616 Notes on British Plants. 



which are preserved in the Hunterian collection, as well as 

 by the size of the specimen which Hunter describes." 

 Delphinus Delphis, Linn. Delphinus Tursio, Fabr. 



Is from six to seven feet in length, Is from ten to eleven feet in length, 

 and has in each side of each jaw from and has in each side of each jaw from 

 42 to 47 sharp conical teeth. 21 to 23 teeth, generally blunted by 



friction. 



Professor Bell's 'British Quadrupeds' has likewise come to 

 hand. His figure, which is a reduced copy of Hunter's, is 

 liable to the objections already made to the original. Ano- 

 ther instance of the occurrence of this species in our seas is 

 adduced on the authority of Jenyns ; it was taken in the river 

 at Preston, and was 1 1 feet in length, and 7 feet 4 inches in 

 circumference. Prof. Bell has admitted with doubt the iden- 

 tity of this species with the Delph. truncatus of Montague. 

 It has afforded me much pleasure to find that the views of 

 these learned zoologists harmonise with the opinions I had 

 formed from the careful examination of the individual which 

 forms the subject of the present paper, before I became ac- 

 quainted with the sentiments recorded in their respective 

 works just quoted. 



Nuneham House, Cheltenham, 

 October 8th, 1838. 



Art. VIII. — Notes on a few British Plants. By Mr. George 

 Luxford, A.L.S., &c. 



Allow me to make a few remarks on some of the plants men- 

 tioned by Mr. Cooper, in his ' Details of the First Excursion 

 of the Botanical Society of London, &c.,' at page 556 of this 

 Magazine. 



Teesdalia nudicaulis. — I am rather surprised that no more 

 than one specimen of this pretty little plant should have been 

 met with; as, though rather rare, it is generally plentiful 

 where it does grow. I have seen one or two dry places on 

 Reigate Heath quite covered with it in the month of May. — 

 I once met with it in a very unusual state on Perry Barr Com- 

 mon, in Worcestershire ; the erect, central stalk varied in 

 height, in different specimens, from four to six inches ; the 

 radical leaves were present, but not one of the procumbent 

 stems which usually surround the naked stalk. 



Lycopodium Selago. — This species is recorded by Dilleni- 

 us, on the authority of Mr. Manningham, as having been found 

 " in ericetis inter Godalmin et Wakehurst, comitatus Sus- 



