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was accompanied by drawings sent to the Society by Mr. Schomburgk. — Mr. 

 Johnson, V.P., exhibited specimens of the rarer British plants; and Mr. D. 

 Cooper exhibited specime s of Cynoglossum sylvaticum, from Mickleham, Surrey. 



CHAPTER OF MISCELLANIES. 



ZOOLOGY. 



The Capelin (Mallotus Grcenlandicus, Cuv. — In The Naturalist for August 

 you refer (p. 437) to a fish brought from Iceland by Mr. Proctor. I had two 

 specimens put into my hands ; and if your specimen is the same as mine, it is 

 the Capelin of authors, Mattotus Grcenlandicus of Cu vier's Regne Animal, Vol. 

 II., p. 305, edit, of 1829, Salmo Grosnlandicus of Bloch, plate 381. No true 

 Herring has a second dorsal fin, either rayless or rayed. — William Yarrell, 

 London, Aug. 4, 1828. 



BOTANY. 



Localities of Plants in the Neighbourhood of Liverpool. — The following 

 list of plants, extracted from Withering's Botany (ed. 1830) I send for the 

 purpose of obtaining confirmation of such localities as may have been noticed by 

 any of your subscribers ; those marked with an asterisk may be presumed to be 

 extinct, as my friend Mr. Tudor, who has diligently examined the Botany of the 

 north shore of Liverpool, does not now find them in the localities mentioned, 

 which may easily be accounted for, when the great alterations and improvements 

 which have taken place within the last few years in the neighbourhood of Liver- 

 pool, are considered. They were inserted by Dr. Withering on the authority of 

 Dr. Bostock, who formerly resided in Liverpool, and of the late Mr. Shepherd. 



* Pinguicula vulgaris, Crosby Marsh. Dr. B. — * Utricularia minor, Sparingly 

 near Bootle, and Little Crosby. Dr. B. May not U. vulgaris have been mistaken 

 for this, as it is found in that neighbourhood ? — Ophrys spiralis, Allerton, and 

 woods at Ince. Dr. B. — Crocus nudiflorus. One mile and a half from Liver- 

 pool on the road to Allerton. S. — * Schoenus compressus. Bootle, north shore. 

 Dr. B. Is it possible that S. rufus has been mistaken for it, as it is found about 

 there ? See Vol I. of the New Botanists' Guide, p. 303. — Carex intermedia, 

 and C.pilulifera. The Park. Dr. B. I suppose Toxteth Park, now built upon. — 

 Littorella lacustris. Crosby Marsh. Dr. B. I have not put an asterisk against 

 this, as Mr. Shepherd, the present curator of the Botanic Gardens, told me it 



