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Orchis laxiflora. ies Scirpus pungens, 
Neottia zstivalis, Festuca rubra, 2. sabulicola, (British 
Allium sphzrocephalum. coasts. ) 
Potamogeton plantagineus, (common Bromus maximus. 
in Britain.) Bromus diandrus, £. rigidus. 
Thus there would appear to be only 12 species not yet found 
in England, a very small number, considering the proximity 
of these islands to the coast of France, and their comparative 
remoteness from those of the mainland of Britain. 
The preface contains a brief outline of what has been done 
by previous naturalists towards a Flora of these islands; an 
interesting account of their general features, climate, &c.; 
together with that of their geological structure, the latter 
from the pen of J. G. Lukis, Esq., of Guernsey. 
8. Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony. By 
Dr LINDLEY. 
ALTHOUGH forming a part of the Appendix to the first 
twenty-three volumes of the Botanical Register, this pamphlet 
is, we believe, to be purchased separately ; and it is of too im- 
portant a character to be passed by unnoticed, for here, in a 
brief space of only fifty-eight pages, besides short remarks 
on the soil and climate of that part of Australia, and 
lively miscellaneous notices respecting certain Orders which 
Prevail in the Colony, such as the Myrtacee, Leguminose, 
Rutacee, Lasiopetalez, Droseracee, Pittosporacee, Compo- 
site, Epacridee, Goodeniacee, Stylidiacee, Proteaceae, Hamodo- 
racee, Orchidacee, and less extensive families both of 
and Endogens,—there are given specific characters 
of 283 new species. The groundwork of the collection here 
described, is a very extensive package of dried specimens 
sent to this country by Mr James Drummond,* who formerly 
__* Mr James Drummond is brother to the late Mr Thomas Drummond, - 
.. Whose labours in N, America and untimely death at Cuba, must be familiar 
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