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Woodsia Ilvensis. Mr. Stevens says of this species (iii. 392) " This 

 rare and handsome little fern I found in considerable abun- 

 dance on very steep, crumbling rocks, amongst the hills di- 

 viding the counties of Dumfries and Peebles, in July last ; it 

 is growing in dense tufts in the crevices of the rocks, and 

 very luxuriant, many of the fronds measuring nearly six 

 inches in length." It is interesting to know (iii. 739) that as 

 many as a hundred plants of this rarity still exist at the old 

 Caernarvonshire station, Llyn-y-cwn. 



Woodsia alpina has reappeared at Ray's old Caernarvonshire sta- 

 tion, Glogwyn-y-Garnedd (iii. 739). 



Simethis bicolor "has been found (iii. 453) by Mr. Thaddeus 

 O'Mahony, growing in a perfectly wild situation on hills near 

 Derrynane Abbey, the seat of the O'Connells. The hills 

 where this plant grows have probably never been turned up, 

 and the plant has certainly never been cultivated in a neigh- 

 bouring garden." — Dr. Harvey in the ' London Journal of 

 Botany.'' 



Linaria supina. In a report of the ordinary meeting of the Bota- 

 nical Society (iii. 536) it is recorded that a station has been 

 found for this plant by Mr. G. Maw, at St. Blazey's Bay, in 

 Cornwall. 



Hypericum linarii folium. Mr. Gouldiug announces (iii. 643) that 

 he has found this species by the side of a hedge, ascending a 

 hill from Blakstone to Maristowe, near the river Tavy, 

 Devon ; and adds that it is now to be found plentifully about 

 the Morwell Rocks, by the Tamar. Mr. Goulding kindly 

 transmitted a specimen, which Mr. Watson pronounces to be 

 correctly named. 



Leersia oryzoides. Dr. Bromfield has a detailed account of this 

 very local grass (iii. 681) as found by himself in the New 

 Forest, in Hampshire : the paper contains some useful re- 

 marks on characters by which it may be readily distinguished 

 from Phragmitis communis, a plant with which, in the Eng- 

 lish stations, it is commonly associated. 



