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A SUPPLEMENT TO THE 'FLORA YECTENSIS.' By Alexander G. More, F.L.S., M.R.LA.

(^Continued from page 76.)

f Matthiola incana, E. Br. First noticed iu Snooke's ' Flora Vec- tiaiia' (1823) as a Chelrcmthits, woi easily accessible, growing on the cli ft" between Compton and Freshwater Gate. Probably an escape from cultivation at some remote date.

Nasturtium officiuale, K.. Br., var. siifoUum, Reich. Millpond at Lower Knighton, and in Alverstone Lynch.

Obs. Barbarea vul(/aris,R.ltiv., "var. )8." Dr. Bromfleld's specimens, gathered at Calbourne, seem to be merely a form of B. vulgaris, and cer- tiiinly do not belong to B. stricta, Fries. Mr. J, G. Baker refers them to B. vulgaris, var. sylvestris, of Fries.

Cardamine sylvatica. With. Omitted in ' Flora Vectensis.' Is not un- freqnent in damp woods and moist shady places. (See ' Phytologist,' vol. iii. p. 337.)

Fort, from 1865 to 1868, iu no great quantity, and probably introduced (Dr. G. R. Tate).
 * Biplotaxis temdfolia, De Cand. On the high bank above Clift* End

•fBrassica oleracea, L., has quite disappeared from the foot of Cnlver Clifi' (F. Stratton). Though the kind of locality seemed wild enougli, and the " Wild Cabbage '" was gathered there for many years, still I am inclined to think it may have originated, like the Matthiola, from some seeds accidentally brought by the wind or other accident.

\_Ali/ssum calrjcinum, L. A few plants growing among clover at Lower Hide Farm, near Shanklin, 1858 (Rev. T. Salwey) ; not noticed since. Evidently introduced with the clover-seed.]

Draba verna, L. The varieties EropJiila majuscula, Jord., and E. bra- chycarpa, Jord., occur in company with many intermediate forms, which I cannot strictly refer to any of Jordan's species. On St. Helen's Spit I have found a few plants with elliptical pods, nearly, if not quite, as muck inflated as in the alpine variety " injiata."

Cochlearia officinalis, L. Round the new fort at the Needles (Dr. G. R. Tate) ; at the foot of the clirt' in Scratchell's Bay.

C. anglica, L. West bank of the Medina (F. Stratton) ; salt-marshes at Newtown (J. G. Baker) ; on the Down between Alum Bay and the Needles (Dr. G. R. Tate), a most unusual locality ; shores of Wootton Creek.

C. (Janica, L. On the shingly beach below Tyne House, Bcmbridge, in 1861, probably the offspring of seeds transported from the mainland; at the Needles Fort, in 1868 (Dr. G. R. Tate) ; at King's Quay, plenti- fully, in 1869 (J. Pristo and F. Stratton).

[Cameli7ia fcefida, Fries. Among Flax ; in a field of Vetches and Oats at Pan, near Newport, 1870 (F. Stratton, ' Journal of Botany,' Vol. VIIL p. 256).]

\Thlaspi arvense, L. Among turnips at Sandford, near Godshill, in some plenty, October, 1860.

[Iberis amara, L. One plant only, gathered by Mr. Stratton in Grange Chine, near Brightstonc, 1868 : certainly an escape.]

\Lepidium Smithii, Hook. In ground recently disturbed at the back

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