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identical with, the Byssus barbata of ' English Botany,' as drawn by Sowerby; and at 

 p. 181 of Hooker's ' English Flora,' v. pt. ii. Fungi, it is incidentally stated that this 

 Byssus barbata of ' English Botany ' is Ozonium auricomum. No authority however 

 is given for this name, and on turning to the index for Ozonium, no such name occurs. 

 Under these circumstances, being dubious as to whether the Byssus barbata of Smith 

 and Sowerby is described at all in the cryptogamic volumes of Hooker's ' British Flo- 

 ra,' perhaps some fungological reader of ' The Phytologist ' may be able to give some 

 information on the subject, or refer me to a recent volume where the plant is noticed 

 under its present recognised name. I recollect no very late notice of the occurrence 

 of this production in local Floras. — Edwin Lees; Church-Hill Cottage, Powick, Wor- 

 cestershire, November 16, 1842. 



240. Bryum pyriforme. Under this species the authors of ' Muscologia Britanni- 

 ca ' observe — " They (the leaves) are formed, moreover, almost wholly of nerve ; there 

 being only a narrow membranous margin, which, towards the extremity, is deeply ser- 

 rated; " (Ed. 1, p. 118). I pointed out to Dr. Taylor, a few months ago, the discre- 

 pancy between this and the corresponding remarks in ' English Flora ' (quoted by Mr. 

 Gibson), and we agreed that, if not an error of the press, it was to be referred to an in- 

 advertence on the part of the author of the latter work. As to the actual facts, I have 

 assuredly never seen the leaves of Bryum pyriforme serrated " at the base:'-' my York- 

 shire specimens show faint serratures near the points of the leaves, but in a specimen 

 now before me, gathered at Blarney, near Cork, since the publication of 'Flora Hiber- 

 nica,' they are far more distinct. The figure in 'Muse. Brit.' does certainly not repre- 

 sent the leaf " deeply serrated,'' and yet I cannot doubt that the authors of that work 

 saw what they described. Mr. Gibson need not be told (for no one knows better than 

 he) that mosses, as well as other plants, are liable to variation in this respect. — Richard 

 Spruce; York, November \Q, \SA2. 



241. Note on the discovery of Statice tatarica, near Portsmouth. I beg to commu- 

 nicate to your esteemed periodical the discovery of Statice tatarica as a British plant. 

 It has been observed by myself, as well as by Mrs. Robinson of this town, on the shore 

 between Wicker Hard and Cams, on the borders of Portsmouth Harbour : I have also 

 noticed it growing by the side of Fareham Creek, from half a mile to a mile below the 

 town. I was at first undecided to what species to refer it; but on forwarding a spe- 

 cimen to Professor Lindley, he pronounced it to be S. tatarica. Its time of flowering 

 is about the same as that of S. Limonium ; and it is undoubtedly wild in both places. 

 — Wm. L. Notcutt ; Fareham, November 2\,\M2. 



Akt. CVI. — Proceedings of Societies. 



BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 



This Society held its first meeting for the season on Thursday the 10th instant, — 

 Professor Graham in the chair. James Edward Winterbottom, Esq. M.A., F.L.S. &c. 

 East Woodhay, Newbury, Berks, and Jas. Carter, Esq., M.R.C.S., Petty Cury, Cam- 

 bridge, were elected non-resident Fellows ; and Mr. John Thompson, Crowhall Mill, 

 Ridley, Northumberland, an Associate of the Society. A donation to the libiaiy was 

 announced from Thomas Brown, Esq. (per David Stuart, Esq.), and numerous par- 

 cels of plants &:c. were stated to hive been received since last meeting. 



