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1 had the good fortune to discover the Hypniim catenulatum of Schwcegrichen grow- 

 ing- on a hedge near Betsham. It differs (as j'ou will see by the enclosed specimen) 

 from the plant bearing the same name described by Hooker, in being furnished with 

 a nerve which disappears above the middle of the leaf, while in Hooker's plant the 

 nerve is not more than one fourth the length of the leaf. Bryum Tozeri, which has 

 not yet, I believe, been found east of Devonshire, grows very abundantly on the per- 

 pendicular side of a deep sand-pit in Swanscombe Park Wood. Its foliage is very 

 luxuriant, but though it bears what appears to be male fructification freely, I could not 

 discover any setae. — Id. April 13, 1842. 



139. Note on Lolium multiflomm, (Phytol. 136). The Lolium I now enclose is 

 the one mentioned at p. 136 of ' The Phytologist.' This plant was found in great 

 profusion near Manchester in June, 1840, by Messrs. Crozier and Eversfield of that 

 town; they sent me this plant under the name of Lolium perenne, var., they also sent 

 it to my friend Mr. Leyland, of Halifax, A short time afterwards Mr. Leyland was 

 in a seed-shop in that town, where they told him they had a new grass imported under 

 the name of " Italian ray-grass." It struck Mr. Leyland forcibly that this must be 

 the same as the Manchester Lolium, he of course procured a few of the seeds and had 

 them sown, and on flowering, the plants turned out to be what he expected. In June, 

 1841, in company with my friend Mr. Baines, of York, I visited the neighbourhood of 

 Tadcaster, to collect Monotropa Hypopitys, a few of the Carices, &c. We met with 

 a farmer in that part who took us a little out of our way to look at a new grass he told 

 us they had just received seeds of; on our arriving at the place it was what I expect- 

 ed — the Italian ray-grass. — Samxiel Gibson ; Hebden Bridije, December 13, 1841. 



140. Note on the two forms of Monotropa. As it is not perhaps generally known 

 that we have two very different forms of Monotropa growing in England, the follow- 

 ing account of them may be acceptable to some of the readers of ' The Phytologist. 

 1 . Monotropa Hypopitys of authors. In this form of the plant the edges of the outer 

 petals (or what Gray calls the calyx) ciliated with strong hairs ; inside of the inner (or 

 true) petals densely covered with the same kind of hairs ; stamens also hairy, hairs 

 pointing forward. This form of the plant grows in shady woods, in soil composed of 

 the decayed leaves of trees. I have specimens of the above form from the following 

 localities: — East Kent, collected about 1836, sent to me by my friend E. H. Bulton, 

 Esq. : Cotswold Hills, by Mr. Lees : Reigate, Surrey, by Mr. Luxford : and from 

 Jackdaw Crags, near Tadcaster, Yorkshire, gathered in that locality by myself. I have 

 also a specimen from the late E. Hobson, answering to the above characters, but the 

 locality is unknown to me. 2. Monotropa Icevipetala, mihi. In this, the more rare 

 form of our Monotropa, the outer and inner petals are smooth in every part ; the sta- 

 mens also are quite smooth. This plant grows in sand, as at Southport, &c. I have 

 a specimen of this form from the north-west end of Selborn Hanger, for which I am 

 indebted to my friend Mr. Tatham ; and have seen other specimens from the same 

 locality, all of them answering to the above characters. I have also specimens ga- 

 thered at Southport in 1840, by Linnsus Aughton (said to be the original discoverer, 

 Phytol. 149), and others gathered by a lady in 1836. Besides these I have a speci- 

 men gathered at Southport in August, 1789, by the late James Bolton, author of Fi- 

 lices Britannicae.' This specimen was in the herbarium of the late Dr. Dinely ; that 

 herbarium was sold by auction about twenty-five years ago, and fell into my hands 

 for the small sum of two shillings and sixpence ; it contained a few rare plants, such 

 as Cardamine bellidifolia, &c. Specimens of this plant [Monotropa] gathered fifty 



