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same, from other parts of Britain, and have not been able to dis- 

 tinguish between this plant, S. neglecta, Weihe, and S. media. 

 For descriptions, the works mentioned above, and Lloyd^s ' Flore 

 de rOuest,^ may be consulted. 



" Cerastium pwnilum, Curtis. Mr. More also sends from Bem- 

 bridge Down, in the Isle of Wight, a series of spec imens of this 

 long-lost species. It is a plant which no doubt most of our mem- 

 bers will be very glad to have. It is closely allied to C. tetran- 

 drum, but differs in its manner of growth, and by its curved pe- 

 dicels. 



"Althaa officinalis. Mr. W. Richardson sends examples from 

 ^bog above Fleatham bridge, Northumberland, August, 1859,' 

 and writes respecting them, — ' Although Hippuris vidgaris, Pond- 

 weeds, and Water Plantain, are growing not ten yards from it, I 

 have my doubts about its being really wild. What makes me 

 doubt is, that upon the bankside just at hand there are a bush 

 or two of Ribes Grossularia, and some remains of masonry, as if 

 there had been a garden there at some distant period. There 

 are three or four patches of the Alth<2a.' It is not known as 

 an indigenous plant of the Tyne province. 



" Vicia hybrida, Smith. Mr. H. C. Watson sends a series of 

 examples of the Glastonbury Tor plant, garden-grown, from seeds 

 furnished by Mr. T. B. Flower. 



" Agrimonia odorata, Mill. The Eev. W. H. Purchas sends 

 specimens from Staunton Harold, Leicestershire. It is an addi- 

 tion to the Flora of the Trent province. 



" Rubus corylifolius, Smith. Mr. John Barton sends an ex- 

 ample collected with Circcea alpina in Glen Urquhart, a glen 

 which runs into Loch Ness, fourteen miles south of the town of 

 Inverness. This station is in the 15th or East Highland province 

 of the ' Cybele :' the 13th, or West Lowland province, is its pre- 

 viously ascertained northern limit. 



" Lamium intermedium, Fries. Through the courtesy of Mr. 

 More, I have been favoured with a sight of the plant which has 

 been reported under this name from the Isle of Wight (Phyt., 

 o. s., vol. iii. p. 665). To me it appears to be simply a luxuriant 

 form of L. incisum, and different to the true L. intermedium of 

 Fries as found in several of the northern provinces. 



"Plantago arenaria. Mr. H. C. Watson forwards an example of 

 this species, and writes with it, — ' Plantago arenaria is gathered 



