360 Mr. C. C. Babington on British Plants. 



tinuc, longitudinally, some to the sutnre, others over the volu- 

 tions of the spire ; spire conical, subobtuse, ^^rd the length of the 

 shell, volutions 5-6, rather round ; aperture broadish anteriorly^ 

 angulated posteriorly ; within, of a very pale-red colour ; colu- 

 mella rather straight, four rather distant plaits, the two anterior 

 oblique and the more prominent ; lip thick, slightly curved, den- 

 ticulated within ; margin broad and rather thick, extending over 

 the anterior portion of the columellar extremity. The columella, 

 anterior part of the dorsum, the plaits, margin and lip, all of the 

 same whitish colour. 



Long /o"^, wide -^^j^ of an inch. 



Hab. ? Brought by Belcher. Cab. Gaskoin, unique. 



XXXIII. — Remarks upon British Plants. 

 By Charles C. Babington, M.A., F.B.S., F.L.S. &c.* 



[Continued from p. 2/3.] 



3. Hypericum ANDROSyEMUM. 



In the recently received Fasciculus (vol. viii. fasc. 3) of Berto- 

 loni's valuable ' Flora Italica,' it is stated that the Hypericum 

 Androscemum of Smith and other British botanists is not the 

 plant so called by Linnfeus. Bertoloni does not say that he has 

 i-eceived the H. anijlicum (Bert.) from Britain, but probably we 

 ought to believe him to have done so. An examination of the 

 materials within my reach has led me to a different conclusion 

 from that arrived at by Bertoloni. I find that all the British 

 specimens called H. Androscemum that I possess belong to the 

 true plant of Linnseus. I also believe that Bertoloni has rather 

 too hastily quoted Curtis (Fl. Lond. i. t. 1G4) as giving a figui-e 

 of his H. anglicum, for that plate well represents H. Androscemum. 

 Sowerby's plate (Eng. Bot. t. 1225) does indeed appear to be 

 derived from some other species. Unfortunately Smith does not 

 tell ua, in his text to that plate, from whence the specimen there 

 figured was obtained; but refers especially to Norfolk (N. Wal- 

 shani. Wood Dalliug, Costesy) for localities for his H. Andro- 

 scemum ; stating that in that county it is most frequent. 



Bertoloni also quotes the Androscemum grandifolium of Reichen- 

 bach (Icon. Fl. Germ. vi. 70. t. 352) as belonging to H. angli- 

 cum. That figure is very incomplete, and seems not to represent 

 the winged pedicels or acute leaves of H. anglicum, but may 

 perhaps be intended for it. lleichenbach states that his plant 



* Read before the Botanical Society of F.dinburgh, March 10, 185.3. 



