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can be no doubt that the true British or Welsh nomenclature is 

 dilated by Davies with names made up from those of other languages. 

 This unavoidably detracts from the trustiness of his work in many 

 cases, although it may likely be correct enough in the main. 



Now, if a botanist could show that certain genuine Irish, Welsh, 

 Scottish, or even old English names clearly applied to any of the 

 trees and shrubs whose nativity is disputed at the present day, and 

 were not applicable to any other resembling trees or shrubs, this sort 

 of evidence would go far towards removing those doubtfully indige- 

 nous into the category of true native species ; and it might also assist 

 in showing how far the species were naturally spread in the British 

 Islands. 



Hewett C. Watson. 



Thames Ditton, June 7, 1850. 



New Habitat for Thlaspi perfoliatum. 

 By James Buckman, Esq. 



At Sapperton, near Stroud, the Great Western Railway passes 

 along a tunnel named after the village. At the top of this, towards 

 the north end, are some old quarry ings, about which the plant grows 

 in profusion : it also occurs towards the southern end of the top of 

 the same tunnel, about old quarryings. Found by Mr. Ball. The 

 occurrence of this plant in or about stone quarries is curious : it is 

 found about Eyeford, near Stow, and at the Seven-springs, near 

 Bourton-on -the- Water, in the northern Cotteswold district, and in each 

 in and about old quarries. 



J. Buckman. 



June, 1850. 



Discovery of Orchis hircina in Suffolk. 

 By E. N. Bloomfield, Esq. 



Mr. Watson in his ' Cybele Britannica' expresses a doubt whether 

 the Orchis hircina still exists in the British Islands, and mentions 

 that in the case of several habitats which had been communicated to 

 him as belonging to this plant, Habenaria bifolia or H. chlorantha had 

 been mistaken for it. I think therefore that it may be interesting to 



