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THE NATURALIST. 



Order VI. — Cistace^. 



Heliantliemum ledifolium, Willd. '* Hudson records this from sandy 

 pastures and meadows, near Brean [Brent] Down, Somersetshire ; but 

 possibly some error had occurred between this and H. poUfoUum. The 

 Eev. J. Collins has sought the alleged locality year after year unsuccess- 

 fully." Cyb.i., 172, 



Order X. FEANKENIACEiE. 



Frankenia pulverulenta, L. " On the coast [of Sussex] between Brigh- 

 ton and Bognor. Hudson. I never heard that this plant has been found 

 there by any subsequent botanist, but Dr. Withering sent me, shortly 

 before his death, a specimen which I presume was indigenous, and gathered 

 here." Dawson Turner, in B. G. ii., 606. Mr. Borrer could not find it 



here. 



fTo he continued.) 



^^irufo* 



^* The Abbeville Jaiv, an Episode in a 

 Great Controversy," by the Eev. J. 

 L. KoME, F.G.S. (London, Long- 

 man and Co., 1864.) 

 The above is the subject of a paper 

 read before the Hull Literary and 

 Philosophical Society in March last, 

 and is divided into two parts or chap- 

 ters, the first of which is devoted to 

 the Abbeville Jaw, the second to a 

 critique upon Sir Charles Lyell's 

 " Antiquity of man." Whilst refer- 

 ring with some severity to the pro- 

 ceedings and opinions of the An- 

 thropological Societies of London 

 and Paris, the author in the first 

 chapter gives a very plain and sub- 

 stantial account of the finding of, and 

 subsequent discussions upon, the 



now celebrated human jaw. We 

 quite concur with the author's opin- 

 ions respecting this jaw, and be- 

 lieve with him, (with all deference 

 to so great an authority as M. Bou- 

 cher de Perthes), that in this in- 

 stance, a most stupid and senseless 

 hoax has been attempted to be played 

 off upon geologists, with what re- 

 sults the scientific world is now well 

 acquainted. At the same time we 

 scarcely agree with all Mr. Eome's 

 strictures upon Dr. Falconer and 

 Mr. Prestwich, and the changes of 

 opinion respecting the authenticity 

 of the j aw. These gentlemen , along 

 with the other members represent- 

 ing British science at the Paris 

 conference, whilst investigating the 

 remains in the council-room, were 

 thoroughly convinced of the non- 



