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devolving on us of recording the discoveries of our friends and 

 correspondents. 



In the Thirsk Report^ usually published monthly, there are 

 recorded for the first time the following plants new to the 

 British Isles, viz. : — Galium debile, Desvaux ; G. insubricum, 

 Lois.; G. commutatum, Jorden, has been already noticed, — two 

 additional species to one genus, and both found within a not 

 very extensive area. It is to be desired that Mr. Baker, the 

 zealous patron of this genus, will distribute examples of these 

 new British species, and collect the opinions of his botanical 

 friends on the subject ; and then write a plain statement about 

 their specific characters and distinctive marks, and publish it in 

 the ' Phytologist.^ 



Is Barbarea intermedia, Bor., a synonym of B. prcecox, or B. 

 arcuata, or B. vulgaris, of which there are more forms than one, 

 or of B. stricta, or of B. angustifolia of Ehr., or of B. angustana, 

 Boiss. ? Some remarks on this form are come to hand, and will 

 appear this month, if there be room. 



Our Flora has been enriched with another suite of Fumarias. 

 F. agraria has been adopted and discarded within the last ten 

 or twelve years. F. muralis, Sond., a south of Europe plant, has 

 been detected in Yorkshire. What do the conservatives and the 

 learned author of the ' Cybele ' say to this transgression of bo- 

 tanical boundaries? Our readers wiU learn when the second 

 edition of the ' Cybele ' appears, which it is hoped will be long 

 ante Grcecas calendas. 



A more startling novelty than any of the above-mentioned was 

 duly entered as a discovery during the past year, viz. Blechnum 

 alpinum, an antarctic Eern, or at least one only known hitherto 

 as a production of the Southern hemisphere. Grave doubts are 

 entertained about the reality of this recently-announced fact. 

 Some of our correspondents have hinted that there is probably 

 a mistake to be apprehended. It is desirable that the doubt 

 should be cleared up. The amiable author of the note on this 

 discovery is requested to communicate any further information 

 he may have received on this subject. 



Salix undulata has been announced as detected among osiers 

 in North Yorkshire. 



Delphinium Ajacis has also been again announced as a produc- 

 tion of the West of England. This is a South of Europe form 



