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leading synonyms are usually given, bat no figures are quoted ; and a 

 marked feature of the book is the almost total absence of any i-eference 

 to other published matter. Very few English names are given, and 

 those only such as are in common use. The following are some of the 

 principal alterations from the nomenclature of the ' London Cata- 

 logue :' — Cardamlne Jlexuosa, With., for 0. sylvatica. Link. Polenillla 

 salisiurgensis, Hanke, for P. alpestris. Hall. Poterium officinale, 

 Hook, f., for Sanguisorba officinalis, L. Cardiim pycnocephalus, Jacq., 

 for C. tenuijiorus. Curt. Crepis hieraciuides, W. and K., for G. succi- 

 S(«^o/i«, Tausch. Myosotis lingiilata, Lehm., for M. crespitosa, Schultz. 

 Scropliularia alata, Gilib., for S. EJirharti, Stev, Lamiiim hyhridum, 

 Vill., for L. incision, Willd. Slatice anricida-fulia, Vahl, for 8. binar- 

 vosa, G. E. Smith. S. reticulata, L., for S. caspia, Willd. Riimex 

 acutus, L., for R. pratensis, M. and K. Atriplex laciniata, L. Herb., 

 for A.arenaria, Woods. Spiranlhes Romanzoviana, Cham., for S. gem- 

 mipai'a, Liudl. Epipogium Gmeliui, Rich., for E. aphyllum, Sw. 

 Eleocharis parvula. Hook., for Scirpus parvulus, R. and S. Agrostis 

 australis, L., for Gastridium lendigerum. Gaud. There is much to be 

 said for and against most of these changes, and we may return to the 

 subject on another occasion. 



Dr. Hooker has not committed himself to any original opinions on 

 the vexed question of what are indigenous and what naturalized species 

 in this country, but is contented to adopt the views expressed by the 

 ' London Catalogue ' as it stands ; the only deviation from this is the 

 admission, as was done by Mr. Bentham (' Handbook,' p. 81), of 

 Claytonia perfoliata. The selection of this species is remarkable, and 

 our two leading botanists must have met with it much more frequently 

 than the writer of this, who, in a rather extensive course of investiga- 

 tion round London, has only once seen it, and that in a spot where it 

 has since become extinct. Allium carinatum, L., is also added as a 

 native, on the faith of the Newark locality (see Journ. of Bot. Vol. V. 

 p. 314, and Vol. VI. p. 69) ; this has since been found by Dr. Boswell- 

 Syme in rerthshire, but is perhaps an introduction. An appendix 

 gives a list of about 230 species "excluded" on various grounds. 

 This is not an altogctlicr satisfactory portion of the Flora, though the 

 sliort sentence aflixcd to each species is usually happily worded. 

 Some are potentially a portion of our indigenous vegetation, though 

 probably extinct, e.g. Echinophora spinosa and Vicia Icevigala, both 



