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coast of North America. It was regarded by most botanists that 

 had grown it as distinct from M. Inteus, L. ; but the earliest figure 

 of it appeared in October 1812 in Sims' "Botanical Magazine," t. 

 1501, under the name Miinulus litteus, Linn., with the information : 

 " He [Langsdorff] brought it, we are informed, from Unashka, 

 one of the Fox Islands, and seeds were transmitted to Mr. 

 Hunnemann last spring, and through him to Mr. Bonn, Curator 

 of the Botanic Garden at Cambridge, who kindly communicated 

 to us in July hist the specimen from which our drawing was made, 

 under the name of Mimitlits Langsdorffii, which we should have 

 adopted, had it proved, as was supposed, a new discovery." In 

 1813 De Candolle ("Cat. Monspel.," 127) described it under the 

 name M. guttatns, and gave characters that in his judgment 

 showed its distinct specific rank. Pursh, however, in his standard 

 "Flora Amer. Sept.," ii. p. 426, in 1814, retained it under M. fattens, 

 L. ; and he was followed by most later botanists, including Bentham 

 and Asa Gray. For a fuller statement of the confusion in which 

 the systematic rank of the yellow Mimuli of N.W. America long 

 remained, reference must be made to Professor Greene's papers 

 ("Bull. Calif.," i. pp. 106-123, 1885, and " Journ. Bot," 1895, 

 pp. 4-8), in which will be found the conclusions arrived at by him. 

 Suffice it to say that he accepts Miinulus Langsdorffii\ Bonn, as 

 the correct name of the species naturalised so plentifully in many 

 parts of Britain. He describes and names five varieties of the 

 species, from the west coast or western side of the Rocky 

 Mountains. All our forms appear to belong to the type, though 

 they show considerable differences in luxuriance and in colour 

 and size of flowers. JAMES W. H. TRAIL. 



The Natural History Sub-Committee appointed to make prepara- 

 tions for the Meeting of the British Association in Glasgow in 1901 

 has in view to prepare a complete list of the flora of "the natural 

 drainage area of the Clyde, and of all the sea lochs which form 

 extensions of its estuary." Information is specially desired as to 

 (i) distribution of species; (2) papers in magazines, journals, and 

 transactions of societies ; (3) names of workers in the different de- 

 partments that will assist ; (4) local herbaria ; (5) collections of 

 microscopic objects. All willing to assist are requested to com- 

 municate with Professor Scott Elliot at 204 George Street, Glasgow. 



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