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botanists not to confound it with Grayia, Hooker and Arnott. " 

 The author naively remarks that " the similarity of sound certainly 

 is great (are they not identical ?) ; but as there are two British 

 peerages (one Grey and the other Gray) which are held to be 

 sufficiently different^ we trust that our Greyia and Grayia may 

 without confusion also be admitted/^ Shade of Linnseus^ what 

 would you say, if you were to revisit the scene of your former 

 triumphs, and were permitted to speak your mind ? 



The second novelty is Sterculia Alewandri, and the third is 

 AnagaUis Hutio7ii ; both these are described in the April number 

 of the Review, and figured in the January part. This latter plant 

 does not differ very materially from AnagaUis arvensis. It is said 

 that the root is probably perennial. It would be worth while to 

 inquire whether or not the root of A. at'vensis would not be- 

 come occasionally perennial in South Africa. 



This part of the ' Natural History Heview ' (April, 1859, p. 

 155) contains also another valuable botanical paper by our oc- 

 casional correspondent, D. Moore, the learned Curator of the 

 Botanical Gardens of Glasnevin. This paper, which is on pp. 

 155-160, is named '^ Observations on some plants, considered by 

 M. de Candolle to be alien and introduced into Britain. Also 

 notices of some new species to the Irish Flora (species new to 

 the Irish Flora ?), with additional habitats (localities?) of others 

 hitherto supposed to be rare." The author of this paper states 

 that on studying the learned author's chapter on the species 

 naturalized in Great Britain (Ireland is excluded) and also " a very 

 able article" on the same subject, which appeared in the 'Phy- 

 tologist^ for June, 1858, "I was led to consider the conclusions 

 come to respecting several plants attentively, in so far as con- 

 cerns Ireland." It is not very clear how the author of this very 

 Avell-written paper could " consider the conclusions come to " 

 on a subject where nothing has been concluded by any of the 

 learned botanical geographers referred to by the writer. 



The first plant noticed is Stratiotes aloides, which Mr. Moore 

 maintains to be a genuine native of England, in direct opposition 

 to Professor De Candolle, who ranks it among the plants which 

 have been naturalized from a great distance. In England, wher- 

 ever this plant is found, as in the eastern lowlands, viz. the 

 counties of Norfolk, Huntingdon, Lincoln, etc.,"^ it presents the 



* This plant has been recently reported from Perth. 



