ADDITIONS AND CORIIECTIONS. 573 



Page 174, add to No. 5 and No. 7, " flowers yellow," and the same to Nos. 17, 18, 

 and 19, on p. 175. 



" 174, line 5 from bottom, after "pale blueish," insert "or paJe pink, with 

 purple veins." 



" 190. The Pijracantha is very common about Bramhall and Cheadle Hulme, 

 where it is called " Egyptian thorn." (Miss Smith.) 



" 196, after line 21, insert under " leaves interruptedly pinnate," &c., "leaves 

 ternate and quinate, green on both surfaces." 



" 205. Wych Elm. A variety with pendulous branches is exceedingly common 

 in gardens, especially suburban ones. 



" 200, line 18 from bottom, insert "petals sometimes absent." 



" 209, add, after the Celastraeea — 



Lvn.* — The Halesia Family. Styracdcece. 

 A little family made interesting by the snowdrop-tree, or Halesia, of which 

 there are two or three beautiful and freely-blooming specimens upon the 

 lawn at Cheadle Rectory. The flowers hang among the green leaves Uke so 

 many snowdrops. 



" 224, top Une. The Lycium is a tall and slender shrub, with numerous twigs, 

 narrow leaves, and dull purple flowers. It is always planted against 

 walls, and is commonly called " Tea-tree," but has no afiinity whatever 

 with the Chinese tea-plant. 



" 245, line 7, for " sometimes " read " the lower ones." 



" 24(5, " 21, for " sixteen " read " six to ten." 



'' 248. Lamium album,. In a field below Didsbury Church, very abundant. 

 (Miss Dorrington.J 



" 248. Ajuga reptans. A large patch of the white variety, comprising one or 

 two hundred spikes of flowers, on the south bank of Marple Wood, not 

 far from the rustic bridge. May 22nd, 1859. 



" 254, line 1st, for " solitary" read " much-branched." 



" 262, lines and 10, reverse the places of the words " axile" and "parietal." 



" 203, top line. A few of the Fox-glove family, such as the Torenia Asiatica, 

 have the anthers similarly locked together. 



" 269, line 13. E.B. viii. 513, represents the true or Bardfield oxlip, which 

 does not grow near Manchester. 



" 274, top line, for " vulgaris " read " m,aritima." 



" 282, after the Alpine Enchanters'-wort, add, " Variety intermedia ; sepals 

 pink, fruit deciduous. Common in the woods about Bowdon. (Mr. 

 Hunt.) This pretty plant is probably often overlooked as C. Lutetiana." 



