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pasture land which clothes the banks of the river Trent, and the waste 

 uncultivated tracts in the neighbourhood of Scotter and Laughton, 

 occupy the most prominent part of it, and cannot fail to repay the 

 researches of all those who take any interest in the botanical pro- 

 ductions of this locality. The following then are those which have 

 principally come under my observation, and which I consider most 

 worthy of notice. 



Pinguicula vulgaris. Abundant on Scotton common, but I am aware of no other 

 spot in the neighbourhood in which it occurs. 



Utricularia minor. Bogs near Laughton, but not common. 



Menyanthes trifoliata. Extremely plentiful on Laughton common and at Scotton. 



Hottonia palustris. Occurs in a pond at Knaith, but is extremely scarce. 



Lysimachia vulgaris. On the bunks of the Trent, not uncommon ; also in tolera- 

 ble abundance at Scotter. 



Anagallis tenella. Occurs sparingly on Scotton common and at Knaith. 



Gentiana Pneumonanthe. In abundance on Scotton common ; less frequent in 

 Scotter wood. 



Drosera rotundifolia and longifoUa. Plentiful on Scotton common 



Nartheciu7n ossifragum. Scotton common, and in the fens about Laughton, abndt. 



Convallaria majalis. Lea wood ; also at Manby. 



Paris quadrifolia. In Gate Burton and Lee woods in abundance. 



Butomus umhellntus. Ditches on the banks of the Trent and at Scotter. 



Reseda Luteola. Exceedingly common on the banks of the Trent. 



Geum rivale. Very common in Gate Burton wood. 



Stratiotes aloides. Said to be found near Gainsborough, but this I am inclined lo 

 think is not now the case, having never met with it in my researches, nor have I heartl 

 of its being found by other collectors. 



Galeopsis versicolor. Sparingly at Laughton, in cornfields. 



Digitalis purpurea. Scarce in the neighbourhood, but occurring in small quanti- 

 ties in fields between Gate Burton and Knaith. 



Eupatorium Cannabinum. Hedges near Susworth. 



Petasites vulgaris. Banks of the Trent near Gainsborough. 



Hahenaria bifolia. Plentiful in Gate Burton wood. 



Ophrys muscifera. One or two specimens have occurred at Manby wood, but it is 

 decidedly uncommon. 



Aceras anthropophora. Plentiful in Gate Burton wood, with Habenaria bifolia. 



Sagittana sagittifolia. Very common in the river Ean at Scotter. 



— T. V. Wollaston ; Cambridge, Februari/ 14, 18^3. 



265. Monstrosities in the Flowers of a Fuchsia. The first I shall 

 notice is interesting to the morphological enquirer, and tends strongly 

 to support the views of Professor C. Morrcn of Liege (Ann. and Mag. 

 Nat. Hist. vii. 1), that the formation of anomalous flowers is caused 

 by a descending metamorphosis, or from the centre to the circumfe- 

 rence, and which he sought to verify by the gradual changes observ- 

 able in the double variety of the common columbine, showing that 



