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" Syria monies prope Antiocham." Dr. Rendle has already cited 

 in this Journal (1900, p. 81) the passage in Russell's book which 

 indicates that the species established therein should be ascribed to 

 Banks and Solander jointly. — James Britten. 



JuNGERMANiA sAxicoLA Schrad. — In Part xx. just issued of Mr. 

 Pearson's important work on British Hepatic^e, the claim of Jiinger- 

 mania saxicola to be considered a British species rests on a single 

 gathering made by the late Dr. Greville in the Shetland Isles. 

 In November, 1898, in carefully examining a collection of Scotch 

 hepatics made at 13almoral in 1894, I determined one specimen 

 gathered near Braemar to be J. saxicola. Owing to eye troubles, 

 this was laid aside until within the last few days, when I sent it to 

 Mr. Pearson, and he has confirmed the decision. — G. Stabler. 



Pembroke Plants. — The following plants, which, so far as I am 

 aware, are hitherto unrecorded for the county, I gathered, with one 

 exception, during a visit to Tenby from June 18th to 29th last : — 

 Orchis incarnata L. Penally Marsh, abundant. Both this species 

 and 0. lati folia were growing there, and, though well-marked 

 examples could be gathered of each, there were plants which it was 

 extremely difficult to assign to either, and the question naturally 

 arose — were these hybrids, or intermediates connecting the two 

 species ? — 0. incarnata x maciilata. This hybrid was gathered 

 growing among plants of well-marked incarnata. — Kpipactis imhistris 

 Crantz. Abundant near the Black Rock, Tenby, but of course only 

 in bud at this date. I am indebted to Mr. J. E. Arnett, of Tenby, 

 for information which enabled me to collect this species, and also 

 for beautiful flowering examples gathered later. — Juncus Gerardi 

 Lois. Swamp near railway, Tenby ; abundant. — J. effusus x 

 (jlaucus. Penally Marsh ; several clumps were observed. — Carex 

 laevigata Sm. Penally. — Pliegopteris caJcarea Fee. Mr. J. E. Arnett 

 has collected this at Precelly. In addition to the above I may 

 mention Carex paludosa Good., which occurs in fair quantity in 

 Penally Marsh, and is queried for Pembroke in Top. Bot. ; and 

 Agropijron junceum Beauv., which is quite common on the Burrows 

 at Tenby, but which is not recorded in Top. Bot., although it is 

 entered in Dr. R. W. Falconer's "Contributions towards a know- 

 ledge of Tenby plants" (1848), and is also included in Babington's 

 paper " On the Botany of South Pembrokeshire" in this Journal 

 for 1863 (pp. 258-270). Mr. Arthur Bennett has kindly verified 

 the Carices. — Richard F. Towndrow. 



Radnorshire Plants. — During a short visit this summer to 

 Llandrindod Wells, I observed the following interesting plants in 

 the immediate neighbourhood : — Carum verticiUatum Koch, abun- 

 dant by the lake ; Dianthus deltoides, near quarries in several places ; 

 Cnicus pratensis Willd., near Howey ; also a considerable number of 

 sedges, including Carex Javigata Sm., in wood near the lake. The 

 botanical part of a local guide is generally so feeble and disappointing, 

 that I refer with much pleasure to an interesting list contributed to 

 Buf ton's Guide by the late Rev. John B. Lloyd, of Liverpool. It 

 contains over three hundred plants observed by him within two miles 



