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triangular-acute terminal lobe, abruptly deflexed at a right angle. 

 It evidently comes near to 0. TrollU Heg., which I have for some 

 time past suspected to be this hybrid. I have myself seen 0. 

 apifera, 0. aranifera, and 0. Arachnites in bloom on the same day at 

 Folkestone ; so that this solution presents no special difficulty. — 

 Edward S. Marshall. 



Bibliographical Note. — In Prof. Saccardo's extremely useful 

 volume La Botanica in Italia (under Bennett) is entered " Narrative 

 of whaling voyage etc. London 1833-36 (a pag. 327-395 catalogo 

 descrittivo delle piante raccolte in Toscana)." It seems on the 

 face of it odd that Tuscany should be visited on a whaling expe- 

 dition, but the explanation will be found in the actual title of the 

 list as given in F. D. Bennett's book — " A Descriptive Catalogue 

 of the Plants collected during the Tuscan's Voyage." — James 

 Britten. 



Sphagnum Austini. — On examining a bit of the turf (peat) 

 brought to this town to be sold for fuel", I found a Sphagnum having 

 the triangular chlorophyllose cells and long papillae of S. Austini 

 Sull. The latter character was striking even under a one-inch 

 power. This " turf," as it is commonly called here, is from 

 Whixall Moss, but whether that part in Salop or Flint I do not 

 know, nor the depth at which it was cut. This moss being very 

 rare in Britain and usually found near the sea coast, the fact of its 

 occurrence in the locality named is interesting and suggestive. — 

 W. P. Hamilton. 



North Hants Mosses. — The following additions to the list of 

 Mosses for North Hants (v. c. 12) as given p. 2G2 Journ. Bot. may 

 be noted from the Grange Park : — Encalijpta streptocarpa Hedw. ; 

 Eurhynchiuni Tcesdalii Sclip. ; Weisia verticillata Brid. Specimens 

 of the first have been seen by Mr. A. Gepp, and Mr. H. N. Dixon 

 has kindly named the other two. — AV. L. W. Eyre. 



Catharinea tenella in Britain. — Whilst botanizing in the 

 neighbourhood of Goudhurst, Kent, last May, some male plants of 

 Catharinea were found, which proved on examination to belong to 

 0. tenella Rohl. On a subsequent visit to the locality, I found 

 some female plants of the same species. These were quite young, 

 with very short stems, and had evidently not been preceded by a 

 male inflorescence. This proved the dioicous inflorescence of the 

 plant, one of the chief specific characters of C. tenella. As both 

 male and female plants occur, it may be hoped that fruiting 

 specimens will be found later, especially as C. tenella fruits freely 

 on the Continent, where it is not uncommon. C. tenella has for a 

 long time been expected to occur in Britain, and has several times 

 been erroneously recorded, dwarfed forms of C. nndulata (L.) Web. 

 Mohr. having been mistaken for it (see Braithwaite's Brit. Afoss. Fl. 

 i. p. 41). I hope in a future number of this Journal to give an 

 illustration of the Goudhurst plant, and to make some further 

 remarks on the species. Dr. Braithwaite and Mr. Dixon confirm 

 my determination of the plant. — Ernest S. Salmon. 



