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Galanihus nivalis. Common in the fields to the north of Lau- 

 sanne, Switzerland. 



Maianthemum hifolimn. I found this plant growing in the mid- 

 dle of the Forest of Sauvabelin, Switzerland. 



Muscari racemosunij comosum, and botryoides are all to be found 

 in fields and vineyards in the neighbourhood of Lausanne, Switzer- 

 land. 



Perhaps the following list of some of the names given by the 

 country people to certain plants in Switzerland may not be unac- 

 ceptible to the readers of the ' Phytologist.' 



Oxalis acetosella, Pain de coucou, Alleluia. 

 Euonymus eui'opaus, Bonnet de Pretre, Bois carre. 

 Rhamniis frangula, Pouverne, Bourdaine. 

 Ehamnus catJtarticus, Quemot. 

 Genista tinctoria, La Marjolaine. 

 Ononis spinosa, Tendon. 

 Onohrychis sativa, L'Esparcette. 

 Primus spinosa, L'Epine noire. 

 CratcBgus oxyacantha, L'Epine blanche. 

 Cerasus mahalep, Bois de Sainte Lucie. 

 Cornus sanguinea, Bois punais. 

 Valerianella olitoria, Trochette, Rampon . 

 Ligustrum vulgare, Sauvillot, Crucillion. 

 Lithospermum officinale, Herbe aux perles. 

 Lysimachia nummularia, Herbes aux ecus. 

 Paris quadrifolia, Raisin de renard. 

 Ornithogalum umhellaium, Dame d'onze heure. 



H. L. DE LA ChAUMETTE. 

 Stoke Newington, Februaiy 1, 1851. 



Note on Lastrea uliginosa. By Mr. Charles Wood. 



As you solicit information respecting Lastrea uliginosa of Lloyd, I 

 have to state that when Mr. Lloyd returned from a botanical tour in 

 Nottinghamshire, in 1846, he supplied me with several ferns, all of 

 which I potted in peat, &c., and they grew admirably. Amongst 

 them I fancied I could detect a new form ; at first I considered it 



