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R. eonspersus, Harfm. — Banks of the Devon, above and below the Crook, 



Kinross, and Perth." " Rumex ?— Crook of Devon, Kinross, and Perth. 



The stems are from 18 inches to 3 feet high ; the root-leaves narrowly oblong, 

 scarcely cordate at the base, and subacute ; the panicle is very similar to that of 

 R. obtusifolius, but the enlarged petals, which are of a brilliant red, are smaller, 

 more deltoid, and with shorter teeth. It seems intermediate between R. obtu- 

 sifolius and the supposed hybrid, sent by me last year.'' " A Hi inn carinatum, 

 L. — Banks of the Tay. The plant is certainly well naturalized, if it be not na- 

 tive." "Maianthemum bi/olium, D.C. — Wood, Linlithgowshire. Probably in- 

 troduced, but if so, it must have been a long time ago, as it is well established, 

 and in great quantity. — A. Craig Christie." " Potamogeton nitens, — River Don, 

 Aberdeenshire. Dr. Roy.'' Juncus Hglumis, L. — Skye. Prof. Lawson. Not 

 found before in the west of Scotland." " Carex aquatilis, Wahl. ? var. Wat- 

 soni. — River Don, Aberdeen. J. Roy." 



Nuphar pumila.— Since I first made the acquaintance of this interesting lily, 

 in a small loch near here, 1 have been much surprised to see how rapidly it 

 spreads when fairly established in a favourable local ty. On my first visit the 

 plants could easily be counted in twenties ; the second year there were hun- 

 dreds ; the third year they covered a large bay of the loch, 30 or 40 yards across 

 its widest part. On a fourth visit, I find they have extended along one side of 

 the loch, and their name is " legion." They threaten to spoil fishing from the 

 shore, and render bathing very unpleasant ; on the other hand their leaves give 

 a delicate tinge of green to the surface of the loch, which is as charming as it is 

 rare.— J. Allen Harker, Glasgow. 



VARIOUS NOTES. 



The seventh volume of The Entomologists' Monthly Magazine, which was 

 completed by the issue of the number for May, maintains the character which 

 has from the first made this periodical indispensable to all British entomologists. 

 The additions to the British Insect Fauna brought forward in this volume include, 

 33 species of Coleoptcra, 13 Diptera, 5 Heteroptera, 30 Homoptera, 4 Hymenop- 

 tera, 8 Lepidoptera, 1 Neurepteron, and 1 Orihoptcron. There are besides 7 new 

 genera, and 77 new species, of insects described for the first time. We regret to 

 learn that there still remains a deficiency in the collective balance-sheet. We 

 heartily recommend this serial to all our entomological readers. 



The report of the Botanical Exchange Club for 1871 has just been published, 

 and contains, as usual, many interesting notes upon British plants. Elsewhere 

 will be found some extracts relative to Scottish plants. 



The first three parts of a work on the Birds of Europe, by Messrs. Sharpe & 

 Dresser, of the Zoological Society, are now before us. The authors intend giving 

 a complete life-history as far as is known,— and one, two, or more coloured 

 figures of each species, -of every bird inhabiting the western Palaearctic regions. 

 Both the plates and letterpress are good, and this work will supply a great desi- 

 deratum in ornithological science. 



