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Varenne at Witham, in Essex, in 1851, and was found in 18G8 by the 

 the Rev. J. F. Crouch at Marston, in Herefordshire. The plant now 

 growing in Warwickshire was, of course, introduced with the seed of 

 the Lucerne ; but it is remarkable that, from some of the same seed, 

 not used at the first sowing, Mr. Edwards made every possible effort 

 to exclude the Dodder seeds, and yet the parasite has persistently 

 reappeared. — F. E. Kitchener. 



The Flora of Iceland. — Planlago Goronopus, L. ; I found this 

 plant in Iceland in 1861; but, although I noted this occurrence, 

 neglected to take specimens, supposing it to be frequent. Salix 

 glanca, L. ; the plant found by me is certainly not glauca ; it is 

 S. arctica, Pallas. 8. glauca, L., very frequent in Lapland and Nor- 

 way, I have never seen in Iceland ; but it, in all probability, grows 

 there. — I. Carroll. 



Gentiana campestris, L. — In connection with my remarks on 

 this plant at page 223 of this volume of the ' Journal of Botany,' 

 bearing on a previous note respecting it by Mr. Tucker, it may be 

 worth while to add that, on October 1st, I again visited the two 

 pastures in which I noticed some specimens of this Gentian in flower 

 in May last, on purpose to see if any could be found at this autumnal 

 season, when it ordinarily flowers'. There it was in profusion, as well 

 as in two other pastures of similar character in the same locality. 

 There were numerous specimens in fruit, others in flower, and some in 

 bud, and several white-flowered plants grew amongst the others. I 

 now believe we must look on the spring blooming of some plants of 

 this Gentian as quite a casual circumstance, and consider it likely that 

 if Mr. Tucker's Isle of Wight locality were diligently searched at the 

 autumnal season, it would, like my Devon station, be found producing 

 the plant more plentifully than at the vernal one. — T. E. Archer 

 Briggs. 



Viola odorata, L., and V. lactea, Sm., in S.W. England. — 

 I venture to make a few remarks on what Dr. Hooker, in his recently 

 published ' Students' Flora of the British Isles,' says respecting the 

 English distribution of Viola odorata and " F. lactea, Sm. Of the 

 former I read (p. 44), " wild in E. and S.E. England, naturalized 

 elsewhere." I do not think the latter statement quite correct, since I 

 believe V. odorata to be undoubtetlly wild on the limestone beds, 

 and in spots around thciu, lying to the east of Plymouth, between it 



