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I have no doubt however that Mr. Gardiner gathered the plants in 

 these localities, without any knowledge of what had been done by 

 others, and he deserves credit for the careful manner in which he has 

 examined our alpine Flora. The other phanerogamous plants men- 

 tioned in Mr. G.'s list were picked in stations well known to all those 

 who have botanized in the rich districts of Clova and Glen Isla, more 

 especially to such as have accompanied Prof. Graham in his delight- 

 ful excursions. A notice of most of them will be seen in the reports 

 published by Dr. Graham in the ' Edinburgh Philosophical Journal.' 

 I am glad to see that Mr. Gardiner found Alopecurus alpinus in pro- 

 fusion in the old station near Loch Dharval. — J. H. Balfour ; Glas- 

 gow, April 9, 1844. 



476. Corrections of some errors in Mr. Gardiner''s List of Plants. 

 My friend Professor Balfour has pointed out to me my mistake in sup- 

 posing the stations for Lychnis viscaria and Carex rariflora (Phytol. 

 915-16) to be new, and I therefore gladly embrace the earliest oppor- 

 tunity of correcting it. I was perfectly unaware of these stations 

 being previously known, and shall always be exceedingly thankful for 

 any such corrections. For Caulochen, passim, read Canlochen. P. 

 917, line 6, for Didymodon inclinatus ^Sw^.read 8w. ; line 13, for Car- 

 lowrie, read Carlowie. The specimen supposed to be Cetraria juni- 

 perina has turned out to be only a young state of Parmelia caperata. 

 Wm. Gardiner ; Dundee, April, 1844. 



477. TJie Sidlaw-hills. In an excursion to the Sidlaw-hills the 

 other day, 1 had the pleasure of gathering Buxbaumia aphylla for 

 about the tenth time ; also Grimmia Doniana, Diphyscium foliosum, 

 Zygodon Mougeotia, Jungermannia cordifolia, Stereocaulon paschale, 

 and various other good things. Empetrum nigrum was in flower. Id. 



478. Remarks on the London List of British Plants. In the new 

 London Catalogue of British Plants, we have what has been long 

 wanted, a list arranged according to the natural system, and gratitude 

 is due from all botanists to the gentlemen who have been instrumen- 

 tal in publishing it. But how is it, that after having the nomenclature 

 of our native plants completely revolutionized by the Edinburgh So- 

 ciety's list, which was to make our names agree with the continental 

 ones, and set all errors to rights, — how is it, I ask, that we now have 

 so curious a compromise between the new and the old nomenclatures ? 

 For while (to students of Smith and Hooker) Equisetum fluviatile ap- 

 pears under the name of E. Telmateia, Carex caespitosa under that of 

 Goodenovii, and Orobus sylvaticus of Vicia Orobus ; Arrhenatherum 

 avenaceum, on the other hand, returns to Avena elatior ; the genus 



