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be recognised, as it does not appear to have been previously 

 published, nor is Littlejohn referred to by Andrews in^ the 

 Bepositovy.'' I have found no other printed reference to Little- 

 john : in Cunningham's MS. Journal in the Department of 

 Botany, dated Jan. 1819, is " a hst of seeds presented me by His 

 Hon. Lieut. -Governor Sorele, from the Eoyal Botanic Garden at 

 Kew, collected in the vicinity of Hobart Town, Van Diemens 

 Island, by the late Mr. Littlejohn." This contains 44 numbers, 

 with brief descriptions of plants which must be by Littlejohn, 

 as Cunningham only received the seeds. This is all I know 

 about him. 



The descriptions of tt. 538, 649, are attributed by SaUsbury to 

 Lambert (1761-1842). With regard to the former, it may be the 

 case that Lambert wa^ote the Latin diagnosis, but the English 

 letterpress can hardly be his, as it refers to him in the third 

 person. On the face of it it w^ould appear to have been written 

 by Jackson, as reference is made to a drawing in Lambert's 

 collection, but according to Salisbury, whose Paradisus is criti- 

 cised therein, this was not the case ; he whites : " That late 

 excellent botanist, Mr. Jackson, who had the care of Mr. Lam- 

 bert's Herbarium, was so hurt upon seeing this paragraph that 

 he called immediately to assure me he w^as not the author of it " 

 (Trans. Hort. Soc. i, 295). 



James Beitten. 



SHOBT NOTES. 



Carex basilaris (Journ. Bot. 1916, p. 141).— As Mr. Druce 

 has not said if he has specimens of this sedge from Costebelle, 

 we must conclude that his casual record in Journ. Bot. 1907, 

 p. 211, cannot be confirmed. Mons. Alfred Reynier of Toulon, 

 whose knowledge of the plants of Provence is unrivalled, writes : 

 "The record of Mr. Druce at Costebelle, near Hyeres, for 

 C. basilaris is suspicious {suspecte). It is probable that this plant 

 is found in the Var only on the Col du Lentisque (Esterel 

 massif). In the Dept. of les Alpes - Marit., outside of the 

 mountainous region where Mons. Burnat had not seen the 

 said Carex, there is the undoubted station at Cannes, since 

 Jordan himself discovered it at Cap Croisette, and several 

 botanists have found it in this place. As for Menton • • • • 

 Huet and Jacquin sent specimens thence to Honore Roux." 

 Mr. Bicknell writes that he has not seen G. basilaris for a long 

 time, because he has not made spring excursions in places where 

 it is likely to grow. It used to grow abundantly near Menton, 

 but he "should hardly call those sandy, rocky hillsides ' bois 

 frais,' with their usual maquis plants of Cistus, Erica, etc. Nor, 

 as far as I remember, is the place in 77iy district [Bordighera] , 

 hif^h above Taggia, bois frais — chestnut trees and the usual plants 

 growing under trees. I always used to think C basilaris looked 

 a strong C. Halleriana with broader leaves and larger spikelets, 

 but never to be confused with it and recognisable immediately ; 



