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alpina, Globularia vulgaris, Lactuca perennis, Phalangium Lili- 

 ago, — has any one ever answered a query about this plant, some 

 time ago entered in the ' Phytologist/ viz. Why is it called St. 

 Bruno's Lily ? I might be asked why is St. John's-wort, Herb- 

 Robert, Herb-Bennet, and several other plants, so called ? — Pohj- 

 gonatum vulgare, Cephalanthera pallens, Carex humilis. 



In the third region, that of Ardennes, several of the charac- 

 teristic plants are common both to the British Isles and to Bel- 

 gium, viz. Stellaria nemorum, Geranium sylvaticum (this plant 

 has a very extensive range; it grows in Lapland and Iceland), 

 Cerasus Padus, Agrimonia odorata, Circeea intermedia, Meum 

 Athamanticum, Trientalis europ<£a, Ajuga pyramidalis, Vacci- 

 nium uliginosum, Hypochosris maculata, Carex Icevigata, Poa 

 sudetica (only recently detected in England; see 'Phytologist' 

 for November, 1859), Festuca sylvatica, Polypodium Phegopteris, 

 Equisetum sylvaticum. 



Our author remarks that in the eastern part of this region 

 many interesting species appear, viz. Lycopodium alpinum, Carex 

 pauciflora, Juncus filiformis, Emptetrum nigrum, Viola lutea. 



The characteristic plants of the fourth region, viz. Jurassique, 

 are Campanula glomerata, Ajuga genevensis, Gentiana cruciata, 

 lUecebrum verticillatum, Helosciadium inundatum, Plantago Co- 

 ronopus, Myrica Gale, Alisma natans, Hydrocharis Morsus-rance. 



On " Vespece vegetale," there is a long article, which is humbly 

 recommended to the attention of all who are well acquainted 

 with the recent publications on the " origin of species.^' It may 

 here be briefly stated that our author is not yet a convert to 

 Mr. Darwin's views, and he quotes a recent work by Dr. Godron, 

 where it is maintained that species are immutable. 



A dictionary of botanical terms, a list of Belgian botanists — 

 among these distingues we are very much pleased to see that 

 our author makes honourable mention of the assiduity and suc- 

 cess, in the investigation of the botany of Belgium, of one of our 

 fair contributors, who has from time to time enriched the pages 

 of the ' Phytologist' with her remarks on Belgian and British 

 plants. Analytical or dichotomous tables fill up the remainder of 

 this learned, comprehensive, and well-arranged introduction to 

 the new manual of the Belgian plants. 



The descriptive part of the work is digested according to the 

 Natural System, as it is called, commencing with the Order 



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