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mous author, or whether they are quoted from other sources; and in 

 either case they are at present without warranty for their truth in a 

 scientific light. Further, certain signs are employed, as a note of in- 

 terrogation following a specific name, and an asterisk prefixed to a 

 locality ; and as no explanation of their uses is given, they can con- 

 vey no clear meaning to the reader. 



These omissions are the more to be regretted, because, while the 

 list of plants bears internal evidence of general accuracy, there are 

 still some exceptions to this, which unavoidably lead to distrust. For 

 instance, we find the maritime Glaucium luteum located on " Bardon 

 hill, and other forest hills ;" which appears a very unlikely habitat.* 

 " Subularia aquatica ? " and " Myrrhis odorata ? " are thus interroga- 

 tively enumerated in the list, without locality or any sort of remark in 

 qualification or explanation. Localities are given for CEnanthe pim- 

 pinelloides; but probably CE. Lachenalii of the 'London Catalogue' 

 was intended, as the latter species has been wholly omitted, although 

 certainly found in the county, and in various localities ; while the true 

 CE. pimpinelloides, if found at all, must be quite a recent discovery. 



If the author of the ' Flora of Leicestershire ' will lay aside the 

 anonymous mask, and give the necessary explanations on the points 

 we have mentioned, the volume may then be safely recommended, as 

 a serviceable contribution to the records and the literature of British 

 botany. 



C. 



Notes on Shropshire Rubi. By the Rev. W. A. Leighton, B.A., 



F.B.S. E. & L. 



(Continued from page 76). 



7. R. corylifolius, Sm. & Bab. Syn. 



The plants which may be comprehended under this species, as de- 

 fined in Bab. Syn., appear to arrange themselves into two groupes, 

 which, from the peculiar colour of the barren stem, may be called the 

 green groupe and the dark purple groupe. Each of these groupes 

 contains two forms, so that four different varieties may be enumerated: 

 a. and (3. being comprised in the green groupe, y. and £ in the dark 



* I learn from the author that this is an error, and the name consequently must 

 be erased. I am not, however, informed what plant was intended. — E. N. 



