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SHOET NOTES. 



TULIPA SYLVESTRIS IN NoRTHAJMPTONSHIRE. Tbis plailt WaS foimcl 



in flower, in April, at Courteenhall, Northants, by Sir Herewald 

 Wake, wbo kindly gave me a specimen. It seems to be undoubtedly 

 tbe wild plant, and bas not been liitberto recorded for tbe county. 

 Sir Herewald Wake tells me tliat be bas noticed tbe plant for 

 several years, but tbis is tbe first time be bas seen it in flower. — 

 H. N. Dixon. 



Cakex elongata L. in Scotland. — Mr. J. McAndrew bas sent 

 specimens of tbe above species from Kenmore Holms, in Kirkcud- 

 brigbtsbire, extending its nortbern distribution from Cumberland. 

 It grows at tbe same station wbere Mr. McAndrew found Calama- 

 grostis lanccoJata last year, its only certain Scottisb babitat. — 

 Arthur Bennett. 



Calamagrostis strigosa Hartm. in Britain. — In Dr. Smiles' 

 'Life of Eobert Dick, of Tburso,' it is mentioned tliat Dick found 

 at Locb Duran, Caitbness, "tbe Lapland Eusb, Calaviagrostis 

 lirpponica" (of Hooker, not of Wablberg). Wben calling Mr. J. 

 Grant's attention to tbis, be wrote, "Tbe Locb is now (1883) 

 drained, and I fear tbe plant is lost, but tliere are many specimens 

 in Dick's Herbarium at Tburso." Mr. Grant supposed tbose to be 

 C. stricta Nutt. ; and it was not until tbis year tbat be could make 

 a tborougb searcli of tbe marsby ground still left. He bas been 

 successful, and on sending me specimens tbe otber day I found 

 tbey were certainly not tbe Irisb form, but were eitbcr C. borealis 

 Lfest. or C. strigosa Hartm. ; but, baving specimens of neitber, I 

 asked Mr. N. E. Brown, at Kew, to compare tbem. His answer 

 was — " C. strigosa Hartm. ; altbougb tbe ligule is not so acute as 

 tbe typical plant, still I do not see wbat else it can be." Nor do I, 

 for altbougb C. stricta Nutt. (= Deyeuxia neglecta Kuntli) varies a 

 good deal in tbe lengtb of tbe glumes and bairs, still in C. strigosa 

 tbe glumes are longer. I bave specimens of C. stricta in wbicb tbe 

 glumes are nearly as long as described for C. borealis, wbicb tbe 

 Caitbness plant resembles in tbis respect. It is a rare species in 

 Europe, being only known for Nortb Norway, Lapland, and Finland. 

 — Arthur Bennett. 



Castanea sativa Mill, as a Native of Britain. — Tbe Spanisb 

 Cbestnut bas usually been considered as baving very doubtful 

 claims to be considered as indigenous to tbis country, as it com- 

 paratively rarely occurs in woods or otber situations wbere it is 

 not likely to bave been planted. Watson, Bentbam and Sir J. D. 

 Hooker regard it as alien to Britain, as also does Nyman (Consp. 

 Fl. Europ.). Wbat seems conclusive evidence as to its baving 

 occurred in our island from very early times is furnisbcd by a small 

 fragment of tbe wood wbicb I recently obtained during an excursion 

 of tlie Geologists' Association, in a brick-eartb pit between Eritli 

 and Cray ford, Kent. In tins pit tbe cbalk bas been eroded to a 

 very considerable deptb, and tbe depression bas been filled up witb 



