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bids fair in time to reach the summit of Sydenham Hill. Eu- 

 phorbia exigua, Linaria minor, and Chenopodium polyspermum, 

 var. acutifolium, are plentiful about the roadsides. Nardosmia 

 fragrans has pushed itself under the paling, and is taking 

 possession of the side of the Lawrie Park road, not far from 

 the station. Euphorbia Cyparissias, Hypericum calycinum, and 

 some other Sydenham exotics, are probably indebted to cultiva- 

 tion for their establishment in this locality. 

 July 20th, 1860. 



DEOSEEA ANGLICA. 



On the supposed New Discovery of Drosera anglica 

 in Lancashire. 



{To the Editoi' of the Fhytologist) 



Sir, — In the Report of the Thirsk Natural History Society, 

 ' Phytologist,' vol. iv. p. 57, Drosera anglica is stated to have 

 been found in Woolston Moss, near Warrington, and sent by 

 Mr. H. Ecroyd Smith, and is recorded both in the Thirsk Eeport, 

 and in the ' Phytologist^ as a discovery of note. And it is also 

 stated, that this fact is not recorded in the fourth volume of 

 ' Cybele Britannica.' The latter fact may be truly stated, but 

 not the former. It has been long known to the botanists of 

 Manchester and Leigh, and surely of Warrington also, as a plant 

 vrhich abounds in Lancashire, and especially in the Chat Moss. 

 It appears also in a list of plants collected by Mr. D. Green of 

 Leigh, one morning in July, 1858, and this list appeared in the 

 "^ Phy tologist ' for November, 1858, p. 614.^^ 



Was the editor, like Homerus bonus, napping when this pre- 

 tended novel information was published ? Q,. 



The Editor of the ' Phytologist ' was wide awake when the 

 Thirsk Report was received and sent to press, but he does not 

 often take the liberty of altering communications sent by re- 

 porters on whose judgment and accuracy he has the utmost 

 reliance. 



It may be said in extenuation of the shortcomings of the 

 author of the Report which is the subject of animadversion, and 



* In Chat Moss, Drosera anglica is nearly as common as D. rotundifolia, etc. 

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