r>2 THK JOIKNAI. (^F BOTA^r 



I)('t\veeii Oakfield and St. Tppolvts, 1912; In lucern, between Purwell 

 and -Great AVvniondley, 1915.— 6. Mardley Heath, 1912. 



*L. maciilatiim L. 1. Koadside near Sandon Rectory, 1918. 



Bnllota nigra L. 2. Plants with white flowers, and more softly 

 ])nl)escent are not infrequent. Hollow Lane, Hitchin, 1914; Mount 

 Pleasant, Hitchin, 1915 ; Near Nine Sprini^s, 1912. 



Chenopodltim ficifolium Sm. 2. Oaldield, Hitcliin, B.E.C.K. 

 1914, 158. 



Atrip] ex pnfnla L., var. erecfa Lnn<i^e, forma sierrafa, Moss & 

 Wihnott. 2. Cornfield, Ouy^hton Head," Hitchin, 1910, det. A. J. 

 Wihnott. Var. linearis M. & W.— 2. Purwell Field, Hitchin, 1914, 

 det. A. J. W. 



A. liasfafa L., var. delioidea Moq., form 2, M. & W. 2. Allot- 

 ment gardens, Baldock, det. A. J. W. 



Fohjqonum Convolvulus L., var. suhalatum Lej. & Court. 2. 

 St. Ippolyts, 1914.— 6, Harmer Green Wood, 1912.' 



P. minus Huds. 6. Goose Green, Hertford Heath, B.E.C.ll. 

 1918. 494. (Var. erechim Rouy ?) 



P. maciilafum Trim. & Dver. 2. St. Ippolyts, 1914.— 6. Burn- 

 ham Green, B.E.C.B. 1918, 494 ; Goose Green, Hertford Heath, 1912. 



P. ampliihium L., var, terresfre Leers. 2. Purwell Field, 

 Hitchin, 1912-16, but seems never to flower. — 6. VVelwyn, in flower, 

 1916, H.C.L. ! 



Dajihne Laureola L. 1. Spinney E. of Five Barrow Hill, 

 Bovston Heath, 1911. — 2. Wood between Purwell and Willian, 

 1912 ; Offley Holes, Hitchin, 1918 ; 1 mile N.N.W. of Baldock, 1914. 



Mercurialis anmia L. 2. Spontaneously in garden, Wymondley 

 Rd., Hitchin, 1916, casual, otherwise no record in 27 years. — 6, 

 Waste heap N. of Welwyn Tunnel. 1912. 

 (To bo (concluded.) 



BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES. 



LXVIl. Mils. Moriarxt's " Yibidarium." 



l:s the new edition of the Biograpl>ical Index of British and 

 Irish Botanists^ which — involving as it has done far more work than 

 the compilers had anticipated — will, it is hoped, be completed by the 

 end of the ]jresent year, considerable modilications of plan — the result 

 of matm-e deliberation — will be introduced. These include the with- 

 drawal, for various reasons which will be duly stated in the Intro- 

 duction, of many names which appear in the existing edition, which 

 will thus possess an interest of its own, although it is hoped that 

 everything of real importance will be retained in the new issue. 

 Among the features which will be retained, however, is the inclusion 

 of everyone who has published a book, however trivial and even useless 

 such a book may be. In most cases, such works are entered ii> 

 PritzeFs Thesaurns and Dr. B. I). Jackson's Guide, which in itself 

 gives them some claim to insertion ; and although the present writer 

 personally regrets the decision, he feels that the retention may be 



