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Onchau, as aii obvious introduction, A single plant of Pneumaria 

 maritima was once pointed out to me on the shore of Poolvash Bay, 

 whither the seed must have been carried by bird or current. Un- 

 fortunately it was soon destroyed — crushed by a passing cart. — 

 R. P. Murray. 



The Irish Record of Callitriche truncata. — One of the locali- 

 ties given for this species in Babington's Manual, eds. 7 and 8, is 

 Glansiskin, Co. Cork, but we do not know of any other record of its 

 occurrence in Ireland. Mr. Scully recently sent us a Callitriche 

 from the late Mr. A. G. More's herbarium, collected at Glansiskin, 

 which was supposed to be the plant, but upon examination we found 

 it to be C. hamulata. By the kindness of Pi*of. Marshall Ward we 

 have since had the opportunity of examining the specimen in the 

 Cambridge Herbarium, collected by Mr. I. Carroll at Glansiskin and 

 labelled C. truncata by Prof. Babington, and this also proved to be 

 C. hamulata. There does not therefore appear to be any evidence 

 that C. truncata is an Irish plant. It is, however, quite likely that 

 it may yet be found in the south or west, inasmuch as it occurs in 

 the South of England, Guernsey, and the West of France. — H. & 

 J. Groves. 



Narthecium Ossifragum in E. Gloucestershire. — When staying 

 at Cheltenham last summer, I found Narthecium Ossifrai/um growiug 

 near the top of the Cotswolds, at an altitude of between eight and 

 nine hundred feet. I believe it has not been recorded for East 

 Gloucestershire. — Harold J. Burkill. 



NOTICES OF BOOKS. 



First Records of British Flowerimj Plants. Compiled by William 

 A. Clarke, F.L.S. Reprinted with Additions and Corrections 

 from the ' Journal of Botany,' 1892-6, together with a Note 

 on Nomenclature. 8vo, pp. 103. London : West, Newman 

 & Co. Price 3s. 6d. 



Even among those British botanists who already possess this 

 interesting catalogue in the pages of the Journal, there will, I 

 think, be many who will be glad to have it in this convenient 

 form. The issue of such lists in serial form has its conveniences, 

 no doubt, but it also has serious drawbacks, chief among which is 

 the difficulty of consultation. Here, however, we have the whole 

 list brought together, and rendered additionally easy to consult by 

 the thoughtful provision of an index. 



The readers of the Journal need no demonstration of the 

 interest attaching to these First Pwcords, which, although oc- 

 casional corrections may bo made,* will take rank as a definite 

 contribution to the historical side of our knowledge of British 



* One such is required in the case of Pyrola secunda, for Mr. F. A. Lees 

 has shown {Fl. West Yorkshire, p. 3'22) that Eay's record does not refer to this 

 species. 



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