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on the spot can most satisfactorily decide this point : we give 

 no opinion, because we have no specimens. 



Verbascum virgatum is another plant about which the author 

 is not quite positive that it may not be a stray, like the Caucalis, 

 Borago, Anchusa sempervirens, etc. He does not indicate a 

 doubt about the genuineness of the localities for Ornithogalum 

 umbellatum, Gagea lutea, Galanthus nivalis, Crocus vernus, Nar- 

 cissus Pseudonarcissus ; nor does he hesitate about that of 

 Saxifraga umbrosa ; he merely says that his belief is that this 

 form should be called S. hirsuta. 



The Gentianacea, as might be expected, abound here. The 

 most remarkable are Gentiana Pneumonanthe, G. campestris, 

 Chlora perfoliata, Menyanthes trifoliata, Erythraa littoralis, 

 [E. linaricefolia). Is Erythreea latifolia absent? We have seen 

 what is so called, from the vicinity of Liverpool. Possibly our 

 author may agree with some botanists who cannot discover good 

 distinctive characters whereby they can satisfactorily separate 

 E. pulchella, E. linarieefolia, and E. latifolia from E. Centauriwn. 



The rarer Composite are Senecio saracenicus and S. viscosus ; 

 Hieracium murorum is reported as " frequent on old walls, and 

 on heaps of rubbish." We have never seen it on walls. Our 

 belief is that the plant which is so common on the walls of 

 Chester is H. sylvaticum, var. maculatum, or H. vulgatum. We 

 are pretty certain that the Hieracium on old walls about Becken- 

 ham and Sydenham is H. vulgatum ; and we further believe that 

 this Hieracium. received its name of murorum because it never 

 grows on walls, as lucus a non luce ado. » 



Pyrola rotundifolia is one of the most interesting plants of 

 the district, and here it abounds. Bartsia viscosa, a still greater 

 rarity, grows at Lytham, at the back of the sandhills. Butomus 

 umbellatus, with Stratiotes aloides, grows near Preston. Mentha 

 piperita and M. rotundifolia, Drosera anglica, D. intermedia, 

 and D. rotundifolia, Andromeda polifolia, Vaccinium Vitis-idaa, 

 V. Oxy coccus, Potentilla verna, Epipactis palustris, Hydrocharis 

 Morsus-rance, etc., grow in this part of Lancashire. Our list is 

 not nearly exhausted, but our readers^ patience will not last for 

 ever. Enough has been told to induce botanists to pay a visit to 

 Preston, where they will have far more enjoyment in seeing and 

 collecting the floral treasures of the district, than in merely 

 being informed whereabout they are to be found. R. 



