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They are slender, though strong and very sharp, very various in 

 length, from very short to very long, but being longest and most 

 crowded and numerous about the middle of the rachis, and also about 

 the middle of the peduncles and pedicels ; the base of each of the latter 

 being nearly destitute of any prickles. 



W. A. Leighton. 



Luciefelde, Shrewsbury, 

 February 17tb, 1848. 



(To be continued). 



Discovery of Viola hirta in Kincardineshire . 

 By Andrew Kerr, Esq. 



According to the 'British Flora' of Sir William Jackson Hooker, 

 Viola hirta has only been found in the vicinity of Edinburgh, and is 

 consequently rare in Scotland. It therefore gives me much pleasure 

 to state that I found this plant in the month of April, 1847, on the 

 south-east extremity of Kincardineshire, about three miles north-east 

 from the town of Montrose. 



Professor Balfour, of Edinburgh, has found it in other places besides 

 the immediate vicinity of Edinburgh, and thinks that the plant is more 

 abundant than was previously supposed. 



As it flowers early in the season, it may have been overlooked in 

 many places. I trust these remarks will tend to stir up the en- 

 thusiasm of botanists to look out for the early gems of Flora and re- 

 cord localities, as it is only by an acute observation and recording of 

 localities that a proper geographical distribution of the British flora 

 can be obtained. 



Andrew Kerr. 

 55, Murray Street, Montrose, 

 February 18th, 1848. 



Note on the specimens of Sedum reflexum mentioned by Mr. Watson, 

 Phytol. iii. 46. By Mrs. Russell. 



Having just read in the present number of the ' Phytologist ' (Phy- 

 tol. iii. 46) Mr. Watson's notice of the Tremadoc Rock Sedum, sent 

 by me in December to the London Botanical Society, it may perhaps 

 be worth while to state that in the summer of 1839 I gathered and 

 examined numerous specimens from the same locality, and felt not 



