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(1762). Luzula erecta, Desv. bot. i. 165 (1808), is adopted in place 

 of I/, multijiora, Ley (1811). Eriophorum latifolium, Hop., is given 

 for "Brit."; what is our plant "? Under Kriophorum aljnnum, L., 

 " Forfar extinc." might be added. The Linnean Scirjms is divided 

 into five genera. Scirpus Taberncemontani is a subspecies of lacustris; 

 S. carinatus, Sm., a full species. 



Carex Grahcmii, Boott., is made a subspecies of C. saxatilis, 

 L., and confined to Scotland. The eastern limit of C. punctata , 

 Gaud., in England may be extended to coast of Suffolk (Rev. 

 W. M. Hinds). C. Hornschucliiana , Hpe., is British; while C. 

 fulva, Good., is kept up, and "Brit.?" given under it. Mr. 

 Pryor seems to have cleared up these plants, and the name 

 would be better dropped. C. xanthocarpa, Deg., is held as a 

 hybrid — "■ fiavo-hornscliuchiana, Sz." C. lepidocarpa, Tausch., is 

 made a subspecies of flava, but no geographical distribution is 

 given; it may be rare. C. ustulata, Whlnb., is given for Scot. 

 "Ben Lawers." Under C. atrata, L., "Island" may be added, 

 also to C. salina, Whlnb., which is Icelandic, as well as C. 

 crypocarpa, C. A. Mey., and C. hyperborea, Drej. " Island " may 

 also be given additional for 0. turfosa, Fr. C. aquatilis, Whlnb., 

 in addition to C. anguittata, Drej., for "Island." C. lejjorina, L., 

 is adopted for C. ovalis, Good. To C. festiva, Dewey, " Island " 

 may be added (Groenlund's Flora), C. echinata, Murray (1770), 

 replaces C. stellulata, Good. (1794). C. axillaris, Good., is a 

 full species, with C. muricata x remota, Ritschl., as a synonym. 

 Is this species really an hybrid ? I am inchned to doubt it, 

 and time may show that muricata x remota would not produce it. 

 C. Bcenninghaiiseniana, Whe., is a sub-sp. of axillaris. C. cafiescens, 

 L., is used for C. ciirta, Good. C. Persoonii, Sieb., is " Angl. 

 Scot.," but C. vitilis, Fr., is held a sub.-sp. of Persoonii and is not 

 British. Certainly the Prussian specimens of C. vitilis seem 

 different from our Scotch plant. Under C. paradoxa, W. " York, 

 &c." should be shifted fi-om "Hiber." to after "Angl."; Norfolk 

 (certain) and Middlesex might have been added. The number of 

 species of Carex for all Europe is 168 ; of these 16 are confined 

 to one country each. There are 40 sub-sp., and of these 14 are 

 found m one country each. 



Setaria viridis is given for "Angl. mer." as a native. This cer- 

 tainly has more claim than Echinochloa crus-galli, P. B., which is given 

 as a native for "Angl. (r)." Digitaria ftliformis, Koel., takes the 

 place of I), humifusa. Spartina alternifinra is marked " introd. ? " 

 and S. Townsendi, H. & J. Groves, is a full species. Anthoxanthum 

 Piielii, Lee. Lmt., is "Angl. occ. mer." as a native, but it is a 

 doubtful one : Mr. Watson, not many months before his death, 

 wrote, " I am assured A. Puelii is not a native of Surrey any- 

 how." Our Phleum alphium is held to be P. commutatum, Gaud., a 

 name which will be found in our old Floras. P. Boehmeri 

 becomes P. phalaroides, Koel. gram. (1802). Our Alopecurus 

 alpinus, Sm., is a rare plant, its only countries being " Scot., 

 Spitzb., Boss arct." Alopecurus fulvus is made a sub-sp. of geni- 

 cidatus. Chamagrostis minima is Mibora minima, B.B. ; it is to be 



