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observed any disposition to assume a red or puq^le colotu-, as in cer- 

 tain situations agrestis may frequently be seen to do ; the peduncles 

 in agrestis are shorter than the leaves, and the cells of the capsule 

 contain few seeds, whereas in poUta the leaves are shorter than the 

 peduncles and sharply serrated, and the cells of the capsules are ma- 

 ny-seeded. These two species are admirably figured in 'English Bo- 

 tany,' poliia in tab. 783, and agrestis in tab, 2603 (Suppl.) In the 

 Shi'opshire Flora the latter species is said to be " common," while the 

 former is described as being " rare ; " we have observed these condi- 

 tions to be reversed in many parts of Surrey. 



Veronica Buxhaumii, Tenore, 'Fl. Neap.' i. 7; ' Eng. Bot. Sujopl,' 

 2769 ; the Ver.Jiliformis of Johnston, 'Fl. Berw.' i. 225, and Hook. 

 ' Br. Fl.' ed. 1, p. 6 ; distinguished from Ver. polita and agrestis, to 

 both which it is allied, by the form of the capsule, which is compress- 

 ed, obcordate, and in breadth nearly double its length, with its lobes 

 divaricated, sharply keeled, smooth and veiny. We possess speci- 

 mens raised from seeds which had been sent fi-om Sussex by Mr. 

 BoiTer, the original discoverer, to one of our friends, (now deceased) ; 

 these seedlings exhibit all the characters of their parents. Some bo- 

 tanists look upon this as a doubtftdly-indigenous species, beheving it 

 to have been either introduced with crops, or to have escaped from 

 cultivation; in a paper read before the Botanical Society, Nov. 10, 

 1836, after giving two new Scottish localities for this species. Pro- 

 fessor Graham remarks that he " had not seen either station, but was 

 inclined to believe with Dr. Dewar [the authority for these localities], 

 that the plant had not been introduced, because it had only lately been 

 cultivated, and probably has not been so yet near either of these sta- 

 tions." — First Reijort, p. 34. 



Pinguicula vulgaris, Linn. Mr. Leighton observes, — " On the 

 gradual decay of the leaves in autumn, small, round, leafy buds or hi- 

 bernacula are formed, wliich survive the winter, and are caj^able of 

 developing new plants in the spring. " Our excellent friend Mr. Ca- 

 meron, of the Birmingham Botanic Garden, first pointed out to us 

 these hibemacula on Sutton Common in Warwickshire, April 17th, 

 1835 ; when we also had the gratification of finding in flower, for the 

 first time, the local Eriophorum vaginatum, the silvery gi'ey glumes of 

 its spikes being nearly hidden by the prominent yellow anthers. On 

 the 23rd of May in the same year we paid a second visit to the Com- 

 mon, and found the Eriophorum in seed, with its beautiful silky heads 

 waving in the breeze ; the Pinguicula was then in full flower, as were 

 also Eleocharis caespitosa, Vaccinium Vitis-idaea, Empetrum nigrum. 



