126 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



ON PRIMARY CHARACTERS IN CERASTIUM. By Frederick N. 

 Williams, F.L.S. Journ. Bot., 1898, pp. S-io. 



ON LYCIUM BARBARUM, L., AND L. EUROPIUM, L., AND THEIR 

 LOCAL CULTURE (in S.E. Scotland). By James Hardy, LL. D. 

 Hist. Berw. Nat. Club, 1897, xv. pp. 362-364. 



NEW LOCALITY FOR CORALLORHIZA INNATA. By Rev. James 

 Farquharson, LL.D. Hist. Berw. Nat. Club, 1897, xv. p. 363. In 

 Whitmuir Bog, on borders of Selkirkshire and Roxburghshire. 



BLYSMUS RUFUS, VAR. BIFOLIUS, A NEW PLANT FOR THE 

 DISTRICT. Hist. Berw. Nat. Club, 1897, xv. p. 362. Exhibited 

 at Berwickshire Club meeting, in Berwick, from near Aberlady, by 

 George Bolam. 



THE BRITISH CAREX FRIGIDA. By Edward F. Linton, M.A. 

 Journ. Bot., 1898, pp. 41-44, plate 382A. Discusses the identity 

 of this plant, states reasons against its identification with C. frigida, 

 All., concludes that it is very closely related to C. binetvis, Sm., 

 and proposes for it the name C. binervis, Sm., var. Sadteri. 



THE DISTRIBUTION OF BRITISH MOSSES. By E. Charles 

 Horrell. Journ. Bot., 1898, pp. 60-62. 



MEMORIALS, JOURNAL, AND BOTANICAL CORRESPONDENCE OF 

 CHARLES CARDALE BABINGTON, M.A., F.R.S., etc. Reviewed in 

 Journ. Bot., 1898, pp. 33-35. Botanists interested in the flora 

 of Scotland will find in this work numerous references, especially 

 to Braemar. 



FURTHER OBSERVATIONS ON EXCRESCENCES AND DISEASES 

 OCCASIONED IN PLANTS BY MITES. By James Hardy, LL.D. Hist. 

 Berw. Nat. Club, 1897, xv. pp. 354-355. Enumerates galls on 

 Acer Pseudoplatanus, * Lotus corniculatus, *Epilobium pahistre 

 Veronica Chamcedrys, * Cytisus scoparius (Broom), Helianthemum 

 vulgare, and * Geranium molle. [Those marked * appear not to 

 have been previously recorded from Scotland. J. W. H. T.] 



WATSON'S CLIMATIC ZONES. By Symers M. Macvicar. Journ. 

 Bot., 1898, pp. 82-85. Discusses the effect of altitude on plant 

 distribution and its modification by local conditions. 



RANUNCULUS PETIOLARIS. By Rev. Edward S. Marshall. Journ. 

 Bot., 1898, p. 103. Proposes (as the name petiolaris was pre- 

 occupied by Humboldt and Kunth) to substitute R. scoticus as the 

 name, if regarded as a species distinct from R. Flanunula, L. 



NOTES ON SOME BRITISH SEDGES. By Rev. E. S. Marshall, 

 M.A., F.L.S. Journ. Bot., 1898, pp. 73-82, plate 383. See p. 122. 

 of this journal. 



THE BRITISH CAREX FRIGIDA. By Arthur Bennett, F.L.S. 

 Journ. Bot., 1898, p. 103. Supports Mr. Linton's determination of 

 this as distinct from C. frigida, All., and possibly an endemic form. 



