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flower of the clove carnation. The calyx was not remarliable except 

 for its size, the petals and stamens were very numerous ; in the cen- 

 tre of the flower was one large ovary, open at the top, from which, at 

 small intervals, sprang five styles. This ovary contained, besides, a 

 few rudimentary ovules at the base, five or more ovaries, one within 

 the other ; one or two contained some rudiments of ovules, the inner- 

 most and very small one, a few leaf-like scales only. Mixed with 

 the petals were five or more rudimentary ovaries on pedicels, and 

 surrounded by petals. 



W. H. PURCHAS. 



Ross, Herefordshire, 

 September, 1846. 



The occurrence of Crocus 7UtdiJlorus in Meadows near Derby. 

 By J. Whittaker, Esq. 



Having learned fi-om an old list of Derbyshire plants that Crocus 

 nudiflorus was formerly found in the neighbourhood of Derby, I start- 

 ed on Saturday last in quest of it, I was fortunate enough to find it 

 in abundance in a large meadow called the Siddalls, on the banks of 

 the Derwent, near the Derby railway station. 



Should this rare and beautiful plant be a desideratum with any of 

 the readers of the ' Phytologist,' I shall be happy to supply them with 

 specimens. 



Jos. Whittaker. 



Breadsall, near Derby, 

 September 15, 1846. 



Correction of an Error. By Edward Foester, Esq. 



In your last 'Phytologist,' (Phytol. ii. 611), your printer, under Pe- 

 dicularis palustris, has made me say that which I did not intend, 

 *'near the Sea sparingly." I wrote Lea, meaning the river Lea. The 

 spot where I have seen it, is in Walthamstow marsh, opposite Upper 

 Clapton, not far from the High bridges. There is also the trifling 

 omission of a letter in the name of the house at Woodford, in which 

 Warner, the author of the ' Plantoe Woodfordienses,' dwelt : it should 

 be Harts, not Hart. 



I hope Mr. Salmon has no reason to suspect that the Cyperus fus- 

 cus was planted on Shalford Common ; if not, this second discovery 



