LINE 15. Whose first prerogative, & c. V. Cowper.
"The spleen is seldom felt where Flora reigns,
The lowering eye, the petulance, the frown,
And sullen sadness, that do shade, distort,
And mar the fact of beauty, when no cause
For such immeasurable grief appears,
These Flora banishes."

     33. Saxifruge hypnoides, Moss Saxifrage, commonly called Ladies cushion.

     38. Carduus, the Thistle.

     41. Convolundus arvensis, a remarkably pretty plant, but no favourite with the husbandman.

     45. Seundix peclum, Venus's comb, or Shepherd's needle.

     48. Anthoxanthum, Vernal Meadow grass. It is to this grass that hay owes its fine odour.

     60. Aphis or Aphides. These are the "myriads brush'd from Russian wilds;" the blights, cankers, lice, or vermin, to use common phrases, that so often disfigure and destroy the fairest vegetable productions.

     63. Lichen. Of these many have the forms of shields, when in fructification.

     64. Lunuria annua, Moon wort, usually called Honesty.

     65. Digilulis purpurea, common Fox-glove.

     66. Seutellaria gulericuluta, small Skull-cap.

     67. Leontodon aflicinalis, common Dent-de-lion.

     70. Arum maculutum. Arum, vulgarly Cuckoo pint, or Lords and Ladies.

     Line 71. Arctium lappa, Burdock.

     74. Forscula, the Earwig.

     75. Libellula, the Dragon fly, or as it is called in the southern countries, the Horse-stinger, though it preys only on other insects. Several sorts of these are seen about water, but its introduction here is a poetical licence, as it does not feed on or injure flowers.

     77. Formica. In one state of their existence the male Ants have wings.

     78. Scarabeus, the Beetle.

     82. The silk-like tuft within the plant call Treilescanlia appears' to the eye composed very fine filaments; but on examining one of these small silky threads through a microscope, it looks like a string of amethysts.

     83. Cislus helianthemum, Dwarf Cistus.

     84. Yucca, Thready Yucca, an Aloe, I believe.

     85. The wild Bee, Apis cenluncularis. This insect weaves or rather cements rose leaves together to form its cell.

     88. Hypericum, an elegant shrub of which Cowper thus speaks—

"Hypericum all bloom, so thick a swarm
Of flowers like flies cloathing her slender rods
That scarce a leaf appears."

     It seems admirably adapted to a fairy garland.

     99. Passiflora, the Passion flower.

     98. Spatha, the sheath from which many flowers spring, such as the Narcissus, &c.

     100. The scales of one species of the Xeranthemum are particularly elegant.

     101. Ophrys, Spiral Ophrys, Ladies traces.

     Line 129. Hippocaslanum, Horse chesnut.

     130. Pinus larice, Larch.

     131. Pinus sylvestris, Scotch Fir.

     133. Quercus rober, the Oak.

     142. Polypodium, slix sennina, female Fern.

     —Scolopendrium, Hart's tongue, more usually called Adder's tongue.

     146. Motacilla salicaria, the reed Sparrow, or willow Wren. A bird that in a low and sweet note imitates several others, and sings all night.

     —Alcedo ispida, the King fisher, or Halcyon, one of the most beautiful of English birds.

     150. Nymphea alba, the white Water lily.

     151. Galium palustre. White Lady's bed straw.

     152. Epilobiums, various species of Willow herbs.

     157. Iris palustris, common Flag, or yellow Iris.

     —Sagiltaria, Arrow-head.

     158. Ranunculus aquaticus, white water Crow-foot.

     161. Butomus, the flow'ring Rush, or water Gladiole, the only native of England of the class Enneandria hexagymia.

     168. Chelidonium, the horned or sea Poppy. See a former note.

     169. Eryngium maritinum, Sea Holly.

     173. Tamarix gallica, the Tamarisk. This elegant shrub is not very uncommon on cliffs in the West of England, and was in 1800 to be found on an high rock to the Eastward of the town of Hastings, in Sussex.

     Line 174. Stalice, Sea Pink, Sea Lavender, commonly called Thrift, is frequently used for borders of flower beds. It covers some of the most sterile cliffs.

     177. Salsola kuli, Saltwort, this plant when burnt affords a fossile alkali, and is used in the manufacture of glass. The best is brought from the Mediterranean, and forms a considerable article of commerce. It is very frequent on the cliffs on the Sussex coast.

     181. Algar, Sea weeds of many sorts. Sea Lace, line 183, is one of them. Alfar, Fuci, and Conferva, include, I believe, all sea plants.

     182. Polyp, the Polypus, or Sea Annemone.

     184. Coralline is, if I do not misunderstand the only book I have to consult, a shelly substance, the work of sea insects, adhering to stones and to sea weeds.

     189. Flos aque, Green Byssus, Paper Byssus, a semi-transparent substance floating on the waves.

     Panier'd is not perhaps a word correctly English, but it must here be forgiven me.

     191. Pinna. The Pinna, or Sea Wing, is contained in a two-valved shell. It consists of fine long silk-like fibres—The Pinna on the coast of Provence and Italy, is called the silk-worm of the sea. Stockings and gloves of exquisite fineness have been made of it—See note 27th to the Œconomy of Vegetation.