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from him tlie exact place at Falmoutli where he gathered the specimen 

 now before me. That specimen is certainly not H. hircinum (which I have 

 also received from Falmouth), differing in its leaves, and especially in its 

 calyx, from that plant." Phyt., ii, 251. N.S. The E. ^.jfigure was made 

 from a plant found in Haughley Woods, Norfolk " [Bah. Man. ed. 2. p. 61); 

 but as H. hircinum is also recorded from the same locality, it is quite pos- 

 sible that a mistake may have here, as elsewhere, occurred between the 

 two species. Mr. Syme, in E. B. ed. 3. ii., 145, states that he has speci- 

 mens from Arran (Dr. P. W. Maclagan) and Torquay, Devon (C. Eyre 

 Parker) ; Dr. Arnott, in the British Flora, gives the following localities : 

 *• Cliff above Falmouth Harbour ; Helston, near Falmouth ; Hills behind 

 Greenock ; Crinan Canal, Argyleshire ; Culross, Perthshire ; Arran, Scot- 

 land ; Galway ; Donard Lodge, Co. Down, Ireland." Professor Babington, 

 however, doubts if the same plant is intended by Dr. Arnott [Bab. Man. ed. 

 6, p. 02), and thinks some other species may have been mistaken for it. 

 Under the name of H. grandifoUwn the present species "is stated by Keich- 

 enbach [hones Fl. Germ, vi., 70./. 5193) to grow in Arran, Scotland " (Bab. 

 Man. ed. 2, 60) ; but Mr. Watson [Cyb. Hi., 330) thinks that " there is every 

 reason to suppose an error in the report, not unlikely H. hircinum may have 

 been thus misnamed." There can be no doubt that the occurrence of this 

 plant in Britain needs investigation ; and it is to be hoped that further 

 search will establish it as a genuine native. 



H. hircinum, L. This common and well-known ornament of our 

 shrubberies and gardens has occurred without the bounds of cultivation 

 in several places. Many errors have arisen from the confusion of this 

 species with H. anglicum, which is stated to be a distinct species, though 

 much resembling H. hircinum; H.Androscemum has also been occasionally 

 thus misnamed. In Cornwall, our plant is stated by Mr. Gifford to occur 

 near Falmouth: — "While residing at Falmouth, in 1845, I gathered this 

 plant in that neighbourhood, and pointed out the station to my friend 

 Miss Warren ; in her opinion it was not truly wild, — it would appear, 

 however, that it is now quite naturalised in that locality." Phyt. i,, 518, 

 ^.S., (see p. 357.) In Kent, it is said to be "pretty well established in the 

 village of Ash " (Phyt., v., 182, N.S.) ; but perhaps this may only allude 

 to its occurrence in gardens. Mr. Syme, in E. B., ed. 3, ii., 146, states 

 that he has it from the same county. " There is a note upon an unpub- 

 lished drawing, prepared for Eng. Bot., which states that Eelhan found 

 this plant growing at Impington, * by the side of a pond near the great 



