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hospital of Renkioi ascended Mount Ida. He says — *' Early in the 

 morning we began to ascend on foot. Proceeding in an obhque 

 direction for some time, we came to one of the sources of the Sca- 

 mander, where it gushes by many powerful springs from the schist 

 rocks. In this neighbourhood we found Saxifrages, Geraniums, 

 Bentaria bulbifera, Ruscus hypoglossum, and Paeonia decora among 

 the fine timber of Pinus Pinaster which covered this region. 

 There, too, the Muscari was picked in considerable abundance ; it 

 seems to be a new species, and we have named it, from its re- 

 markably broad leaves, M. latifolium. It now appeared that our 

 guides had deceived us, and taken us off the proper road, and from 

 this point it seemed almost impossible to ascend. But, being deter- 

 mined to reach the top, we set off, leaving them to follow if they 

 chose. Near the summit the forest opened out, and left nothing 

 but bare rock ; we picked the Crocus garganicus, Corydalis tube- 

 rosa and digitata, Viola gracilis, Scilla bifolia, Ornithogalum nanum 

 and fimbriatum. The scanty soil had been turned up by the wild 

 pigs in search of bulbous roots. The ascent had occupied from 7 in 

 the morning till 3 p.m. On our return we followed a much easier 

 path, and here we found the Saxifraga sancta growing in wet boggy 

 spots. This species had been previously discovered by Griesbach 

 on Mount Athos. The sun had set by the time we reached the 

 village of Avjylar, and, having enjoyed a night's rest, we set off on 

 our return to the hospital, where we arrived on the fifth day from 

 our departure." Dr. Kirk briefly indicated, in the following terms, 

 the characters of the new Muscari, which will be more fully de- 

 scribed before he leaves for the Zambesi: — Muscari latifolium. 

 Scape erect, about 12 inches in height, rising from a globose bulb, 

 and bearing near its base a large sheathing, broadly lanceolate, 

 rather obtuse, solitary leaf; flowers numerous, forming a raceme 

 about 2 inches in length, the lower ones shortly pedicellate, the 

 upper ones barren, sessile ; perianth tubular (blue), in the fertile 

 flowers inflated below. 



2. "Note on Cryphcea (Daltonia) Lamyana, Montague," by 

 Dr. George Lawson. 



Dr. Lawson stated, that in 1836 M. Montague had described and 

 figured, in apparently a very careful manner, a new moss found near 

 Vienna, under the name of Daltonia Lamyana*. Subsequent writers 

 had referred it to B. heteromalla. Specimens shown to the meeting, 

 which had been collected in the river Taw by the Rev. C. A. Johns, 

 were considered by Mr. Wilson and others to be identical with M. 

 Montague's moss ; but they differed so widely from his elaborate 

 description, that Dr. Lawson thought the whole subject was still de- 

 serving of inquiry. The points which remain to be determined are 

 these : — 1. Is B. Lamyana, Montague, a good species? 2. Is the 

 English plant identical with it ? 



3. "On the correspondence between the Serial Intemodes of Plants 



* Ann. des Sc. Nat., 2 serie, Botanique, torn. vi. pp. 327-329. tab. 18. 

 fig. 2. 



