656 Murray's Northern Flora, 



this species, upon receiving a specimen found upon Morven, in Aberdeen- 

 shire, from Principal Campbell, who occasionally resided at the foot of 

 that mountain : ' Haec planta, quam accepi a Dre. Campbell, in Morven 

 ab eo lecta, prorsus singulari gaudet structura. . . . An sine calyce, an 

 sine petalis ? Folia 4 magna plana radii dixi corollam, solummodo, ex 

 colore et facie. . . . Nullam vero talem plantam invenio in Linn. v. 

 Hudson/ " 



A fac-simile of extracts from two letters of Linnaeus to 

 this eminent individual are attached to the appendix. COS 



It will be seen that certain plants hitherto believed to be 

 alpines, and solely confined to such stations, have been found 

 on the Buchan coast, and at or near Aberdeen; viz. Rhodiola 

 rosea in the former place, and Alchemilla alpina and £axifraga 

 oppositifolia about the latter. 



Dr. Murray has also added a new species to the British 

 flora, iliyosotis secunda, which had hitherto been overlooked, 

 or taken for palustris. 



The author is much to be commended for eschewing all 

 ungracious remarks on the labours of other botanists. There 

 does not appear to be one ill-natured observation in the whole 

 work. When the author dissents from the judgment of other 

 writers, he does so courteously; giving his own opinion with 

 firmness, and his reasons on which it is founded. The first 

 part of the appendix consists of notes from the ancients re- 

 specting our native plants. One of these, viz. on Potamogeton 

 natans, includes a quotation from Pliny, whereby it seems 

 that the gender of this word is feminine, and neither mascu- 

 line nor neuter, as Sprengel, Smith, and others have written 

 it. The second part is occupied with observations on the 

 agricultural properties of native plants, particularly the 

 grasses, by a practical agriculturist. These remarks will 

 repay a careful perusal, especially if the peruser have any 

 direct interest in the subject. 



Every botanist will hear jly thank Dr. Murray for this im- 

 portant addition to the botany of his country; will cordially 

 congratulate him on the partial completion of a work so cre- 

 ditable to his skill and industry ; and will be glad to hear 

 that his labours have been properly appreciated and remune- 

 rated. 



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