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as I find it at Carrollton all the leaves, even the very lowest, are more 

 or less acute, the middle and upper obovate-lanceolate, and very dis- 

 tinctly pointed, of a thin, membranaceous texture, and bright, lucid, 

 somewhat shining green. I have never seen specimens from the mid- 

 dle or northern states, but the S. Valerandi of Dr. Darlington's ' Flora 

 Cestrica' evidently belongs to S. floribunda. The specific character 

 of S. Valerandi may be thus amended : Stems simple or sparingly 

 branched, leafy ; leaves obovate-oblong, or spathulate, very obtuse ; 

 racemes many flowered, straight, simple, erect ; pedicels bracteate, 

 patent; corolla twice the length of the calyx. 



Wm. A. Bromfield. 

 Eastmount, Ryde, Isle of Wight, 



October, 1849. 



(To be continued.) 



ERRATA. 



P. 663, line I, for " Bab." read " Bob." 



„ line 14 from bottom, for " Rockley " read " Rookley." 

 „ line 15 from bottom, for "How-" read "Hor." 



P. 664, line 21 from top, for "Scome" read " Sconce." 



P. 665, for "Armfield" read " Arnfield." 



P. 668, line 12 from top, for "Gatecomb" read "Gatcomb." 



Experiments on the Specific Identity of the Cowslip and Primrose. 

 By Joseph Sidebotham, Esq. 



The communication to the ' Phytologist' by the Rev. J. S. Henslow 

 (Phytol. iii. 651), reminds me that I have not yet furnished the readers 

 of the 'Phytologist' with the result of some experiments on the Pri- 

 mulas completed this season (vide Phytol. ii. 887). 



In the summer of 1846 I determined to try some experiments on 

 the specific identity of Primula veris and P. vulgaris, in imitation of 

 those published by Mr. Watson and others, but on a much larger 

 scale, and with such precautions that the result might be relied on. 

 With this view I transplanted seven or eight roots of Primula veris 

 from Reddish Vale into my garden ; my late friend E. S. Wilson sent 

 three plants of P. vulgaris, var. intermedia (L. C), from the neigh- 

 bourhood of Congleton ; P. vulgaris I obtained from Bredbury Wood, 



