394 



P.S. — Thalictrum Kochii is not mentioned, as far as I can find, by 

 Koch, De Candolle, Walpers, or Steudel. 



[Thalictrum Kochii (Fries). "Stem hollow, straight, naked, 

 smooth, striated underneath the rounded and horizontally spreading 

 auricles of the sheaths, petioles angularly ribbed, leaflets roundish 

 3-5 cleft paler underneath, panicle elongate erect, flowers scattered 

 and with the stamens drooping, carpels from a short and very obtuse 

 base ovate equal 10-ribbed." 



The above is the character assigned for Th. Kochii in the ' Summa 

 Vegetabilium ' of Fries. It will contrast sufficiently well with the 

 character of Th. minus, as given in the second [not first) edition of 

 Babington's Manual, and may enable Mr. Broughton to decide for 

 himself to which of the two species his specimen from Twll du 

 should be referred. In the absence of any specimen from that ele- 

 vated locality, the inferences to be drawn from their distribution in 

 Scandinavia, although yet too imperfectly ascertained, would point to 

 some other of the subordinate species which have been included un- 

 der the vaguely general name of Th. minus, as more likely to occur 

 at Twll du.— H. C. Watson*] 



Notes on a Botanical Excursion in Roxburghshire. 

 By Archibald Jerdon, Esq. 



On the morning of the 7th July last, I set out to fulfil a long-plan- 

 ned excursion with a friend who resides in the village of Denholm, 

 about halfway between the towns of Jedburgh and Hawick. As I 

 rode, the day, which had been fine in the morning, became dull and 

 misty, but I continued my journey in hopes that it might clear up 

 again. I arrived at my friend's about 11 o'clock, and we immediately 

 started on our expedition. 



We first bent our steps to Denholm-dean, an extensive wooded 

 glen near the village, and proceeded up it for about half a mile. 

 Here we met with Pyrola media, and saw where Carduus heterophyl- 

 lus had been, for the flowering stems had been cut over, probably by 

 some of the villagers procuring litter for their cow or pig. My friend 

 also pointed out a small patch or two of Melampyrum sylvaticum, 

 which I had never seen before, the species commonly found in our 



* Obligingly communicated at the request of the Editor. 



