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on each side. The capsules are situated at the base of the bracts 

 they are nearly spherical, and of a pale yellowish green colour. 



In my observations on the supposed uses of Lycopodium clavatum 

 a ludicrous blunder occurs. I have surmised that Lightfoot, whose 

 * Flora Scotica' was published in 1777, borrowed an idea from Wah- 

 lenberg, who wrote in 1826. The name of Mattegras is of old date, 

 so that the reasoning of the passage is still sound. 



Edwaed Newman. 



Sir, 



Art. XX. — Additions to Luxford's ' Reigate Floral 

 Communicated by H. M. Holman, Esq. 



18, St. Thomas's St. East, August 12, 1841. 



The following plants have been detected in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Reigate, by various observers, since the publication of 

 the 'Reigate Flora' in 1838. If you think the list possesses suffi- 

 cient interest to be printed, it is quite at your service. 



Yours, &c. 



H. M. Holman. 



To the Editor of 'The Phytologist.' 



Hippuris vulgaris. Plentiful in the mill- 

 pond at Leatherhead. 



Lemna trisulca. Castle-moat. 



Scirpus jluitans. Pools on Earlswood 

 Common. 



Eriophorum vaginatum. Leith Hill, plen- 

 tiful. 



Milium effusum. Plentiful in a copse to 

 the right of the foot-path leading from 

 Rice Bridge to Gadbrook : lane lead- 

 ing from Reigate Heath to Colley Hill. 



Aira Jlexuosa. Redstone Hill, near Mes- 

 pilus germanica: on Reigate Heath, 

 in Chart Lane, &c. ; common. 



Poa nemoralis. On both banks of the lane 

 leading from Cockshot Hill to Gan- 

 der's Hall. 



Triodia decumbens. Redhill. 



Festuca bromoides. About Redhill. 



Bromus secalinus. Corn-fields between 

 Merstham and Coulsdon. 



Avena pubescens. Very abundant at the 

 foot of Reigate Hill. 



Dipsacus pilosus. Right hand of the road 

 from Wonham Mill to Betchworth; 

 1841. NorburyPark. 



Centunculus yninimus. Abundant on Rei- 

 gate Heath. 



Potamogeton pectinatu^. Pond in a copse 

 at the foot of Reigate Hill. 



Cynoglossum sylvaticum. Hedges left of 

 the road between the Burford Inn and 

 the Running Horses, Mickleham ; al- 

 so plentiful in Norbury Park. 



Hottonia palustris. Ditches at Burstow. 



Campanula latifolia. A considerable quan- 

 tity in a copse on High Trees Farm. 



Rhamnus catharticus. Hedges at the foot 

 of Reigate Hill and Colley Hill. 



Cuscuta Europaa. Banks of the Mole 

 between Mickleham and Leatherhead, 

 on nettles and mallows. 



