There do not appear to be sufficient characters by which
to distinguish our present plant from O. Cherleri of Linn,
or O. mollis of La Gasca, and of Savi. Our plant is undoubtedly
the O. reclinata of most authors, but De Candolle describes
his plant as “ pedunculis subbracteolatis,” and I
have therefore quoted him with doubt.
The first notice of this little species, as a native of Britain,
was by Prof. Graham of Edinburgh, who discovered it on a
steep bank close by the seato the north of W est Tarbert, Mull
of Galloway, Scotland, in August, 1835, and the drawing
was made from one of his specimens compared with fresh individuals
gathered in Alderney, July, 1838. In this latter
station, I was so fortunate as to discover it in the greatest
plenty, scattered over an extensive sandy district in the
northern part of the island. It is a singular fact that this
plant should have been found on the west coast of Scotland,
and in the Channel Islands, and yet not observed on any
part of the shores of England.—C. C. B.