352 BOTANICAL NOTES, NOTICES, AND QUERIES. [NoVembeV. 



CiNCLIDIUM STYGIUM. 



Sir C. Bunbury, Bart., exhibited a specimen of CincUdium stygium, a 

 rare Moss, discovered on Tuddenham Heath, near Miklenhall, in Novem- 

 ber last, by Mr. Edmund Skepper, a zealous and intelligent botanist of 

 Bury St. Edmund's. This Moss is new to the Elora of Suffolk. Tudden- 

 ham Heath was long since noted as the locality of several rare plants, and 

 especially of Llparis Loeselii. — From the ' Gardeners' Chronicle ' of Decem- 

 ber 15, 1860. 



Addenda to the List of Oxfordshire Mosses. 



The Bryum pallescens, near Parktown, proves on closer examination to 

 be B. idiffmosum, with the operculum larger and less oblique than usual. 

 Fruit, July. 



Bryum incUnatum was accidentally omitted. One large tuft grew on a 

 decayed Willow, near Sparsey Bridge. Emit, June. H. Bosvvell. 



Oxford, August 5, 1861. 



Verbascum thapsiforme. 



Some readers of the ' Phytologist ' have heard from private sources that 

 this rare British Verbascum was discovered last August not far from Ash- 

 ford, Kent. A correspondent has promised to supply a detailed notice of 

 the history, relations, and recent discovery of this species ; and it is hoped 

 that his account will appear in the next monthly issue. 



- Othello, Act 1, Scene 3. — logo to Roderigo (speaking of Othello) : 

 " These Moors are changeable in their wills : fill thy purse with money. 

 The food that to him now is as luscious as Locusts, shall be to him shortly 

 as bitter as Coloquintida." 



Communications have been received from 



W. Pamplin; John Sim; Sidney Beisly; H. Beisly; W. P.; C. J. Ash- 

 field ; T. R. A. Briggs ; W. Winter ; t. Stansfield ; W. Marshall ; W. 

 Eichardson; the Eev. G. Mackfarlaue ; H. C. ; W. Richardson, jun. ; 

 J. S. M, ; Eev. E. H. Webb. 



BOOKS, ETC., EECEIVED FOR EEVIEW. 



The Queen, September 14. 



The Canadian Naturalist and Geologist, for February, April, June, and 

 August. 



Cleghorn's Forests and Gardens of South India. 

 The lodmorden Post, October 12 th. 



Page 297, line 10 from bottom, for y. spicata, read F. (Fmnaria) spicata. 

 Page 299, line 10, for concisely read copiously ; line 15, for digitalis read seyetalis. 

 Page 300, line 25, for Rhine read Rhone. 



