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is called, being without scales, and is covered on 

 the back and sides of the animal with small 

 tubercles or follicular glands which secrete an acrid 

 humour, more about which later on. 



( To be continued.) 



LIST OF "LOCAL FLORAS 

 BRITISH ISLES. 



OF THE 



{Continued from p. 3.] :-i 



Had I been acquainted with the "Botanical Biblio- 

 graphy of the British Counties," by H. Trimen, 

 M.B., F.L.S., published March, April, May, June, 

 August, 1874, in the "Journal of Botany" (West, 

 Newman & Co., is. monthly), I should not have 

 commenced this list. A few additional titles are 

 .given below, but for full lists refer to the above- 

 mentioned paper, or to the "Student's Guide to the 

 Literature of Botany," by B. D. Jackson, F.L.S., 

 shortly to be published by the " Index Society " (2U. 

 subs., H. B. Wheatley, Hon. Sec, 5 Minford Gardens, 

 West Kensington Park, W.) 



Berkshire. 



"Cont. to F. of," J. Britten, in Pro. Newbury 

 District Field Club, 187 1. 



Buckinghamshire. 

 " F. of," J. Britten, 1867 (a catalogue merely). 



Cornwall, see Devonshire. 



" F. of D. and C." (not descriptive). J. W. N. Keys, 



Trans. D. and C. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1866. 

 Plymouth and Druonport. "F. of" (descriptive), 



G. Banks, F.L.S., 1831 ; W. Byers, Devonport. 

 Torquay. " Handbook of the F. of " (descriptive). 



Robert Stewart, M.R.C.S., i860; Hamilton & Co. 



London. 



Gloucestershire. 



Cheltenham. " Bot. Guide to," J. Buckman, 1844. 

 Linn. sys. 



Kent. 



"Floral Guide to East" (Linn, sys.), with map, by 

 M. H. Cowell, 1839, 4s. (not descriptive). 



"Wild Flowers of Dover and its neighbourhood," 

 English and Latin names, is., published Dover : 

 T. Rigden ; London : Van Voorst. 



Thanet. " F. Thanetensis." Flower, 1847. 



Norfolk. 

 "F. of," Trimmer, 1866. 



Oxfordshire. 



Banbury. "Catalogue of Plants of" (Linn. sys.). 

 Geo. Gulliver, F.R.S., F.Z.S., 1841 ; Bogue. 

 Cryptogams included. 



Surrey. 



Battersea and Clapham. "Cat. of Rarer Plants;" 

 W. Pamplin, 1827. 



Sussex. 



Brighton. "Nat. Hist, of," Mrs. Merrifield, i860. 



Warwickshire. 



Rugby. "Register of Tlants" (within 10 miles), 

 mean and earliest flowering dates, localities of less 

 common species. L. Cumming, and II . W. Trott, 

 1S76, Cfd. ; Billington, Rugby. 



Wilts. 



" F. of," T. B. Flower, in vols. iv. and succeeding, 

 of W. Arch, and Nat. Hist. Mag. 1857-73." . 



Worcestershire. 



"Botany of," with map, Edwin Lees, F.L.S., 1867; 

 W. Nat. Clubs, pub. 



Yorkshire. 



" F. of W. Riding " (Ainsty excluded) ; 2 maps, 

 Miall & Carrington, 1862, about 2s. 6d. ; Pamplin. 



SCOTLAND. 



Aberdeen, Banff, and Kincardine, "Botanist's Guide 

 to Counties," G. Dickie, F.L.S., i860. 



Aberdeen (town), "A. F. of," P. H. Macgillivray, 

 A.M., 1853, 2s. 6d. ; Whittaker. 



Lanarkshire (and the whole valley), " Clydesdale 

 Flora" (Glossary and diagrams), R. Hennedy. 4th 

 ed., 1878, 5^. ; H. Hopkins, Glasgow. 



IRELAND. 



Ulster, " F. of, and Botanist's Guide to N. of I." 

 G. Dickie, F.L.S., 1864, is. ; Aitchison, Belfast. 

 Lovell Reeve, London. Ulster, " List of the 

 Mosses of," A. Stewart, F.B.S.E., in Report of the 

 Belfast Nat Field Club, 1S74. 



Co. Antrim, Belfast. " F. Belfastiensis " geog. and 

 geol. distrib., Ralph Tate, F.G.S., 1863 ; may be 

 had from R. B. Matthews, Victoria Street, Belfast, 

 at 6d. 



It seems to me that the object of a "Local Flora" 

 diners from that of a general one, in that it should 

 point out the exact spot where a plant is to be found. 

 Mere catalogues without localities, or with vague 

 remarks, such as "near Sheffield," seem to be 

 practically useless. Unless the plant be a rare one, 

 a general " Flora " is quite as useful as such a local 

 one. Minute description of the exact position, roads 

 and paths to be taken, &c, such as Baedeker gives 

 in his guide-books would be a very great advantage. 

 This is merely a suggestion. No doubt many will 

 disagree from me, but let them test the value of a 

 bare list, by trying to discover any less common 

 plant by its aid. 



Tapton Elms, Sheffield. Bernard Hobson. 



