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NEW PUBLICATIONS, 285 
Tn the third and following numbers, Mr. F, P. Marrat gives a very 
full list of the Algæ found in the Liverpool district, We recommend 
its perusal to. botanists interested in the minute geographical distribu- 
tion of these interesting plants. It seems drawn up with much care. 
In the same number Mr, H. S. Fisher states the opinion, that the blue 
Viola odorata is not a native of the district. of Liverpool, but that it is 
replaced by the white form of that species, the M. alba of Continental 
botanists apparently. This white Violet seems to be common in those 
parts of Lancashire and Cheshire. 
We might notice some other matters contained in this unpretending 
: Work, but perhaps the above-mentioned are the most interesting, except 
those which will be found mentioned separately in our pages. 
We sincerely trust that this attempt to spread an interest in Natural 
History in Liverpool will go on and prosper. 
Précis des principales Herborisations faites en Maine-et-Loire en 1862, 
suivi. de dissertations critiques sur plusieurs espèces de plantes. By 
A. Boreau. Angers, 1863. 
In this small pamphlet, Professor Boreau gives us an account of the 
principal excursions which he has made with his pupils during the 
collecting season of 1862, from Angers as a centre ; and this is followed 
by a number of notes and observations on critical species and plants 
new to the flora of Central France. . One of the most interesting addi- 
tions is Rosa baltica of Roth, the R. lucida of Koch’s Synopsis, known 
Previously upon the shores of Northern Germany, and now dete 
upon those of the department of the Lower Loire. M. Boreau denies 
the identity of the plant with the North American Z. lucide. Tt be- 
longs to the group in which the. prickles. pass gradually into setaceous 
acieuli, and is, upon the whole, of our species, nearest to R. spinosissima ; 
but the leaves are hairy upon the nerves beneath, the flowers deep red 
and grouped in from threes to sixes together, the peduncles and calyx- 
tubes glandular, and the calyx-segments deciduous. A plant of Pri- 
mula variabilis, Goupil, brought from a wood near Angers, was planted 
in the Botanie Garden, and the seeds which it produced were sown 
in due course. Amongst the progeny were not only coloure 
forms, resembling the parent plant, but both true Primroses and Cows- 
