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together with Lavandula Stcechas, Cisfus albidus and salvitsfolius, 

 Ulex parviflorjis, Euphorbia terracina and amygdaloides, Muscari 

 comosuniy and an Ononis, probably Natrix. In the woody hills 

 near Gerona^ in the middle of May, I had a botanical walk of 

 considerable interest. A deep shady wood of deciduous trees 

 afforded the beautiful Geum sylvaticum (otherwise atlanticum). 

 This, with Onobrychis supina, and the dwarfish and quaint Litho- 

 spermum apulum, I observed nowhere else in Spain. I found also 

 (besides many of the Barcelona plants) the beautiful Allium ro- 

 seum, the rush-like Aphyllanthes monspeliensis, with its large and 

 curiously lined azure flowers, the narrow-leaved Phillyraa (P. 

 angustifolia) of our shrubberies; a Sideritis, (I believe S. hirsuta); 

 and a characteristically southern tree of the family Urtice<s, Celtis 

 australis, the Micocoulier of the south of France : not to men- 

 tion Helleborus foetidus, Aquilegia vulgaris, Alyssum calycimum, 

 Potentilla reptans, and sundry common Ranunculi and Reli- 

 ant hema. 



(To be continued.) 



MAIANTHEMUM BIFOLIUM. 

 To the Editor of the ' Phytologist.^ 



Sir, — At the beginning of the present month (June, 1861), I 

 visited the habitat of the Maianthemum bifolium, in Forge Valley, 

 near Scarborough, and found it growing in great abundance. The 

 following remarks refer to it : — It extends about ninety yards in 

 a continuous line, on the brow of a steep cliff, with a north- 

 easterly aspect, and in some places reaches down the embank- 

 ment twenty yards or upwards. Within these limits it is in 

 some places so dense that a foot could not be put down without 

 treading on some of the barren leaves. It is shaded by Oak, 

 Mountain Ash, and Birch, and grows in black peat. I think 

 that it is to be wished, with regard to this plant, that some one 

 of our eminent botanists would visit the locality, and give his 

 opinion as to its claims as a native. Should it be denied a place 

 among our indigenous plants, it would become a question what 

 period of time would it require to establish it in the manner it 

 is. Its companion, Trientalis europaa, grows in complete beds, 



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