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in the ' Phytologist' and elsewhere. Mr. Babington now distinguishes 

 three species; namely, 1, V. sylvatica; 2, V. canina; and 3, V. stag- 

 nina. The first of these three includes the V. canina of Smith and 

 other English authors, and the V. flavicomis of Forster in ' Supple- 

 ment to English Botany' : it is the " Gerarde's Violet" of Mr. Watson 

 in the present volume of the ' Phytologist.' The second includes the 

 V. flavicornis of Smith, and also the V. lactea of Smith united there- 

 with as a variety : it thus corresponds with the " Dillenius's Violet " 

 and " Smith's Violet " of Mr. Watson in the ' Phytologist ' (Phytol. iii. 

 635). The third name is applied to a larger and longer-leaved spe- 

 cies, occasionally mistaken for or mingled with Smith's V. lactea, and 

 first alluded to, we believe, under name of V. stagnina, in the ' Cybele 

 Britanuica,' nearly four years ago. Although it may require some lit- 

 tle alteration still, Mr. Babington's present account of these Violets is 

 clear and satisfactory, and is now very near the truth or Nature's 

 realities. To take up a' remark from Dr. Salter, supra, he has at 

 length almost discriminated them into real species, instead of divid- 

 ing them into book-species, as heretofore.] 



On Scrophularia nodosa, L., and S. aquatica, Auct. (S. Ehrharti, 

 Stev.) By T. Irmisch. [Translation from the ' Botanische Zeitung.' 

 A short paper on their mode of growth.] 



Critical Notes on British Brambles. By T. Bell Salter, M.D. 



Literature : Andersson's Plantae Scandinavia? descriptse et delineatae. 

 Reports and Papers on Botany, printed for the Ray Society, 1849. 

 Contents of journals. 



Proceedings of Societies : Liunean Socieiy. Botanical Society of 

 London. Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 



Miscellanea: Letter of inquiry from Mr. Borrer. Unarmed va- 

 riety of Ulex Europaeus. Botanical promotions in Paris. 



Contents of Hooker's Journal of Botany; No. 17, May, 1850. 



On the Structure of the Ovary of Marlea, and Affinities of Alangiese. 

 By Benjamin Clarke, Esq. 



Contributions to the Botany of Western India. By N. A. Dalziel, Esq. 



Extracts from Dr. J. D. Hooker's letters. Continued. 



Botanical Information: Letter from Berthold Seemann. Mr. Spruce's 

 journey. North-American Plants for the Herbarium. 



Notices of Books : Paxton's Flower-garden. 



