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ground stem, or what we please) is a new production, endowed with 

 a totally different vital constitution from the Jlesh of the tuber itself. 

 The same may be said of the buds on the leaves of Bryophyllum, and 

 of the bulbs formed on the stems of Dentaria bulbifera, the tiger-lily, 

 &c. : they are extraneous bodies, not transformations. As to minute 

 leaves having been seen in the place of ovules by Henslow and others, 

 the observation is not of the slightest value, for this occurred only 

 "in certain cases of malformation." 



J. L. Drummond. 

 Belfast, October 11. 



Localities of Plants observed by Mr. William Millen near Belfast. 

 By the Rev. W. M. Hind, M.A. 



I HAVE received a communication from my friend Mr. William Mil- 

 len, of Belfast, of new localities in his neighbourhood for several 

 plants, which, by his permission, 1 forward for insertion in the ' Phy- 

 tologist.' Where passages are included between inverted commas, 

 Mr. Millen's letter is quoted. 



" Some of the rarer plants which I have recently discovered are : — 



" Rubiis saxatilis, L. Wolf-Hill Glen ; at Woodburn Fall, south 

 side of the Glen ; Cayehill." These stations are from two to three 

 miles north of a well-known station for the above plant at Colin Glen, 

 a spot peculiarly rich in botanical rarities. 



" NymphiBa alba, L., and Nuphar lutea, Sm. Whitehouse dams. 



" Cochlearia Anglica, L. Between Belfast and Holywood (Co. 

 Down). 



" Sinapis tenuifolia, Br., Silene noctiflora, L., Arenaria serpylli- 

 folia, L., with Erodium cicutarium, Sm." Belfast. " On a new 

 piece of road made about four years ago to connect York Street with 

 the terminus of the Belfast and Ballymena Railroad. 



" Arenaria peploides, L. {Honckenya peploides, Ehrh.) On the 

 shore below Holywood (Co. Down), abundant. • 



" Radiola Millegrana, Sm. Kinnegar, Holywood. This thriving 

 and pretty little plant was unknown here until gravel and sand were 

 removed from the Kinnegar to the Holywood Railway. It made its 

 first appearance in the bottom of the gravel-pit. A ^g\\ tufts were all 

 I could find the first year. Now it has spread, evidently by the help 

 of water in drains ; and it is thriving well at some distance from the 

 pit, as well as in it. 



