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Gladiolus illi/rictis, Kocli. In a heathy copse close to Apse Farm ! (Mrs. Phillips, July, 1865). A single specimen only was gathered ; but the locality is quite a natural one, and the plant exactly corresp^">uds with the Gladiolus found in Hampshire. (See Liuuean Soc. Journal of Proc. vi. 177, November, 1862.)
Narcissus Pseudo-narcissus, L., var. *Broi)ijieldii, Syme. This is the var. y of ' Flora Vectensis,' and from its place of growth is evidently not indigenous.
- .V. biftorus, Curt. Weston and Easton, Freshwater (R. Tucker). An
escape or remains of cultivation in all the localities.
- Tulipa st/lvestris, L. My sister informs me that the station at Har-
dingshoot is now (1871) nearly destroyed, through the recent building of a farmhouse on the exact spot ; but the plant was certainly the relic of a former garden.
- Oniithogalum umbellatum, L. On the north slope of Bembridge
Down, near the ruins of a cottage (Rev. C. A. Bury). Sparingly in a wood near Shaltieet, and in a meadow near Aftou House (Dr. Gr. R. Tate). The plant as found in the Isle of Wight agrees with 0. angustifoUuM of Boreau.
Allium vineale, L. On the edge of the cliff, and on slipped debris in Sandown Bay, the only species found here. On the east bank of the Medina, above Black Mill (F. Stratton). Chalk pit west of Mountjoy (Miss Dennett). Near Middletou House, and by the Yar above Yar- mouth (Dr. G. R. Tate). Near the Rectory House at Freshwater. — Var, hulbiferuvi, Syme. By East Medina millpond (J. Pristo).
A. oleraceum, L. Grassy banks on the edge of the cliff above Steep- hill and St. Lawrence (A. J. Hambrough and A. G. M., ISoS). This is the only locality known in the Isle of Wight.
- Asparagus officinalis, L. A few seedling plants on the sandhills below St. Helen's, close to the Ferry House, and evidently sprung from some stray seeds washed ashore. This may explain the origin of the
Asparagus at Norton Spit, where it grows at the extremity of a sandy point exposed to the tideway, and close to one of the oldest towns in the island. It is quite different from the prostrate Cornish plant.
Juncus diffusus, Hoppe. Very fine in Alum Bay (J. G. Baker).
Luznla Borreri, Bromf. In a copse above Brading, Qiiorr Copse, etc. There is now no doubt that this is ujerely a form of L. pilosa, wit!) luxu- riant foliage, and the fruit not fully developed. In the immature seeds of L. pilosi the crest is straight, as had been ascertained by Dr. Brorafield himself (Flor. Vect., footnote to p. 518).
Butomus uvibellatns, L. Formerly in a ditch near Pan Common (Major Smith). Appears indigenous at Freshwater.
Arum italicum, Mill. At Stcephill and other places in the Undercliff (A. J. Hambrough, 1853). The plant grows plentifully in the wild bushy slopes included within the grounds at Steephill ; also in similar bushy places at intervals all along the way to Niton, but does not extend beyond the limits of the Underclitf. As A. italicum grows wild at Caen, Cherbourg, etc., on the north coast of France, and was also found by Mr. Hambrough in Sark and Guernsey, ami recently by Dr. Trimen and j\Ir. Stratton in Jersey, there is no reason to doubt its being native in the Isle of Wight ; nor can any one who has seen it in the Undercliff at the commcncc!n<nt of June, when it is in lull tlower, hesitate to pro-
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