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THE BOTANY
in the New Forest. 88, near Netley Abbey. 89, and 90, about Lytchett. 91, and 92, in the copse at Bare-cross. 93, Encombe. 94, about Poole. 95, at Corfe-Mullen, in the lane to Knowle. 96, ballast quay, Ham. 97, near Wimborne. 98, near Corfe-Castle. 99, Swanage. 100, on the shore at Ham, to the west of the rope-walk. 101, clay-pit, near Corfe-Castle. 102, by the Itchin ferry, near Southampton. 103, in meadows about Charlton. 104, near the ballast quay, at Ham.[1] 105, near the church at Melbury, near Shaftesbury. 106, 107, and 108, near Weymouth. 109, and 110, in Purbeck. 111, on the banks of the Backwater, between Weymouth and Radipole. 112, Stoke Hill. 113, in ditches communicating with the Stour.
- ↑ In 1831, I discovered this second British station of Trifolium Resupinatum, L., at the east end of the rope-walk, close by the anchorage, at Ham. From specimens which I have distributed to different botanists, it is now generally known to grow near Poole, though a great mistake prevails as to its frequency and abundance. Accordingly Watson in the supplement to his "Botanists' Guide," writes, "Shores of Poole harbour, but I did not find it.—W. A. Bromfield. MSS." and Sir W. Hooker, in the fourth edition of his "British Flora," gives it as found in "meadows about Poole." The plant was always confined to a few square yards in the above named situation. These circumstances are correctly stated in the Supplement to the English Botany, in the the text accompanying Tab. 2789, which is taken from a specimen I sent Mr. Sowerley in 1834. I fear from its being so near the ballast quay, it can scarecly be considered indigenous, and I am sorry also to add, that of late it has become nearly extinct.
