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A NEW BRITISH FLEA : TYPHLOPSYLLA SPECTABILIS, SP. NOV. 

 By the Hon. N. C. Rothschild, B.A., F.Z.S., F.E.S. Ent. Record, 

 vol. x. p. 250 (October 1898). Five specimens taken from the Bank 

 Vole at North Berwick in September. 



THE EURYPTERID-BEARING ROCKS OF THE PENTLAND HlLLS. 



Final report of the Committee. Brit. Assoc. Reports, 1898 

 Section C (Bristol). 



BOTANY. 



THE FLOWERING PLANTS OF NOVAYA ZEMLYA, ETC. By Col. H. 

 W. Feilden. Journ. Bot., 1898, pp. 388-396, 418-436. Is of 

 interest to Scotch botanists in relation to our alpine flora. 



REPORT OF THE MEETINGS OF THE BERWICKSHIRE NATURALISTS' 

 CLUB FOR THE YEAR 1896. History of the Benvickshire Naturalists' 

 Club, vol. xvi. pt. L, 1896, published in Nov. 1898, pp. 28-78. 

 Notices the rarer plants observed in Redpath Dean, Newham Bog, 

 and Twizell, and the finer trees, especially Conifers, observed at 

 Dryburgh and at Twizell. 



CRITICAL NOTES ON SOME SPECIES OF CERASTIUM continued. 

 By Fred. N. Williams, F.L.S. Journ. Bot., 1898, pp. 382-387.- 

 Expresses the view (p. 386) that C. arcticuin, Lange, is a "hybrid 

 between two forms of C. alpinu/n," and says, " var. Edmonstonei is 

 another obscure form." 



CERASTIUM ARCTICUM, Lange. By Edw. S. Marshall. Jouru. 

 Bot., p. 440. Supports the specific rank of C. arcticuin, to which 

 " var. Edmonstonii clearly belongs." 



HABENARIA VIRIDIS, VAR. BRACTEATA. By James Britten, 

 F.L.S. Journ. Bot., pp. 437-438. Discusses a note in Bot. Ex- 

 change Club Report for 1896 (issued 3ist August 1898) by Mr. 

 Druce on a form named by him bracteata as a new variety, and 

 said by him to be " the more frequent form in mountainous districts 

 of Scotland." Mr. Britten calls attention to H. bracteata (Willd.) 

 R. Br., treated as var. bracteata of H. viridis in Morong's "American 

 Check List," issued in 1894. It seems to be marked only by the 

 bracts being longer than the flowers. 



CAREX SADLERI, LINTON, IN NORTH UIST. By W. A. Shoolbred. 

 Journ. Bot., p. 442. Records discovery of a clump in July 1898, 

 on North Lee Hill, of this sedge, first recorded from Corrie Kander 

 as C. frigida, All., but in 1898 shown by Mr. E. F. Linton to be 

 closely allied to C. binervis, and referred to this species by him as 

 a variety. 



NOTES ON BRITISH CHARACE/E, 1895-98. By H. and J. 

 Groves. Journ. Bot., pp. 409-413, plates 391, 392. An important 

 paper, noticed more fully on p. 58. 



