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of the rocks of Sluich-an-Lochan, Ben Lawers. I observed no speci- 

 mens with pouches of the usual form. 



4. Hieracia Species. — I am quite unable to come to a satisfactory 

 conclusion regarding several forms collected in Breadalbane and Brae- 

 mar, and therefore should be much obliged by having the opinion of 

 those members to whom they shall be sent. 



5. Grammica suaveolens, Schr. [Cuscuta Hassiaca, Koch). — Mr. 

 Yarenne sends some examples of this, an account of which will be 

 found in Phytol. iv. 382. 



6. Sparganium natans, " L." Fr. (Bab. Man. 3rd edit. p. 338). — I 

 regret I could not procure specimens of S. minimum, Fr., to send out 

 along with this ; but the latter plant will be that called S. natans iu 

 most herbaria. As I have given the distinctions of these plants else- 

 where (Bot. Gaz. iii. 157 j Phytol. iv. 403), I will not again enter on 

 the subject. 



7. Luzula Borreri, Bromf. (Phytol. iii. 983 ; Bab. Man. 3rd. edit. 

 333 ; Bot. Gaz. iii. 99). — Mr. Purchas sends specimens from Here- 

 fordshire. The plant resembles L. pilosa, Willd., in habit, much more 

 than L. Forsteri, DC, though the seed is nearly the same as that of 

 the latter. 



Various. — There are several other varieties, chiefly of ferns, from 



Mr. Moore ; but the label gives all the information that seems 



necessary. 



John T. Syme. 



Botanical Society of London, 



20, Bedford Street, Covent Garden, 

 February 6, 1852. 



Note on Adonis autumnalis. By Thomas B. Flower, Esq. 



In the ' Phytologist' for this month (Phytol. iv. 397) the Rev. W. 

 T. Bree mentions his having found specimens of Adonis autumnalis 

 in a cultivated field in the parish of Darnford, and asks the question, 

 whether it had been introduced among agricultural seeds, or is to be 

 considered a true native, in that locality ? I should say, from my own 

 observations in the county for many seasons past, that it is probably 

 not truly wild. I have observed it occasionally at Salisbury, Stone- 

 henge, Fonlhill, and Great Ridge ; and each of these stations in culti- 

 vated fields, where it cannot be depended on two seasons following. 

 And our great Ray, during his botanical excursions through Wiltshire, 



