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HARDW1 CKE 'S SCIENCE-GO SS/P. 



Cerastium arcticum, Lange, is certain for Snowdon ! 

 Shetland ! Aberdeen ! 



226 should have '"' Retz " added as the authority, 

 not " Ehrh." 



230 is Alsine rubella of the 7th ed. 



231 is A. uliginosa of the 7th ed. 



237 is Honkenya peploides of the 7th ed. 



238 is Cheleria sedoidcs of the 7th ed. 

 243 is Sagina saxatilis of the 7th ed. 



" Lepigonum" is used instead of " Spergularia " of 

 the 7th ed., the terminations of the specific names 

 being altered. 



251 b is a rare var. found near Plymouth. 



255, the var. should stand a. repens, Pers. 



b. erectus, Pers. 



264 is Hypericum dnbium of the 7th ed. 



265 is H. tetrapterum of the 7th ed. 



267 b is a var. found in the Channel Isles by Dr. 

 Boswell. 



276 is a species found in the Scilly Isles of late 

 years. 



281 should be M. pusilla, With., not borcalis, 

 Wallr. 



282, alter authority to " Hudson." 



286, alter authority to " Roth." 



290/', alter authority to " Schiibl." 



292, alter to G. versicolor, L. 



299, alter authority to " Linn." 



312, alter to biflora, Walt. 



The census "99 "should be transferred from 327 

 to 32S/;. 



335 c, alter authority to " Desv." 



336 should be M. arabica, All. 



Melilotus is a troublesome genus, " with name 

 alterations." 



338 should be M. officinalis, Lam., 7th ed., No. 31S. 



340, arvensis, Wallr., 7th ed., No. 320. 



341, indica, All. ; 7th ed., M. parvijiora. 

 343 b is a var. for Scotland and Norfolk ! 



345 should be ochroleucum, Huds. 



346 should be squamosum, Linn. 



363 is T. minus, Relh., of the 7th eel. 

 368 is L. major of the 7th ed. 

 372, specific name with a small " h." 

 380 should be O. viciafolia, Scop. 

 392, alter authority to " Linn." 

 405 should be L. montanus, Bernh. 

 407 should be P. spinosa, Linn. 

 408, alter authority to " Huds." 

 The census " 112 " to " 413 " is an error. 

 4S6 is P. minor, Gilib. 

 487 is perhaps P. rubens, Vill. ? 

 48S should be P. silvestris, Necker. 

 495 should be P. palnstris, Scop. 

 497, alter authority to "Scop." 

 498 £ is hybrida, Willd. 

 500 should be A. argentea, Don. 

 504 should be P. polygamum, Waldstein and 

 Kitabel. 



The roses need little explanation, but 



510^ ought to be placed under 508 as var. d. 



513, agrestis, Savi, is practically 467 of the 7th ed. 



416 to 476, Rnbi, I make no comments on these 

 difficult plants, feeling assured that the arrangement 

 and nomenclature is only in a transition state. 



528 represents 479 a and b of the 7th ed. 



533 is 472, 7th ed. 



534(5 and c are two vars. additional to 7th ed. 



535) alter name to C. integcrrimns. 



539. Here the name itself represents the 535 a of 

 the 7th ed. My own leaning would be to retain in 

 this case a. either as "crenata," or a. genuinus in all 

 cases where the type-form may cause confusion by 

 not so being represented. Still, it really amounts 

 to want of taking care to urge that any difficulty can 

 result from my writing and asking a correspondent for 

 539, Sth ed. ; naturally, if I wanted other than the 

 type, I should add b or c, as the case might be. 



541. Here c may well represent 537 c of the 7th 

 ed. ; the alteration in name really means nothing, as 

 one might add a dozen varieties (if of any use) from 

 old books. 



548 and 550. Professor Babington combines these 

 two plants ; the mistake in the 8th ed. is putting 549 

 between them ; the numbers really ought to be trans- 

 posed : 549 to 550, then 550 to 552 would represent 

 a graduated series. 



562 should be S. roseum, Scop. 



571, alter authority to " Linn." 



576/; is a form with a decided stem, which I have 

 seen more developed in rotiuidifolia. 



5S2. Here the 509 b of 7th ed. is omitted ; it is 

 really only a./, differing in the direction of the fruit- 

 lobes. 



587^ (authority should be " Guss."), is a/, with 

 very short hairs closely packed over the surface. 



593 has two vars. added — b and c. Hausknecht. 

 in his monograph of the genus, places them as 

 hybrids, giving several others as British ; this is a 

 genus that will repay collectors, if good specimens 

 with roots are gathered. 



{To be continued.) 



REVELATIONS CONCERNING THE BASS 

 {LAB RAX LUPUS). 



By W. August Carter, 

 Of the National Fish Culture Association. 



DURING the existence of the late South Ken- 

 sington x\quarium, I made some. observations 

 upon the bass {Labrax lupus), specimens of which 

 were exhibited there measuring two feet in length and 

 under. They were captured off Southwick, near the 

 shore. The larger specimens attracted considerable 

 attention from visitors to the late Colonial and Indian 

 Exhibition, where they were regarded by many 

 persons, uninitiated in things piscatorial, as salmon. 



