I have further to notice a li:-t entitled " Some of the more recent and 

 interesting additions to the British Flora," which has just been pub- 

 lished in the 'Naturalist's Almanack' for 1847. In this meagre 

 summary the author has omitted, either by design or through igno- 

 rance, the more important additions recorded in the ' Phytologist,' but 

 has included the following names, to which I believe the pages of the 

 ' Phytologist ' have not alluded. 



Sedutn purpureum, (Tausch.) This is the well-known Sedum 

 Telephium of British authors : the slight variety to which the 

 name of pui"]3ureum has been given, is cultivated by Mr. 

 Cameron in the Botanic Garden at Birmingham : I have 

 known it for many years, and have no inclination to admit it 

 as a species. 

 Valeriana samhucifolia, (Mikan). This was pronounced by De 

 Candolle to be identical with our Valeriana officinalis, and I 

 believe our best botanists coincide in this view. 

 Orobanche arenaria, (Bork.) This plant appears to be identical 



with Orobanche casrulea of British authors. 

 Linaria supiua, (Desf.) A species introduced with foreign grain, 

 Carex Persoonil, (Sieber). A name only, as regards this country, 

 and erroneously applied to a dwarf form of Carex cm'ta found 

 in the Highlands of Scotland. 

 Besides these, Carex Grahami (Boott), appears in the list. This 

 plant has been known for so mau}^ years that it can scarcely be re- 

 corded as a novelty, although Dr. Boott has only given it a name 

 within the last five. (See Phytol. i. 910). It was formerly held to be a 

 large variety of C. puUa or C. saxatilis ; but it wdl be seen by a refe- 

 rence to the ' Phytologist,' that it has there been accepted as a speciej^j 

 on the authority of Dr. Boott, whose acquaintance with the genus is I 

 believe unrivalled. 



Professor Lindley's admirable work, the ' Vegetable Kingdom ' gives 

 a lustre to the year in which it was published. It is by far the most 

 valuable contribution to botanical science that this country has pro- 



