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species of the genus with which I am acquainted is, I think, quite 

 distinct from it, and may ])rove to be the E. lanceolakim of the ' British 

 Plora ' and Balnngton's Manual. It has the stem round, often branched, 

 downy ; leaves all stalked, lanceolate, irregularly and net very deeply 

 toothed, entire near the base, glabrous, often pendulous ; buds nodding, 

 sepals acute, petals pink or nearly white, never purple, stigma four-cleft ; 

 root long, sometimes tapering, scions small or absent. The above descrip- 

 tion was drawn up after an examination of several plants. It grows at 

 Lipson, about a mile from Plymouth, also between Lipson and Crabtree, 

 in waste ground at the latter place, and at Cohvell, near the river Plym. 

 At three of these stations I also noticed plants oi Epilohium montanvm. 



If any reader of the ' Phytologist ' would send me a specimen of Epilo- 

 bium lanceolatuni, in order that I may compare it with my plant, I should 

 feel obliged, and would send him in return a specimen from one of the 

 stations I have named. T. II. Archer Bkiggs. 



Localities of some Kare Plants. 



Borago officinalis, var. with white flowers : Capstan Hill, Ilfracombe, 

 Devon, just above the sea. Lavatera arborea : same place. Fceniculum 

 vulgare : on Lantern Hill, Ilfracombe, the south side ; abundant. Gej'a- 

 nium striatum : beneath a hedge, leading from the pier at Clovelly, North 

 Devon, to the entrance to Clovelly Court ; about three plants found. 

 Andromeda polifolia : in the Peat Bog, at Shapwick, Somersetshire ; very 

 abundant. Epilobimn ancjusti folium : along the canal bank, near Shap- 

 wick, Somersetshire, for a considerable distance on both sides ; also in 

 a retired part of the wood of Holmwood, near Dorking, Surrey, on the top of 

 the hill. Linaria Pelisseriana ? (upright purple Toadflax) : on an old wall, 

 at Petersham, Surrey. J. W. Chapman. 



Insect Ravages. 



The Ash-trees in this neighbourhood have for a long time presented a 

 very sickly appearance, being covered with scars instead of leaves ; the 

 foliage diminishing year by year. Many trees, which, within the last twelve 

 years, were in a flourishing condition, have now scarcely leaves enough to 

 keep them alive, and, in a few summers more, must inevitably perish. 

 The cause of all the mischief is a small brown grub, which, as soon as the 

 shoot makes its appearance, eats its way through the young green bark, 

 and devours the tender inside. The whole shoot then withers and falls oft", 

 leaving nothing but an unsightly scar upon the branch. Many fine trees 

 are denuded of all save the leading shoots, and these will no doubt dis- 

 appear. The attacks of this puny ravager threaten a gradual but certain 

 extinction of the Ash, which has hitherto been considered the glory of 

 Craven. G. R. B. 



Juney 1862. 



Lathyrus tuberosus. 



(See 'Phytologist,' vol. vi. p. 190.) Is not this confounded with Orobui 

 tuberosus in regard to the English habitat given ? On the Continent it 

 is an inhabitant of cornfields, 0. tub. of woods. An allied species of the 

 south of Russia, Lathyi'iit rotundif otitis, Bieb., is known in gardens. 



