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or some of them, are not quite so " new to the British flora " as the 

 author may have at first supposed, we are still glad to see attention 

 drawn to them by Mr. Mitten. 



It may be presumed that a new Irish Saxifrage is to be described 

 in the next coming number of the 'London Journal;' the October 

 number containing a figure of" Saxifraga Andrewsii, Harv." without 

 letter-press. The figure conveys the idea of a narrow-leaved form oi 

 S. umbrosa, though the flowers are larger. 



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Record of some of our Rarer Plants growing in the Valley of the 

 Don, between Doncaster and Conisbro' Castle. Soil calcareous. 

 By Peter Inchbald, Esq. 



RanunculacecB. Helleborus fcetidus and viridis and Aquilegia vul- 

 garis. In several of the woods near Doncaster the last of the three 

 flourishes in the wildest profusion. Helleborus fcetidus is less fre- 

 quent than H. viridis. 



Caryophyllece. Saponaria officinalis covers the banks of the Don 

 near Sprotbro,' and flowers abundantly. 



Saxifrages. Parnassia palustris and Chrysosplenium oppositifo- 

 lium. I have had specimens of the rarer Chrysosplenium (alternifo- 

 lium) and Adoxa moschatellina sent to me htm Roche Abbey, an old 

 ruin about twelve miles from Doncaster. 



Campanulacece. Campanula latifolia. The woods and hedge- 

 rows are richly decorated with this elegant bell-flower late in the 

 summer. 



Composite. Doronicum Pardalianches, Tanacetum vulgare, and 

 Bidens tripartita. Several patches of this doubtful native, D. Parda- 

 lianches, occur in the valley, far from all trace of garden cultivation. 

 It flowers early in May. 



Boraginece. Echium vulgare and Cynoglossum officinale. The 

 bugloss grows on the top of the keep at Conisbro'. 



Liliacece. Tulipa sylvestris, Ornithogalum luteum and Convallaria 

 majalis. The leaves of the tulip are conspicuous in the grass fields 

 early in the spring, but by the middle of May they are nearly hidden 

 by the herbage. The flowers are seldom met with out of cultivation. 

 The lily of the valley covers large tracts of ground in the woods near 

 Doncaster, flowering plentifully. 



