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but they grow together, if I remember right. . . , C. ccdiijostyla, 

 so abundant above Cannes and all that region, but which I have 

 not found in my district, has pedoncules basilaires." As Mr. 

 Druce spoke of " Costobelle, Alpes Maritimes," was the mistake, 

 after all, one of the place and not of the department, as I naturally 

 supposed ? Mr. F. Eaine, of Hyeres, was also quite unaware that 

 C. basilaris had been seen at Costebelle. In regard to the term 

 " bois frais," used by Kouy, Coste, Ardoino and others, it is of 

 course relative ; for in the Mediterranean region what would 

 be considered fresh, green, or even moist, might not in this 

 country. H. S. Thompson. 



[Mr. Druce informs us that his specimens of foreign sedges 

 (including C. basilaris) were all named by Kiikenthal, and that 

 several of those sent to him have not been returned. — Ed. Journ. 



BOT.] 



Helleborine viridiflora in Anglesey. — I found this plant 

 on June 24th on the extensive sandhills of Newborough Warren, 

 Anglesey. It occurs in exactly the same kind of habitat as on the 

 Lancashire dunes, namely, on dry dunes among Salix rcpcns (see 

 Journ. Bot. 1913, p. 343). At the time of my visit the plant was 

 not fully in flower. It seems to occur only sparingly, a few 

 examples in two different parts of the warren being all that were 

 seen. Listera ovata grew with it in one spot, and, apart from these 

 two, no other species of orchid was seen on the dunes. In 

 Qfx'if^th.' Q Flora of Anglesea and Carnarvonshire Newborough Warren 

 is given as a station for Einijactis latifolia : the record will 

 doubtless refer to the plant forming the subject of this note. 



W. G. Travis. 



BOOK-NOTES, NEWS, dx. 



In The Practical Principles of Plain Photomicrography 

 Mr. George West (pp. x + 146, 8 plates, 5 figs, in text) gives a 

 very sound account of photomicrographical methods. The_ Wood- 

 wardian system, in which a camera is unnecessary, is particularly 

 interesting. The microscope is placed in a light-proof chamber 

 through a hole in the wall of which the tube of the instrument 

 projects, the plate being in a dark room where the exposure is 

 made and the plate developed. The book would have gained if 

 it had been arranged less like a puff for makers of instruments for 

 microscopy : there is also a lot of talk quite away from the 

 subject suggested by the alliterative title. Feeble and ante- 

 diluvian jokes are also somewhat prevalent, and one chapter is 

 headed " Dialogue on the making of a photomicrograph between 

 Old Surefoot and Young Castlebuilder." The author prints an 

 " Open Letter to Diatomists," in which he states that he has in 

 hand a publication on the Diatomacece of Scotland, in which every 

 species will be described, discussed, and illustrated : the first part 

 will be ready by the end of the year. A number of microscopical 



