short notes. 849 



Addenda. 

 In cliagnosibus 3 subgenerum insere : — 



I. " Folia bracteiformia sub floribus densa. Calyx subcylin- 

 dricus." 



II. " Nullis foliis veris bracteiformibus. Calyx cylindricus 

 valde costatus praBsertim superne." 



III. "Folia bracteiformia sub floribus laxa. (Calyx, apice) 

 pentagono." 



24. Adde var. alpiiius Boiss. 



36. Var. australis (recenter distinctius descriptam) post var. 

 saxigenus transfer. 



* 113. D. lusitanoides milii. — Ctespitose, glabrous. Stems 

 48 centim., brancbed, terete. Leaves radical, linear, acute; cauline 

 elongate-linear, acuminate, strict, adpressed ; slieatli as long as 

 broad. Bracts 4, obovate-lanceolate, mucronate, adpressed. Calyx- 

 teetli lanceolate, acuminate, purple, 9-nerved. Petals obovate, 

 rose-coloured. — Palestine Exploration Society ; east of the Jordan. 

 Herb. Kew. 



146. Lege var. sylvaticus Koch. 



233. Adde var. subuniflorus niihi. — Transsylvanife, Herb. Mus. 

 Brit. 



SHOET NOTES. 



Epilobium Lamyi F. Scbultz in Worcestershire. — I gathered 

 specimens of this ])lant from an arable field near Malvern a few 

 weeks ago. It was growing in great abundance, but, owing to most 

 of the plants having their lower leaves much withered, it was im- 

 possible to procure good examples. Mr. Eidley, who has seen some 

 of the specimens, suggests, with great probability, that when it is 

 better known it will prove to be much more common than is usually 

 supposed. It may easily, before the development of the rosettes, 

 be passed over for nhscuruw, and later, when the leaves of the stem 

 become withered and the rosettes apparent, for teiragonum. It is, 

 however, a smaller plant than either. Possibly, if herbarium 

 specimens labelled '' obscurum," yet wanting the long styles, were 

 examined, some might prove to be this species. — E. F. Towndrow. 



Astragalus alpinus in Forfarshire (p. 310). — With reference 

 to Mr. Brebuer's remark on the Glen Dole station, I may say I 

 have specimens gathered by Dr. Greville in 1837, and others 

 gathered by the late Mr. Sadler in 1872 " on Craig Maid, Glen 

 Dole." — Arthur Bennett. 



NOTICES OF BOOKS. 



English Botany. Ed. iii., pts. 87-8. [1884-5] . Loudon : Bell & 

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 These last two parts of ' English Botany' contain the account 

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