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iLat the glands belong entirely to the medullary rays, on which they 

 are placed obliquely, and somewhat prominent beyond the membrane 

 com]iosing the ray. They are much smaller than the glands of the 

 woody tissue, and of different shape. — Id. 



311. Note on the Locality of P<Bonia Corallina. I observed this 

 plant gTowing in the rocky clefts of the Steep Holmes, in the Severn, 

 in the summer of 1836, but it was then nearly destroyed by destruc- 

 tive visitors. When first added to the English Flora by the late Sir 

 Francis B. Wright, in 1803, he observed it growing in great plenty on 

 the island. A solitary plant was some time since observed growing 

 in the centre of a large wood near Bath, Somerset, by Miss Lonsdale; 

 but I am informed it has recently been dug up. — T. B. Flower ; 8, 

 Surrey St., Straucl, May 6, 1843, 



312. Note on a new British Lichen. I wish to communicate to 

 botanists by ' The Phytologist,' the discovery of a lichen new to the 

 British Isles, namely, the Lecidea Wahlenbergii of Acharius, which I 

 found on Ben Nevis, Inverness-shire, last July, upon the west side of 

 the mountain, about three parts up, above Loch Nevis. This will be 

 a very interesting addition to the next edition of the 'British Flora.' — 

 Fred. Bainhridge ; 2, Beulah Place, Harrogate, Yorkshire, May 8, 

 1843. 



313. Note on Brymn androgynuin, Hedw. As the time of fruiting 

 is not stated in the description of this moss in ' English Flora,' and it 



appears from the remark — " Fruit ? very rare," — to be of unfre- 



quent occurrence in a fertile state ; 1 have thought that a notice of its 

 discovery with capsules near London, would not be unacceiDtable to 

 some of your readers. I found it in the early part of last April, with 

 Iruit not quite mature, growing on a shady bank on the south side of 

 Abbey wood, near Erith, Kent, but in small quantity. Within a few 

 feet was Tetraphis pellucida, al?,o \nix\x\i.—' IV. Mitten; 9\, Black- 

 man St., Boro, May 8, 1843. 



314. Note on Centranthus Calcitrapa. In your September No. 

 (Phytol. 309) appeared a critique by Mr. Babington, on some of the 

 contents of the last Edinburgh Catalogue of phsenogamous plants. 

 Among other subjects, allusion is made to Centranthus Calcitrapa, in 

 the following woi'ds: — "This has but slender claims to be considered 

 a British plant, as it has only been found, in a naturalized state, at 

 Eltham (.?) in Kent." I do not presume to question the opinion of 

 this eminent botanist, as to the slight claims possessed by this plant 

 to rank among our native productions. The note of interrogation 

 probably implies a doubt as to the exact locality in which the plant 



