143 HYPERICUM HiRCixuM. [May, 



5. Submerged leaves flaccid 7 



Submerged leaves rigid ^ B. floribundus. 



6. Floating leaves spreading like a fan R. 7'Jdpiphyllus. 



Floating leaves cut into radiating lobes .... R. radians. 



7. Pistils exceeding stamens, carpels swollen at top . R. Baudotii. 

 Stamens longer than pistils, carpels narrowed at top R. confusus. 

 (From Boreau, 'Flore du Centre de la F'rance,' ed. 3, 1857 ; except 



R.floribmidus, which is taken from ' Babington's Manual.' ed. 4, 1856.) 



HYPERICUM HIECmUM. 



On the occurrence of Hypericum hircinurn, L., and Tmpatiens 

 parviflora, DC, near Liverpool. By Thomas Kirk. 



Ill a packet of plants collected in tlie vicinity of Liverpool by 

 ray brother, Mr. George Kirk, I find specimens of the above. A 

 brief notice of the circumstances under which they were found 

 will probably prove interesting to British botanists. 



Hypericum hircinurn, L. "In great abundance and luxuri- 

 ance, sometimes attaining the height of from four to five feet, 

 amongst thickets of brambles, etc., in the old lane by Ince Blun- 

 dell Park. There is no trace of its having escaped from culti- 

 vation. '^ 



A native of the south of Europe, distinguished from H. Andro- 

 seemum, L., by its cordate-lanceolate leaves, and from H. anglicum, 

 Ber., by its short sepals and its styles not exceeding the stamens. 



Imijatiens parviflora, DC. "In small quantity in a paddock 

 near Sedforth church, and abundantly in a small yard and about 

 a ruined pigstye ; also where a boiler for steaming food for cattle 

 formerly stood, at no great distance from the first-mentioned 

 habitat.^' 



From the nature of its habitat in this instance we can have 

 little doubt of its having been introduced with foreign grain. 

 It is a native of Mongolia, and, Tartar-like, seems disposed to 

 wander. Mr. Borrer informed me that it had escaped from his 

 garden at Henfield, and thoroughly established itself upon a turfy 

 bank and in two adjacent timber-yards, filling up the interstices 

 between the timber, so that we may soon expect to see its claim 

 to denizenship fully established. 



