46 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



SCROPHULARIACE.E. 

 'Orthocarpus purpurascens, Benth. Leith, several. 



VERBENACE^:. 



Verbena officinalis, L. One fine plant at Burntisland Docks, by 

 Mr. M 'Andrew. 



LABIATE. 



*Dracocephalum thymiflorum, L. Leith, one plant. 

 Melissa officinalis, L. Leith, one. 

 Salvia sylvestris, L. Leith, several. 

 Satureia hortensis, L. Leith, one. 



CHENOPODIACE/E. 



Chenopodium Botrys, L. Galafoot, one. 



Kochia scoparia, Schrader. Pettycur and Leith, one plant in each. 



Ruscus aculeatus, L. Hermitage, Edinburgh, several. 



Agrostis lachnantha, Nees. Galafoot, several. First found by Miss 



Hayward. 



Setaria verticillata, Beauv. Portobello, two. 

 Sorghum vulgare, Pers, Plentiful in the neighbourhood of Leith 



Docks, but did not flower. 



LEITH, December 1909. 



CRITICAL REMARKS UPON THE CYPERACE^E- 

 CARICOIDE^E AS TREATED IN " DAS PFLAN- 

 ZENREICH" BY GEORGE KUKENTHAL. 1 



By G. CLARIDGE DRUCE, M.A., F.L.S. 



THIS very elaborate, accurate, and excellently printed 

 monograph of the Genus Carex and its allies marks a 

 substantial advance in our knowledge of this somewhat 

 difficult group. The full and clear diagnoses are in Latin, 



1 May 1 8, 1909. 981 Species and 128 figures. Leipzig. Price 41.20 marks. 



