53 THE NATURALIST. 



the only spot in the British Isles where the requisite soil and the 

 requisite elevation for] that species are^ both met with." In a notice 

 written for the "Journal of Botany," (Dec. 1803), Mr. Newbould mentions 

 the circumstances of its supposed occurrence in Britain, and adds : — " It 

 cannot be safe to consider the Yorkshire station an error, when it is 

 remembered that both the calcareous soil and altitude which the plant 

 requires are found in the Ingloborough district, and that its Continental 

 distribution is not opposed to its being found with us ; but it is desirable 

 to have modern confirmation of its occurrence before it can be with 

 certainty called a British plant." 



Such confirmation is eminently desirable, and attention to the subject 

 is requested on the part of West Yorkshire botanists. To aid them in 

 the search, Koch's description is aj)pended, with a translation of the same. 



HUTCHINSIA ALFINA (R. BrOWU h. HuTCHINSIA ALPINA (R. BrOWH 



kew. l.-c.) fol. pinnatis, caiile svmplici Hortus Kewensis ed. 2. v. 4. p. 82.) 



nudo, racemo fructifero eloiigato laxo, Leaves pinnate ; stem unhranched, 



petalis calyce du]Dlo longioribus, leafless ; fruit-hearing raceme elongate, 



siliculis oblongis utrinque acutis lax; petals twice as long as the 



stylo breviterminatis.'2^. Inglareosis calyx ; pouches oblong, sharp at each 



humidis et ad rivos alpium solo end, terminated by the short style. 



calcareo ; cum fluviis in planities Perennial. In damp gravelly places 



descendens (dch. d. g. Alpenk.) and near alpine streams, on calca- 



Apr. Mai. in mont. altioribus Jul. reous soil ; descending with the 



Aug. D. fl. 4. 518. Lepidium alpi- rivers into level ground. April and 



num L. sp. 2. 898. Jacq. a. t. 137. May ; on the higher parts of moun- 



St. h. 20. L. Halleri, Crantz a. 1. tains, July and August. Synonyms 



p. 8. Noccsea alpina Rchb. fl. exc. and references. 



p. 663. 



Synopsis Florae Germanicse et Helveticse, Ed. 2. Frankf. 1843. 



The unhranched stem and lax raceme distinguish it sufficiently from 

 the two other Hutchinsias, especially if the acute tips of the pouch be 

 taken into consideration. The characters of the genus are found in the 

 British Floras. 



In the letter above quoted, Mr. Newbould continues : — ** Do you 

 know that Sir W. Hooker gathered Draba rupestris on Inglebro' ? At any 

 rate there is a specimen so labelled by him in the Kew herbarium." Our 

 botanists of the West-Riding should endeavour to ascertain the truth of 

 tills enrolment of a rare Highland plant among the natives of Yorkshire. 



