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less compass than the work itself. Gaudin's ' Botanical Topography 

 of Switzerland' forms an octavo of 667 pages, and Mr. Watsons 'Bo- 

 tanist's Guide for England and Wales,' in a smaller form, contains 

 398. The larger extent of country embraced in the ' Tourist's Flora' 



would necessarily occupy more space. 



Joseph Woods. 



Lewes, Sussex, October, 1850. 



Contents of- Hooker's Journal of Botany] No. 22, October, 1850. 



Notes on the Botany, Weather, &c, of the United States. By Dr. 

 W. A. Bromfield. 



Continuation of Mr. Spruce's Letters from South America. 



Extract of a Letter from Dr. J. E. Stocks ; being an account of a 

 journey into Beloochistan. 



Appendix to the ' Spicilegia Gorgonea,' published in the ' Flora of 

 the Niger Expedition.' By P. B. Webb, Esq. 



Botanical Information : Amherstia nobilis. Mr. Sullivant's new 

 Mosses and Hepaticse from Tierra del Fuego. The Gingko-tree 

 (Salisburia adiantifolia) on Boston Common. 



Contents of the ' Botanical Gazette] No 22, October, 1850. 



On Carex ampullacea (Good.) and Carex vesicaria (Linn.) ; with 

 remarks on their modifications of form. By N, J. Andersson. [These 

 species are said to change gradually, and correspondingly, with in- 

 crease of elevation, and with other conditions analogous in influence, 

 until the former appears to become C. rotundata (IVahl.), and the 

 second to become C. pulla (Good.). It would seem further, from the 

 author's remarks, that English botanists have been misled in substi- 

 tuting the name of C. saxatilis (Linn.) for that of C. pulla; the Lin- 

 nean name more probably having been intended for C. rigida (Good.). 

 The paper is translated from the * Flora' of May 21, 1850.] 



On Triticum laxura (Fries). By Charles C. Babington, M.A. 

 [A description of a sea-side grass, probably not scarce on the shores 

 of Britain, which is usually regarded as a small form of Triticum jun- 

 ceum. Said to be distinguishable from the latter species by flat (not 

 involute) leaves, which are rendered scabrous on the upper surface by 



