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 168 A SUPPLEMENT TO THE 'FLORA VECTENblS.'

myself found it at Bembridge, Yaverland, Alverstone, and between Knighton and Newchurch, etc. At Laudguard (A. J. Hambrough), Apse (Major Smith) ; Thorley (Dr. G. K. Tate).

Fulmonaria awjadlfolia, L. In Morton Lane, near Brading, sparingly ; the only station known on the south side of the Chalk Downs.

Mi/osotis palnstris. With. By the stream above Alverstone Mill.

\_Lycium barbarum, L. Well established among shingle close to high- water mark, on an island at the mouth of Newtown Creek (Dr. G. E,. Tate, 1868).]

Verbascnm Thapsus, L. Two specimens collected by Dr. Bell Salter in Morton Lane, and others labelled by him V. thapsiforme, from Yaverland, belong to V, Thajjsus.

\_F. Blattaria, L. On Brading Down, at the end of a lane leading from the village, well established, but no doubt derived from the neigh- bouring gardens, where it is still cultivated. Mr. Stratton cannot now find it near Carisbrooke, and, like myself, believes it was introduced there.]

f Veronica polita, Fries, var. grandijiora, Bab. A few roots at Bern- bridge in 1853 in company with the usual form.

Bordwood, Alverstone, Steephill, Newport, etc.
 * F. Buxbaumil, Ten. Increasing. Near Sandown, Shanklin, Brading,

Dit/iialis jmrpurea, L. A monstrosity, with the corolla deeply cleft, was found near Guildford, by the late Dr. Bell Salter.

XAntirrhinum Orontimn, L. Gravelly fields near St. Helen's (Miss A. Deighton).

Linaria vulgaris, Moench, var. latifolia, Bromf., ' Phytologist,' vol. iii. p. 627. In its original station this plant no longer preserves the charac- ter of the large foliaceous bracts and superior size of flowers. Some spe- cimens gathered a few years ago still partly exhibited these peculiarities, but at present, except for its wider and more glaucous leaves, the plant is nothing more than L. vulgaris, and I have gathered it with equally wide leaves in Guernsey.

% Mehiijipi/rum arvense, L. The locrJity, " near Lord Dysart's " (Steephill), given by Mr. Snooke in his 'Flora Vectiana ' (1823) shows that this plant is no very recent settler. Normally a colonist, it has taken possession of some bushy slopes in the Underclitf.

Euphrasia Odontites, L. Both E. verna, 13all, and E. serotina. Lam. occur near Bembridge, but I cannot believe them anything more than slight varieties of the same species.

Bartsia viscosa, L. On the borders of a few cornfields ; also in a meadow and along the lane adjoining at Foreland, Bembridge (1856), and gathered there many times since.

.'' Orobanche amethysteu, Thuill. ? On the sandhills of St. Helen's Spit, close to the gun battery, only two specimens, found in the vicinity of Eryngium maritimum (Miss F. M. More, 1859). These specimens were much withered, and I have not succeeded in finding the plant again ; but my friend Professor Babington thinks with me ttat they may possibly belong to 0. amethystea, Thuill.

0. ccerulea, Vill. On a piece of heathy pasture between Laudguard Farm and Merry Gardens (Mr. Hambrough). The station in Sandown Bay is now much narrowed from the gradual falling of the grassv border of the cliff.

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