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means plentiful. This very minute but interesting moss differs very widely from the 

 other species of the genus, in its patent serrated leaves, which are beautifully reticu- 

 lated, with the nerve disappearing below the point. I shall be glad to supply any of 

 your correspondents with specimens — of the former species more particularly, until my 

 stock shall have become exhausted. — Wm. Hanson; Reigate, November 7, 1842. 



232. Cibotium Baromez, (Phytol. 63). I must tell you that I again have a fine 

 frond of Cibotium Baromez, seven feet long, sparingly in fruit. This is the third 

 time the plant has fruited with us, which is rather singular, as there has been no par- 

 ticular care bestowed upon it; and why should it persist in flowering here and not 

 elsewhere ? — David Cameron ; Botanic Garden, Birmingham, November 8, 1842. 



233. Note on Hypericum perforatum, ^. angmtifolium, Koch; H. veronense, Schrank. 

 As this plant has not been noticed by any British writer, perhaps it will be interesting 

 to some of your readers to know that it has been found this season. On the 6th of 

 July last, in company with my friend Mr. Tatham, I made a short excursion in 

 the immediate neighbourhood of Settle, for the purpose of making myself ac- 

 quainted with a few of the Carices of that part. At Giggleswick Scar I met with the 

 above Hypericum; the plant was plentiful, but as it was only just coming into flower 

 at that time, I did not gather much of it. As Mr. Tatham is on the spot I may per- 

 haps, through his kindness, be able to procure specimens next season. — Samuel Gib- 

 son ; Hebden Bridge, November 8, 1842. 



[The receipt of Mr Gibson's communication reminded us of a specimen of a nar- 

 row-leaved Hypericum, received in 1839 from Mr. Cameron, of the Birmingham Bo- 

 tanic Garden. It is labelled " Hypericum perforatum, var. microphyllum ? Ludlow: 

 1839." Not being able to find the letter which accompanied the specimen, we wrote 

 to Birmingham respecting it, and have been favoured with the following reply from 

 Mr. Westcott. Our specimen is much more branched than Hypericum perforatum 

 generally is, the branches being nearly erect ; the leaves are very narrow, and their 

 edges revolute. — Ed.'] 



234. Note on the narrow-leaved Hypericum from Ludlow. The Hypericum was 

 first observed by Mr. Cameron and myself, in the year 1839, on the walls of Ludlow 

 Castle, and since that time on many of the walls which surround the Castle. I have 

 also this year found it on the rocks of Whitcliffe, and on the hedge-banks near the 

 Angel-bank, Clee hills. In the year 1839, Mr. Cameron and myself brought roots of 

 it from the walls of the Castle, and on our return they were planted in the Binning- 

 ham Botanic Garden, where the plant has continued to flourish, still retaining its cha- 

 racter. I have some recollection that we sent you a specimen on our return, under 

 the name of Hypericum perforatum, var. microphyllum ; but on further observation I 

 conceive it to be distinct from that plant in its inflorescence, and as I cannot find that 

 such a variety is described in any author to which I have access, I have called it H. 

 perforatum, var. linearifolium. The plant is from one foot to a foot and a half high, 

 less branched, and in all its parts much smaller than Hypericum perforatum ; branches 

 more erect and compact, not diffuse ; inflorescence more corymbose than paniculate. 

 — Fred. Westcott ; Violet Place, Spring Street, Edgbaston, November 21, 1842. 



235. Lapsana pmilla, Willd. I had the pleasure to meet with this singular and 

 interesting little plant, in considerable abundance, during the late season (1842), in 

 the sandy meadows west of the " Broom fields," on Bexley Heath. I believe it is 

 scarce in some districts ; it is not mentioned in either the Faversham, the Yorkshire, 

 the Manchester, or any other local Flora to which I have referred, nor do I remember 



