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Spruce had been anticipated in his discovery of that plant in York- 

 shire, I carefully looked through Baines's ' Flora of Yorkshire ' (to 

 which Mr. Gibson refers us for this information), aye, examined it 

 " from title-page to colophon," Addenda and all, but not a word could 

 I find about Carex paradoxa. The only Carices named as growing in 

 Ascham bogs, are C. teretiuscula and C. Pseudo-cyperus ; and neither 

 under these species, nor in any other part of the book, so far at least 

 as I can see, is there anything to invalidate the claim of Mr. Spruce 

 to the honor of having been the first to discover C. paradoxa in York- 

 shire, and consequently in England. — Geo. Luxford; August 4, 1844. 



513. Note on Mr. Gihsofi's Remarks on Carices. On receiving the 

 last number of * The Phytologist,' I was a little surprized to find that 

 Mr. Gibson, in the exercise of his combative propensities, has thought 

 fit to make an unprovoked attack upon me. As it is just possible that 

 some one may be misled by it, I trouble you with a word of explana- 

 tion. Mr. G. speaks of my sending the fruit of Carex teretiuscula to 

 Mr. Babington, by mistake, instead of that of the supposed C. pseu- 

 do-paradoxa. The mistake was speedily discovered and as speedily 

 corrected. Did Mr. Gibson never make a mistake ? He says that 

 Carex paradoxa was published in Baines's * Flora of Yorkshire,' 

 (Phytol. 1043) ; has any one else seen it there ? He complains that 

 I have sent different plants to several individuals as his Carex pseu- 

 do-paradoxa. The fact is, a somewhat variable plant grows at Sea- 

 man's Moss-pits ; this plant Mr. Gibson says is a new one, and he 

 calls it his Carex pseudo-paradoxa. The specimens sent by me to 

 Mr. Luxford and Mr. King, and to which he alludes, were all collected 

 there. If the plants will not square exactly with Mr. Gibson's de- 

 scription, it is their fault, not mine; of course, Mr. Gibson cannot 

 be under a mistake. Mr. G. has no occasion to visit Seaman's Moss- 

 pits to obtain his plant ; it grows in several places in the immediate 

 vicinity of Manchester, presenting variable appearances, which differ 

 almost as much from each other, as from the normal state of Carex 

 teretiuscula. — Joseph Sidebotham ; Manchester, August G, 1844. 



514. Note on Coronopus didyma. It may not be uninteresting to 

 the London readers of ' The Phytologist,' to know that the West of 

 England plant, Coronopus didyma, occurs rather plentifully in Kew 

 church-yard. I found it in that locality yesterday. It is probably a 

 derivative from the Royal gardens, but it seems to have made itself 

 quite at home, and promises to become a permanent addition to our 

 Flora, if collectors will but show it a little indulgence. — Edwd. Pal- 

 mer, M.B.S.L. ; David Place, Poplar, August 9, 1844. 



