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Fruit stated to be red. Basal quarter of the leaves finely serrate ; 

 apical quarter narrowly lobed." Gathered in Denbighshire, Devon- 

 shire, Somerset, Berkshire, Hampshire, and in Teesdale. 



The subject is one of considerable interest, and I shall feel greatly 

 obliged to botanists who will record their opinions as to the validity 

 of the two species^in future numbers of the ' Phytologist.' It has 

 been suggested that Pyrus Scandica is a hybrid between P. Aria and 

 P. torminalis, but I quite agree with Mr. Babington that this view is 

 untenable. T do not like any way of evading a fair investigation into 

 the merits of a question, and the doctrine of hybridity seems to par- 

 take of this chai'acter. 



Under the head ' Literature ' the following periodicals are noticed : — 

 ' Transactions of the Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club,' ^ Annals of 

 Natural History,' Hooker's * Journal of Botany,' ' The Phytologist,' 

 Schlechtendal's ' Linnsea.' Report of Botanical Societies, London 

 and Edinburgh. 



Under the head ' Miscellanea' there is a list of thirty species found 

 by Mr. John Ball in Strath AfFarie, Inverness-shire. The interest of 

 this list is not explained. The number concludes with an observation 

 of Dr. Johnson's, which has already appeared in these pages, that he 

 considers Anacharis Alsinastrum (Udora Canadensis of authors) as 

 introduced into the Whitadder. This singular opinion requires to be 

 backed by cogent reasons before it will be generally adopted. 



Notice of Hooker'' s ' Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany,^ 



No. 27, March, 185L 



The number contains the following papers : — 



' Das Konigliche Herbarium zu Munchen geschildert. By Dr. C. 

 F. Ph. von Martius.' 



' An Account of the Dilpasand, a kind of Vegetable Marrow. By 

 J. EUerton Stocks, M.D., F.L.S.' 



' Decades of Fungi. By the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, M.A., F.L.S. 

 Decade xxxiv. Sikkim-Himalayan Fungi, collected by Dr. Hooker.' 



' Extracts of Letters from Richard Spruce Esq., written during a 

 Botanical Mission on the Amazon.' 



' Contributions to the Botany of Western India. By N. A. Dalzell, 

 Esq., M.A.' 



A circular inviting subscriptions to cover in part the loss of Prof. 

 Reichenbach's library and collections by fire. Reprinted in French. 



