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present is C. muvicata, as we have two very different plants passing 

 under this name. One of them grows in bogs and other like places, 

 and has a fruit like Mr. Leighton's figure, marked Pentland hills ; 

 the other form grows on dry ground, and is a much more slender 

 plant, with narrower leaves, and a fruit more like Leighton's fig. &. 

 As these two forms do not well agree, it would perhaps be more con- 

 venient to separate them, the smaller form being the same as the Ca- 

 rex Hookeriana of the American botanists. I think this step the 

 more advisable, as this form will just stand between the larger or true 

 muricata and divulsa. The first or larger form grows at Weston bog, 

 near Otley, and many other places in Yorkshire. The second or 

 smaller form I have from Reigate, given to me by Mr. Luxford ; and 

 from Bingley, by Mr. Ainley. I have other specimens from Scotland 

 and many of the English counties ; my American specimens are from 

 Mr. Nuttal. Much might be said on the nomenclature of some others 

 of our Carices, such as the distans of Withering, which is the speiro- 

 stachya of Smith, and now the fulva of Hooker and others. — Id. 



395. Birch Wine. I have often drank a beautiful wine in this 

 neighbourhood, sparkling like champagne, which is made without su- 

 gar, water or spirit, being merely the sap of the birch-tree, boiled with 

 honey and fermented with a little yeast. The birch grows abundant- 

 ly about Bucklebury near here, so that on the advance of spring these 

 trees are tapped, and a hollow tube inserted into the hole, through 

 which the sparkling sap flows drop by drop into a vessel placed be- 

 low. Fine weather is, of course, best for this operation. — William 

 Hewett ; East Ilsley, Berks. 



396. Localities of a few Plants lately ohserved. 

 GLAMORGANSHIRE, (in addition to Mr. Gutch's List, Phytol. 104, &c.) 



Lepidium latifolium. Near Neath. Atriplex littoralis. Swansea. 



Brassica oleracea. Cliffs near Dunraven. Schcenus nigricans. Cromlyn bog. 



Erodium maritimum. Near Swansea. Scirpus maritimus. About Neath. 



CEnothera biennis. Near Neath. Eriophorum -polystachion. Cromlyn bog. 



Spergula nodosa. Near Pennard castle. Carex extensa. Near Neath. 



Campanula glomerata. Near Dunraven. Poa maritima. Ditto. 



Borage officinalis, (with white flowers). Triticum junceum. Ditto, and Cromlyn 



Near St. Donat's. burrows. 



Statice Limonium. Near Neath. 



Marrubium vulgare. Near Port Eynon. Cnicus tuberosus. Between St. Donat's & 



Orobanche barbata. Oystemiouth castle Dunraven. I have not heard of any 



ruins. recorded habitat for this plant, ex- 



Ruscus aculeatus. Shore of Oxwich bay, cept the Wiltshire one ; and should 



near Pennard castle. like to know if it has been found 



Rumex Hydrolapathum. Cromlyn bog. anywhere else in England or Wales. 



