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of M. maculata, Sibth.; as Lathy r us montcmus, Bernh., 1810, should of L. 

 macrorrhizu*, Wimm. ; while Calamintha Nepeta, Clairv., and Trisetum 

 JZavescens, Beauv., must respectively give way to Calamintha parviflora, 

 Lam., and Trisetum pratense, Pers.; Alchemilla conjuncta, Bab., was pre- 

 viously named A. argentea by Don. De Candolle, not Syme, should be the 

 authority quoted after Nymphcea alba, var. minor ; Persoon, not De Candolle, 

 for Corydalis claviculata ; Schiibl., not Bab., for Linum nsitatissimum, var. 

 crepitans. Gussone, not Koch, is the authority for Lythrum Salicaria, var. 

 canescens ; De Candolle, not Linnreus, for Trinia vulgaris ; Pollich, not 

 Moencb, for Valerianella olitoria ; Gasrtner, not R. Brown, for Antennaria 

 dioica; Waldst. et Kit., not Linn., for Plantago arenaria ; Reichardt, not 

 Reichenbach, for Ophrys arachnites ; Schultz, not Syme, for J uncus Kochii -^ 

 Smith, not Linnaeus, for Scirpus carinatus. Besser's Viola alba is a very 

 different plant from our white-flowered odorala. Hudson, not Linnaeus, is 

 the authority for Ranunculus par viflorus, Malva parviflora, Primus institia, 

 and Scutellaria minor. Cochlearia anglica should have either Miller, or 

 Hudson, and not Linnaeus. J 



The census numbers have been pretty well brought up to date ; but Edinburgh 

 is not credited with Helosciadium repent, nor Perth E. with Draha inflata. 

 Forfar has erroneously been put down for Myosotis alpestHs, which, as Dr. 

 Buchanan White has pointed out, is only an introduced plant in Canlochan. 

 Per contra, after Caltha radicans? still remains instead of !; yet the Forfar 

 record is beyond dispute. Eriophorum alpinum is credited with two 

 counties ; but its old locality in Forfar has long ceased to yield it, and Suther- 

 land rests on very dubious authority, and might well be marked ? The cen 

 sus number should be affixed to Trifoliuni sttllatum and Orobanche amethystea. 

 Euphrasia gracilis is surely on record for more than three counties. Scleran- 

 thus percnnis is quoted for one county too many, the Warwickshire record in 

 Top. Bot. being due to an erroneous transcript for Scleranihus biennis, which 

 was the plant found by Mr. Bromwich. In the Oxfordshire locality Leucojum 

 vernum has long been extinct ; and it was a very doubtful native there while it 

 existed. Cccrex Davalliana has I put after it. Does it still exist in Britain? 

 Carex ligerica might have at least one additional county record ; and An~ 

 thoxanthum Puelii may be recorded Bucks ! , Berks !, Oxon !, and Northants!. 

 The arrangement of the Batrachian Ranunculi has been much changed, and 

 somewhat improved. The writer must, however, confess his inability to dis- 

 tinguish specific differences between " 14, it. pseudo-fluitans, Bab." and " No. 

 18, var. d. R. penicillatus, Hiern. " ! 



The eighth edition enumerates 1S58 species, and over 800 varieties, the 

 seventh edition having 16S0 species, and 5O0 varieties ; but in the latter edition 

 the "casuals, aliens, and waifs of cultivation," numbering 96 species, and 

 "ambiguities, errors, impositions, extinctions,'"' numbering 112 species, were 

 put on separate pages. Of these "aliens, &c," 66 are admitted into the body 

 of the text. Among the rejected species are some that have apparently an 

 equally good right to be included e.g. , Aster brumalis, Echinospermum Lap- 

 pula, Amaranthus Blitum, Cannabis sativcc, and Symphytum asperrimum. 

 From the list of "extinctions, &c," in the seventh edition, Glaucium phceni- 

 ceum, Vicia hybrida ?, and V. Icevigata, Epilobium rosmarinifoliiim, 



