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On the 13th of 7th Month, after parting from our kind friend, J. 

 Tatham, we left Settle by coach, and reached York that evening, hav- 

 ing greatly enjoyed our excursion in the "mountain country." 



On the 18th, two of ou^ party again proceeded into Teesdale, in 

 order to examine more fully the locality of Alsine (or Spergula) stricta. 

 We noticed Linaria purpurea on the cliflF below the ruins of Barnard- 

 castle. 



We reached Widdy-bank Fell about 6 o'clock that evening, and 

 after a long and careful search succeeded in finding the plant. Being- 

 out of flower, it was with difficulty detected, and this difficulty was 

 much increased by its growing with Arenaria verna, which was also 

 out of flower. With the exception of one solitary piece, we only 

 found it in the limited locality where it was first discovered, though 

 we searched many other likely places on the mountain very carefully. 

 Some authors have referred this plant to Spergula, some to Alsine, 

 and others to Arenaria ; it has however a decidedly three-valved cap- 

 sule, which necessarily places it in the genus Alsine. 



We discovered another fine plant of Woodsia ilvensis on a part of 

 Falcon Glints, far distant from the old locality ; likewise another soli- 

 tary plant of Saxifraga umbrosa, var. crenata. On the way we col- 

 lected some more specimens of Hieracium Lapeyrousii, which was 

 just opening its flowers. 



Aet. CCL. — Facts about the Nomenclature of Plants in the London 

 and Edinburgh Catalogues. By Hewett C. Watson, Esq. 



Some correspondents of 'The Phytologist' (Phytol. 972, 1077) have 

 been inditing censures, in the disguise of queries, on the nomencla- 

 ture of the ' London Catalogue of British Plants,' compared with that 

 of Edinburgh. An importance is given to those censures, which they 

 would not in themselves possess, by an editorial note (Id. 974) being 

 attached to one of the letters. And since ' The Phytologist ' has thus 

 spread abroad, and given weight to, censures which are not in accord- 

 ance with facts, I beg leave to say a few words upon the subject ; al- 

 although I cannot, like my friend Mr. Dennes, call myself an office- 

 bearer in the Society. 



It is virtually stated by Mr. Sidebotham, though put as a query 

 (Id. 972), that the Edinburgh Catalogue makes the names of British 

 plants correspond with those in use on the continent, by correcting 

 errors in other lists and works. Mr. Sidebotham does not specify any 



