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On the occurrence of Mimulus luteus in South Wales. By the Rev. 

 W. T. Bree, M.A. 



Mr. Lawson, in the January number of the ' Phytologist' (Phytol. 

 ii. 389), records the fact of Mimulus luteus having been met with in 

 several situations in Scotland " quite naturalized," and he adds, "it 

 may be indigenous ;" and he requests that those who may have met 

 with the plant in other situations, would communicate the circum- 

 stance through the medium of the ' Phytologist.' I take the opportu- 

 nity, therefore, of stating for the information of Mr Lawson and others 

 who may be interested in the subject, that so long ago as the summer 

 of 1824, T met with Mimulus luteus naturalized and thriving robustly 

 on the boggy margin of a mountain rill, not more than a mile or two 

 from Abergavenny (see Mag. Nat. Hist., Vol. v. p. 198). The plant 

 was in flower, and attracted the eye at a distance by the profusion of 

 its bright yellow blossoms, making a most showy appearance, far 

 more so, indeed, than I had ever seen it do in a cultivated state. The 

 place, in short, seemed to suit it. Not having the remotest idea that 

 the plant was indigenous in that situation, or other than introduced 

 by the hand of man, I did not think it worth while even to preserve 

 specimens. It appears to me extremely improbable that a plant so 

 conspicuous, if really indigenous, should have so long escaped the 

 notice of botanists, or even of common observers. If truly a native, 

 it would, I think, have been one of the oldest inhabitants of the gar- 

 den, instead of being indebted to comparatively modern days for its 

 introduction. Nevertheless, its occurrence in several distant locali- 

 ties favours, in some slight degree, its claims as a native. The plant 

 near Abergavenny, 1 may add, so far as I have observed, appeared to 

 be confined to one spot only, which, again, is another circumstance 

 militating against the notion of its being truly indigenous. 



W. T. Bree. 



Allesley Rectory, 



January 19, 1846. 



Occurrence of Mimulus luteus near Stirling. By F. Townsend, Esq. 



You will oblige me by the insertion of the following in the next 

 number of the ' Phytologist.' 



I am happy to record another station in Scotland for Mimulus lu- 

 teus, which plant I found in July, 1845, growing sparingly on the 



