128 BOTANICAL NOTES, NOTICES, AND QUERIES. [April. 



the north side, about a quarter of a mile below the public-house at the 

 Beild :" Lightfoot. " Near Lona;formacus, Berwickshire :" Rev. A. Baird. 

 — Johnston's 'Flora of Berwick,' p. 160. \V* 



The elevation in some parts of Wales exceeds the altitude assigned in 

 the 'Cybele,' about which the author is, as usual, uncertain. He is " not 

 quite prepared to say with certainty whether most of the stations are belo^-^/j 

 or above from fifty to two hundred yards." r.^, 



In Wales, this fine specimen is pascual, and possibly sylvan. It is 

 rupestral also when the rock just crops out, or is thinly covered with a-' 

 grassy turf. It will grow where the soil is not more than a few inches 

 (k^ep ; for both its ro,otS-aud stems are rathei\.horizoja,t^l ,than perpen- ,,,. 

 dicular. d ha& ,a'>lmu.,n ^^ .ol aoad t&ii ii . Alpha, ^^j^ 



ToRKSHiRE Mosses, 



By the way I gathered Fissidcns Taxifolii here on Saturday ; is/ vi^ 

 considered a rarity ? — I am not well versed in geography of Mosses. ATso''^^ 

 Bartramia fontana on the moors last summer, in fine fruit. 



ijj 'I'^dii'jii ,oii/.i. GiJ.j ciii c>^■Xi^i Charles P. Hobkirk. 



EpIPACTIS PURPU'KATA ANb'^. 'ilEDTA'!— Phytol. vol. vi. p. 63. " 

 Mr. Wollaston asks, "Is^. media a parasite, or only a synonym o^ M.^^^ 

 pnrpnrata?^'' I presume that B. media, Fr., and E. ovalis, Bab., are equi-xi 

 valents, or synonyms of the same plant. In the communication alcove ; 

 quoted there appears to be a slight error. In line 3 from the end of the 

 page it is printed, " Are these not sufficient characters," etc. As there 

 were no antecedent characters, I suggest that the word ikese should be'--' 

 there ; and I have no doubt but that it was thus written, though mis*u( 

 printed ^/*<?55. The subject is not exhausted. Tau. ,3,^ 



Jacob Rayer. ■;,{> 



A contribution to the articles on defunct London Botanists, viz. a brief 

 memoir of Mr. Jacob Kayer, the discoverer of AUlicea hirsida, etc., is j^ 

 postponed io another,, month. , , + i i^ <r 



'i7'M;;'ff;v.,i; EXGHANGE OF PLANTS.,„r ,,,j,,|,. j,,^,,^,^ ^-j ; f,',,,. 



Mr. B. M. Watkins, of Glewstone, near Boss, Herefordsliire, wishes to 

 obtain a few c«rrectly-named British Mosses, in exchange for an equal 

 number of specimens of flowering plants, which may be selected from Mr."* 

 W.'s Lists in ' Phytologist ' for June, 1861, p. 188, mui foF; l}:^•uaryJ!Ji 

 1862, p. 61. _un>j //jifj jijifi hosVw\w 



Communications have heen received froni ^ ^ o JOJqgiv 

 W. Pamplin; Walter W. Beeves ; James Lothian ; John '^?m i'S.'Bf^felf j'*' 

 W. Ashley; J. G. Baker; J. S. M. ; B. M. Watkins; W. P. 



• ■- iuliul OV/J iJiiaiiiiD il^il 



RECEIVED FOR REVIEW. , . ,-. 



I^lotes on BooA'n. 



Errata. — Vol. V. p. 274, for '^ EpiloUum latifolium" read Epilohium angusti' 

 folium, and add E. hirsutmn. The tree referred to as a remarkable instance of the 

 union of two branches, at p. 333, is a Common Plane or " Sycamore." Specimens 

 of the Eanunculus referred to at p. 332 shall be sent in the flowering season. 



