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one almost constituting a new work in the sixth edition of Hooker's 

 ' British Flora,' by Dr. Arnott, a most valuable contribution to British 

 botany ; and a second illustrated edition of Prof. Harvey's excellent 

 ' Manual of British Algae.' Numerous other works of less general 

 importance have contributed to swell the list. Botanists have to 

 lament the death of many active followers of the science during the 

 last twelve months : Prof. Kunth, of Berlin ; Dr. Corda ; Prof. Raffe- 

 man Delile, of Nancy ; Dr. Dietrich, well known by his horticultural 

 works ; together with Profs. Moritzi, George Hecker, and Drs. Berger, 

 Hagenbach and Martius, the father of Prof. Martins. We have more 

 particularly to deplore the loss of a young and zealous aspirant for 

 botanical honours, Mr. J. H. Wilson, whose awfully sudden death 

 came like a thunder clap on those who savv him, full of life and 

 apparent health, at our last monthly meeting." — G. E. D. 



A Catalogue of the Plants growing wild in Hampshire, with occa- 

 sional Notes and Observations on some of the more remarkable 

 Species. By William Arnold Bromfield, M.D., F.L.S., &c. 



(Concluded from Phytol. iii. 1019). 



Elymus europaeus should be looked for on the sandy parts of the 

 Hampshire coast ; it is not a frequent production in the south of 

 England, but is stated to occur in Dorsetshire by Pulteney, on his 

 own authority (Cat. of the more rare Plants of Dorset, p. 68). The 

 Isle of Wight certainly does not afford this valuable grass. 



Hordeum sylvaticum (Elymus europaeus, L.). In woods, copses 

 and thickets, on a calcareous soil ; rare. Picked* very sparingly 

 (only three specimens seen) in a beech-wood at the south-west end 

 of Hambledon, facing BeiTy Lodge, called, I was told, Butler's Copse, 

 Aug. 6, 1850. In this and the two following stations the species is 

 associated with Triticum caninum. In Akender Wood, near Alton, 

 Rev. G. E. Smith, 1840 !!! where I find it in considerable quantity, 

 but growing in a very scattered manner, chiefly near the margin of 

 the wood at the entrance from the Alton side. Chawton Park, near 



* I use the term " picked " throughout this Catalogue, as a concise and convenient 

 expression, to imply that a single, or at most a very few, specimens of any plant have 

 been seen and collected in a given locality. 



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