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often rather recurved. It was recently included in a email parcel 

 sent to Dr. Hackel, the well-known monographer of the genus, and 

 the following is a translation of his report upon it : — " This is 

 Festuca lieterophylla Lam., a very interesting addition to the 

 English flora, for iihich it was previously quite imhiown. I have, 

 indeed, in my Monogr. Fest. Eur., p. 130, described F. hetcrophylla 

 as F. rubra, subspec. lieterophylla ; but must admit that I have not 

 yet met with any certain transition-forms between the two, a fact 

 which goes far to justify their specific separation. I will ask you 

 to look up the differences in the above-named work (Z. c.) ; I place 

 most reliance on the 'ovarium apice hispidulum' and the 'folia 

 triangularia, scabra' of F. heterophylla . Let me once more con- 

 gratulate you on this nice discovery, which has greatly pleased me." 

 Nyman gives the European range of the plant as from France, 

 Belgium, and Germany (excepting the most northern parts) to 

 Sicily, Dalmatia, and Macedonia. Doubtless it will be found 

 elsewhere in Southern Britain. — Edward S. Marshall. 



Callitriche truncata Guss. in Gloucestershire. — A few 

 evenings ago Mr. A. Bennett and I were looking over the pond- 

 weeds in the Bos well Herbarium, when we noticed a piece of 

 Callitriche truncata Guss. mixed up with a plant bearing the 

 following label: — '' Potamogeton pusillus. Berkeley Canal, Glou- 

 cester, G. S. Wintle, Aug. 1867." As Callitriche truncata Guss. 

 is one of the very few British plants that are altogether unrepre- 

 sented in the Boswell Herbarium, there seems to be no chance of 

 its having slipped from another sheet ; it would, however, be 

 highly desirable for local botanists to endeavour to find the plant 

 afresh. There seems nothing inherently improbable in its occurring 

 in such a locality. — Frederick J. Hanbury. 



ARTICLES IN JOURNALS. 



Bot. Centralhlatt (No. 5). — J. Bornmiiller, ' Ein Beitrag zur 

 Eichenflora des slidostlichen Europa.' — (No. 6). V. v. Borbas, 

 Tilia Pdchteri Borb., n. sp. hybr. [T. cordata x super-petiolaris). — 

 (Nos. 7, 8). J. Boehm, * Starkebildung in den Blattern von Sedum 

 spectahile.' 



Bot. Gazette (Jan.). — ' Botany in the University of Philadelphia.' 

 — E. L. Gregory, ' Development of Cork-wings on certain trees.' — 

 Lester F. Ward, ' The King-devil ' (Hieracium prcealtum). 



Bot. Notiser (haft 1). — J. A. 0. Skarman, ' Om Alnus incana f. 

 arcuata.' — F. Svanlund, ' Anteckningar till Blekinges flora.' — K. F. 

 Thedenius, ' Om Potentilla thurinyiaca Bernh. i Sverige.' -- H. 

 Nordenstrom & E. Nyman, * Vaxtgeografiska bidrag till Oster- 

 gotlands mossflora.' — E. Ryan, ' Nogle Bemserkningar om Brachy- 

 thecium Byani Kaur.' — L. Ronell, ' Fungi aliquot novi, in Suecia lecti.' 



Bot. Zeituny (Feb. 1, 8). — W. Zopf, ' Ueber Pilzfarbstoffe.'— 

 (Feb. 15, 22). J. Reinke^ ' Ein Fragment aus der Naturgeschichte 

 der Tilopterideen ' (2 plates). 



