A CONTRIBUTION TO THE FLORA OF DERBYSHIRE. 819 



British 532 Should be 486 



EngHsh 282 „ 221 



Germanic 14 ,, 14 



Highland 9 ,, 9 



Scottish 30 „ 30 



Atlantic 3 ,, 3 



Intermediate ... 16 ,, 16 



Local 3 ,, 3 



Total 889 Should be 782 



Following this is the " Bibliography of the Botany of Derby- 

 shire," from Ray's 'Synopsis' of 1696 to the * Journal of Botany,' 

 1888. Few, however, of the works enumerated have been quoted 

 in the text, the older authorities being quite ignored. No plan of 

 the Flora is given, nor any explanation of the numerous initials 

 and various signs so freely sprinkled through the text. 



Then follows the Flora proper, the nomenclature and sequence 

 being stated to be that of Mr. J. G. Baker's * Flora of the Lake 

 District.' The account given of the distribution of the various 

 plants is very meagre, and contains very little that has not already 

 appeared in this Journal. 



The classes of citizenship and range of the various species is 

 given, with occasional notes on the altitudes to which they ascend ; 

 these, which form an interesting feature of the record, are mainly 

 boiTowed from Mr. J. G. Baker's papers. With the common weeds 

 of the wayside the author appears to be fairly familiar, but when 

 he writes about critical plants he is less at home. This is more 

 especially seen in his account of the Rubi, with which plants he 

 appears to be but slightly acquainted. A few of the leading mis- 

 conceptions may be noted. Under R. carpinifulius W. & N. the 

 compiler says, "Professor Babington considers the specimens from 

 Bradley Wood, named R. Mitnteri by Dr. Focke, to belong to this 

 species": this implies that Prof. Babington considers R. carpini- 

 fuliiis W. & N. and R. carpinifolms Blox. to be identical, which is 

 not the case. Under R. diver sifolius Lindley, " Pi. dumetorum 

 Warren, var. intensus Warren" (p. 47) should be "it. dumetorum 

 W. & N., var. intensus Blox.," and '' R. dumetorum Warren, var. 

 concinnus Warren" (p. 48t should be " i?. dumetorum W. & N., var. 

 concinnus Baker." The compiler places under '^ Hystrix'' R, 

 Bloxamianus Coleman, a plant far more nearly allied to R. radula, 

 from which it differs in the more abundant, equal setae, leaves not 

 white-felted, and white flowers. Ritbtts amjlosaxonicus Gelert and 

 R. chlorotJiyrsus Focke are both admitted on too slender grounds, 

 the latter having been distinctly stated by Dr. Focke in the 

 'Exchange Club Report, 1888' not to be that plant. Under 

 Salix undulata Ehrh. an interesting note is given from Dr. Buchanan 

 White, who adopts the opinion given in Hooker's * Students' Flora,' 

 viz., that it is synonymous with S. lanceolata Sm., and a hybrid 

 between 5. triandra and S. viminalis. 



On the whole, considering the time the work has been in hand, 

 it is disappointing ; and it is to be regretted that so incomplete a 



