllum jylueftray ) and waletool’s orchis, (orcbis mafiula, ) are in 
wer. 
May 5th. The houfe martins are beginning to build their nefts. They are Jater in this 
operation than I recolleét them to have been fs ior feveral hon geal ‘ ; 
the‘tedge warbier fings. 
The buds of the hawthorn dowers a to appear white. There wil] be a great abune 
aance-of thefe flowers this year: = 
Skt i@th. Cock chaters, (Scarabeus melolonthia,). are feen j in the evenings about the 
25 and hedges, in fwarms as great as during any ot the late feafons. Tt is fingular, that, 
perian' pe deftructive ees are fo abunda ant in Hampfhire, yet in the counties weft- 
ward, particularly ie Devontlive and Cornwall, there are very few indeed of them. 
‘The following wild plants, are in flower: Lily of the valley, Crofwat, (Galium crucia- 
zz J commion avens, (Geum urdanun, z twaytlade, (opbrys avata,) common. vetch, (mutta faz 
gi ae buth vetch, (wicca fepwm, ) foxglove, ( Dig: tals purpurea,) oppofite. leaved eoldén SaXl- 
frage, (Cheyfofplenium apt ofitifoli ‘um,) yellow-wood prerpernelis ( Lyfimacbia nemorum,) aud coms 
anon bird’s root, (Ornitcopus perpufillus.) 4 
_.. May. 15th. The orangé-tip butterflies, (Papilia Cardamines,) the caterpillars, or larve of — 
‘gih:ch, feed on the leaves of the cuckoo flower, are flying, i in greater numbers than. I have 
generaly remarked. 
May i7th. A iemale, of the Emperor moth, ( Bambyet p avomut of Hawortli, ) this day came 
foxth irjom its chry falise This chryfalis was mentionsd ia the report for. September ray 
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