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publishers. 'Journal and Transactions of the Pharmaceutical So- 

 ciety ;' presented by the Society. 



British plants from Mr. James Ward, Mr. W. Gourlie, jun., Mr. W. 

 Wing, Mr. John Ball, Mr. F. Brent, and Mr. J. P. Norman. Foreign 

 plants from Mr. J. Ball. 



The continuation of Mr. Daniel Stock's paper ' On the Botany of 

 Bnngay, Suflfolk,' was read. — G. E. D. 



Notice of the ' Botanical Gazette,^ No. 27, March, 1851. 



This number is rich in ' Original Communications,' having no less 

 than three so classified : these are intituled— r 



' On the various forms of Salicornia. By J. Woods, Esq., F.L.S. 

 Abstract of a paper read before the Linnean Society, January 21, 

 1851.' 



' Is Brassica Cheiranthus found in Fifeshire ? By Hewett C. 

 Watson.' 



' On the Pyrus Aria of England. By Charles C. Babington, M.A.' 



The Jirst of these will shortly come before the readers of the ' Phy- 

 tologist' in an official form as part of the 'Proceedings of the Linnean 

 Society.' 



The second originates in Mr, Watson's possessing a specimen 

 labelled in the handwriting of Dr. Dewar : — " Sinapis tenuifolia; 

 near Dunfermline, Fifeshire. Collected and communicated by A. 

 Dewar, 1848." Although the lower leaves are absent and the fruit 

 immature, Mr. Watson cannot think it S. tenuifolia, nor can he quite 

 confidently call it Sinapis (or rather Brassica) Cheiranthus; and he 

 suggests that specimens may exist in other herbaria suflScient to 

 decide the question. 



The third suggests that the Pyrus Aria of England includes two 

 distinct species. 



1st. "P. Aria; leaves oval or oblong, unequally and doubly serrate 

 or slightly lobed towards the end, nearly entire below ; lateral nerves 

 about twelve on each side, under side white and downy ; floveers 

 corymbose. Fruit scarlet." Of the distribution of this plant Mr. 

 Babington is " unable to give any account." 



2nd. "P. Scandica; leaves broad, lobed; lobes triangular, oval, 

 toothed, deepest towards the middle of each side of the leaves ; lateral 

 nerves about seven on each side, under side white ; flowers corymbose. 



