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hybrid. — Hiemcium sciaphilum Uechtr. Abundant about Bollington 

 and Macclesfield. A beautiful red-brown Melaiitpi/ruin prateiuse L., 

 growing plentifully on VVybuubury JVIoss, answers well to the de- 

 scription of var. erict'toruiii D. Oliver. Utriculai in neglecta Lehm. 

 flowered there last summer ; and I was fortunate euough to find 

 Sclieuchzeria palustris L., long supposed to be extinct in this station. 

 — Edward S. Marshall. 



Additions to the Flora of Lancashire. — The undermentioned 

 plants were gathered (Ij during a short visit to Mr. Cosmo Melvill 

 at Prestwich, v.-c. 59, y. Lanes. ; (2) during a three days' stay at 

 Elsvvick, near Kirkham, v.-c. 60, \V. Lanes. ; (3) m a walk from 

 Lytham to iSt. Anne's, v.-c. 60 : — 



59. Faibus jissiis Lmdley. in and near Mere Clough, Prestwich, 

 plentifully. — H. incuicatus iiab. Near the Asylum, Prestwich. 



60. Fumaria Burcei Jord. and F. con/usa Jord. Growing close 

 to one another as weeds in garden ground at Little Ecciestou. — 

 PuUjyala oxyptera Keich. Sandhills, west of Lytham. Probably 

 seen by many previous visitors, but apparently not recorded hitherto. 

 — PotentiUa reptans x silvestris. Li a hedgebank near Inskip, with 

 the parents growing close by. — Faibus erytkrinus Genev. Frequent 

 in hedges about Little Eccleston and Copp Church, Elswick. Con- 

 firmed by Dr. Focke and Mr. Moyle liogers. This considerably 

 extends its ascertamed British range northwards. — U. neinuralts 

 P. J. Muell. var. Siinnnu A. Ley [teste Pogers). Between Eccleston 

 and Inskip. — Fi. Lindeberyii P. J. Mueii [teste Focke). Between 

 Inskip and Elswick. — /i. podophyLlus P. J. Muell. [teste Rogers). 

 Near the last-named. — Fi. corylijoHus x Lindleianiis (probably, teste 

 Eogers). Between Inskip and Eccleston. — Hieracunn vulyatuin Fr. 

 var. ravusciduin Dahlst. Sandhills near St. Anne's; very local. — 

 Oentiana baltica Murb. Sandhills between St. Annes and Lytham, 

 in quantity. Doubtless recorded before as (Jr. cainpestris. btrictly 

 annual ; most of the plants were only in bud on August 6th. — 

 Edward S. Marshall. 



Note on Paohyphyllum. — Mr. Hemsley, in But. Bwl. Anier. 

 iv. 89, says: "Mr. Ridley informs us there is an undescrioed. 

 species of this genus in the British Museum from Panama, collected 

 by S. Hayes." Tnis specimen is not from Panama, but, as the 

 ticket states, from Tunguragua, which is in Ecuador; nor was it 

 collected by Sutton Hayes, whose name Mr. Ridley has added to 

 the ticket : I do not, however, identify the writing. The plant 

 was subsequently identified by Mr. Ridley with F. Pustii. The 

 Pavon specimen, on the faith of which P. distickum is added to the 

 Mexican flora, may be that plant, but Reichenbach has appended 

 to it a note — "near crystalUniun." — James Britten. 



All those interested in the study of our native Algte will regret 

 to hear that Mr. T. H. Buffham, A.L.S., died, after a short illness, 

 at Walthamstow, on the 9th of February. Mr. Buffham was an 

 enthusiastic collector and a most accurate observer, and his many 

 papers on the reproductive organs of the Floridece are well known. 

 We hope at a later date to publish a sketch of his life. 



