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Besides from Surrey, where there are many stations, of which 

 I may mention New Pond, Merstham, and the boj^gy meadow west 

 of Eeigate Heath, I have seen specimens from E. Sussex (H. T. 

 Mennell) ; and tliere is a plant from Mrs. Eobinson's Herbarium 

 at the British Museum, witliout locaUty, named S. ramoswii by 

 Eev. Gr. E. Smith. I have seen immature specimens, probably 

 referable to this, from S. Essex, E. Suffolk, Hunts or Cambs,, 

 Worcester, and Salop. A plant in Hb. Brit. Mus., collected by Dr. 

 Trimen at Lowestoft in 1859, and placed by him on a sheet of 

 S. simplex, with the remark, " vide length of anthers and beak of 

 fruit," is doubtless the early state, with which I am yet scarcely 

 acquainted. 



The only continental specimens seen, which are certainly 

 referable to S. ne(/lectuin, are the following : — Marais de Gourze, 

 Vaud, Switzerland, leg. Blanchet (in Herb. Kew) ; Antibes, Alpes 

 Marifcimes, France (Herb. Thuret in Paris Herbarium), and Senart 

 (France?), 1822 (Herb. Brongniart, with the last). Ripe fruit of 

 the two last was kindly sent me from Paris last month by 

 Mr. George Nicholson ; it is quite undistinguishable from that of 

 the Surrey plant, and Mr. Nicholson tells me that the habit is 

 the same. 



A plant from Pancorvo, Spain (Hb. Shuttleworth, Brit. Mus.) 

 may belong here ; the fruit, however, is not ripe, and, while not 

 rawosion, the possibility of the occurrence of other forms makes it 

 unadvisable to speak more definitely. All the above are under the 

 name S. ramosnm Huds., with the exception of Dr. Trimen's 

 Lowestoft plant. 



Prof. Asa Gray writes that specimens sent him were referred to 

 Mr. S. Watson, who reports (December, 1884) that they " do not 

 accord with any American form we have." The known distribution 

 is therefore confined to the Old World, and to Europe. 



I desire to express my indebtedness to the various authorities, 

 both British and continental, who have so kindly examined speci- 

 mens and reported upon them. With one exception here, all 

 the opinions received are in favour of regarding Spanjunium 

 mylectUDi as a distinct species. 



Description of Plate. — 1. Sjmrganium necjlectmn, from a Reigate si^ecimen 

 (about three-fourths natural size). 2. Eijie fruit of the same. 3. Ditto, of 

 S, ranMsum, 4. Ditto, of .S'. simplex (2, 3, and 4 natural size). 



RECENT ADDITIONS TO THE BRITISH LICHEN-FLORA. 

 By the Ekv. J. M. Crojibie, F.L.S. 



Since my last list in this Journal for 1882 (p. 271), the following 

 species and varieties have now to be recorded. Though not so 

 numerous as usual, several of them are in various respects very 

 interesting. The new species have, as usual, been recorded by me 

 from time to time in ' Grevillea.' 



