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them to develop, interested to see what they would turn out to be. 

 Very slowl}^ most of them produced a spike, and the spike has unfolded, 

 but till the lirst flowers opened it was not clear what the Orchid was. 

 At last Ophrys apifera Huds. stands revealed ! About a dozen 

 plants have reached the flowering stage ; they vary in height from 

 eight to ten inches, with the exception of one plant, which happens to 

 have had two moves, and that has reached a full foot ! We have 

 long had the Bee-Orchis in the neighbourhood, but the nearest 

 locality is about three-quarters of a mile distant. — E. F. Linton. 



Lathe^ea Clandestina L. This plant, which was recorded in 

 this Journal for 1908 (p. 123) as having been found near Cambridge 

 in an apparently wild localit}^ to which it was subsequently shown to 

 have been introduced from the Botanic Garden, has this year been 

 discovered in Sussex in considerable quantity, under circumstances 

 which conveyed the impression that it formed part of the native flora. 

 The result of inquiries establishes the fact that here too the plant, 

 which evidently lends itself readily to naturalisation, has been intro- 

 duced. In view of a recent correspondence in the Times, in the 

 course of which such action was suggested, and still more in connec- 

 tion with the recent action of the authorities of the Cambridge 

 G-arden on which we have already animadverted (p. 30), it becomes 

 more than ever necessary that full inquiry into the circumstances 

 should be made before an}^ plant, especially if of striking appearance, 

 is recorded as British. 



SisTBiNCHiUM ANGUSTiFOT.iUM Miller. On May 24 I saw >S'/.sy- 

 rinchium angustifolium in flower, gathered by Mr. H. Newey in 

 a field of vetches and lucerne to the east of Eynsford, Kent. Wc 

 did not find a second example. — W. Watson. 



liEYIEWS. 



TJie Flora of Chepstow. By W. A. Shoolured, M.R.C.S., F.L.S. 

 8vo. cl. Pp. x, 140 ; map. Price 10s. (jd. net. London : Taylor 

 & Francis. 



This compact, well-printed little Floi-a will be extremely useful to 

 resident botanists of Chepstow and to the many naturalists who visit 

 the beautiful Wye Valley for the sake of its scenery and the number 

 of interesting plants found there. The area covered by the Flora 

 includes salt-marshes, wooded valleys, hmestone hills, and peat-bog, 

 and this no doubt accounts for the very large number of species 

 enumerated — 1013 (including Ferns etc.) — tor the district; 179 

 species of Mosses are also recorded. By far the larger number belong 

 to AVatson's British and English types. 



Among the more critical local species mentioned are : Aconifum, 

 Hiitchinsia, Pyrus cordata, Pyrola secuuda, Salvia prate7isis, 

 Folygonat'um officinale, Galanthus ("native"), Liliiim Martaqon 

 (" undoubtedly native "), and Cai^ex digitata. The district seems 

 particularly rich in Violets, 11 species (including ep)ipsila, rupestris, 

 and lacfea) and 32 varieties, forms, and hybrids being enumerated. 

 Saponaria officinalis "has all the appearance of being a native on 



