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our able con*espondent, Mr. R. Spruce, in a plantation on Terrington 

 Car, near Castle Howard, Yorkshire, where it grows among rushes on 

 a moist peaty soil, covering about a rood of ground, almost to the 

 exclusion of every other bramble. 



2884. Epipactis ovalis. This is the E. latifolia, j3. of Smith's 

 ' English Flora,' iv. 41. Mr. Babington, both in his Manual and in 

 the present paper, gives it as E. ovalis. It occurs on stony slopes of 

 rubbish, at the base of limestone cliffs, on the mountains near Settle, 

 in Yorkshire. 



2885. Carex Buxhaumii. This species, apparently well known on 

 the continent, was discovered as British by Mr. Moore, upon a small 

 island in Lough Neagh, near Toom Bridge, flowering in June. Dr. 

 Boott states that the original Lapland specimens of C. canescens be- 

 long to this species, and therefore that that name should be retained. 

 The description is by Mr. Babington. 



2886. Eriophorum gracile. Another well known continental spe- 

 cies, first found in Britain near Croft, in Yorkshire, in 1825, by Mr. 

 Woods ; and subsequently in Surrey, at Whitemoor Pond, half way 

 between Guildford and the Woking station of the South-western rail- 

 way, we believe by Mr. Borrer, who contributes the detailed and ad- 

 mirable description. 



2887. Phascum Floerkeanum. Found in 1840 by Mr. R. B. Bow- 

 man, of Newcastle, on the Durham coast, in fields about half way 

 between Sunderland and South Shields, and subsequently by Mr. 

 Thomhill, in fields one mile from Ravensworth Castle, Durham. It 

 is an old species, bearing the same name in Weber and Mohr's admi- 

 rable little Taschenbuch, p. 70, and in other continental works. Mr. 

 Wilson is the describer of this and the following species. 



2888. Grimmia orbicularis, Mr. Wilson first discovered this spe- 

 cies as British, on Orme's Head, in 1826. Mr. Eagle and Mr. 

 Thwaites subsequently found it on St. Vincent's Rocks, near Bristol. 

 It much resembles G. pulvinata, but is really distinct. 



2889. Callithamnion harbatum. This beautiful little seaweed, pre- 

 viously described by Agardh and Harvey, was discovered by Mr. Ralfs 

 at Ilfracombe, and on the quay at Penzance, forming densely tufted 

 deep red patches on mud. The Rev. Mr. Berkeley contributes the 

 description. 



2890. Arenaria uliginosa. The discovery of this little plant in 

 Yorkshire has frequently been noticed in our pages, where also its 

 various synonymes have been given. The description is by Sir W. 



