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or species, and is said by some to be D. Consolida. of the ' Flora 

 Grseca/ Perhaps the Thirsk Natural History Society have some 

 examples of this plant for distribution. 



Glaucium phmniceum has also been observed between Shore- 

 ham and Brighton. It is a very rare visitant of our shores. 

 It was also seen at Wandsworth a few years ago. It must 

 therefore still retain its place in our British lists, but not as one of 

 the erroneously recorded, as the learned authors of the ' London 

 Catalogue ' generously tell us. 



Muscari racemosum has also recently been discovered on Gog- 

 raagog Hills, Cambridge. It was reported from Colchester nearly 

 thirty years ago. It grew then on the debris of the ruined wall 

 not far from St. Mary^s Church. Is it there still? Are the 

 remains of the old wall still there ? Mr. Babington indorses the 

 Cambridge station as a genuine one — that it is not a mere waif 

 or stray in that place. This is high authority for determining 

 the name and relations of the plant ; but anybody who knows 

 plants might determine whether it was a permanent growth of 

 that station or only a straggler. It was well established in the 

 Colchester locality, and it may have been there for centuries, and 

 might continue for ages to come if the place remains undisturbed. 



Another addition to the list of spontaneous-growing British 

 plants is Claytonia alsinoides, of which numerous and good speci- 

 mens have been received. Further notice of this interesting addi- 

 tion would be unnecessary ; its locality and distinctive characters 

 are recorded in our last year's issues {see Index) ; but it may not be 

 superfluous to remark that this plant was recorded in Baxter's 

 ' Genera of British Plants/ but was entirely neglected, or ignored, 

 or abandoned by all subsequent writers on British botany — for 

 what reason conjecture must be silent. The Editor respect- 

 fully directs attention to the work above quoted, which, like the 

 rare gem it rescued from oblivion, has been produced not to 

 blush unseen, but it has seldom or ever been consulted by the 

 compilers of British Floras. Who quotes Baxter's ' Genera 

 of British Plants'? It is to be hoped that some enterprising 

 publisher will undertake and publish a new edition of this valu- 

 able work. 



Asperula arvensis and Amaranthus Blitum have both been 

 reported from stations much further from the South of England 

 than the usually recorded localities of these very uncertain plants. 



