314 BOTANICAL NOTES, NOTICES, AND QUERIES. [Octobev, 



whicli is, even when only a few inches high, always distinguished from the 

 former by its broader and not so decidedly stalked leaves." 



Mr. Briggs has sent us an abundant supply of living specimens, and it 

 is evident from a comparison of them with E. moyitanum that it is quite 

 distinct from this well-known species. 



It appears to agree very well with some published descriptions of E. 

 lanceolatum in evei-y character except the size. The plants from Plymouth 

 are all dwarfish compared with examples from the Channel Islands. 



A fair correspondent, " H. B.," sent on the 24th of July a specimen of 

 Spircea Filipendula, collected near Henley-on-Thames. Is this a new or 

 unrecorded locality for the said plant ? 



From " H. H. C.," High Street, Tunbridge Wells, a lively, graphic, and 

 detailed description of a botanical tour of three days between Ostend and 

 Nieuport has been received. Our earliest consideration will be bestowed 

 on this excellent narrative. 



Our old friend Mr. Charles Howie, of St. Andrew's, has very obligingly 

 communicated reflections on a botanical stroll along the coast of Fife, from 

 St. Andrew's to Crail, the eastmost nook of Fife: 



" Now frae east nook o' Fife the dawn 



Speeled westlines up the left, 

 Carles, wlia heard the cock had crawii, 



Begoud to rax and rift ; 

 An' greedy wives, wi' girning thrawn, 



Cry'd lasses up to tlirift ;" etc. 



We have to thank our correspondent in Scotia's ecclesiastical metropolis 

 for another contribution to the botany of the " Kingdom of Fife," for which 

 it is hoped that room will be found in the next month's number. 



Our excellent friend " C. J. A.," of Preston, has been botanizing in Nor- 

 folk, and appears to have made a successful raid on the rarities of Lopham 

 Fen, Burgate, etc. A narrative of his explorations in this rich county 

 will be a treat to our readers. 



" W. P.," of 45, Frith Street, Soho Square, has sent materials for a 

 rider to the article on the Oak-leaved Honeysuckle, which has been in 

 hand several weeks. 



Our esteemed correspondent " J. S. M." in his homeward journey 

 saw much of Verbascum thapsiforme between Vienna and Switzerland, 

 in " the Austrian Highlands, where, like many other plants, it grows much 

 more luxuriantly than in tlie North." Some good examples of this spe- 

 cies have been seen in the Chelsea Botanic Garden. 



To " J. B.," of 18, Shawfield Street, Chelsea, the thanks of the editor 

 of the ' London Flora ' are hereby tendered for a list of rare plants seen 

 about Chelsea, Mortlake, Wandsworth Common, etc. 



We hope our kind patient friend " J. S.," of Perth, will bear with us a 

 little, and the long score against the editor of the ' Phytologist ' may be 

 blotted out, or part of the liabilities discharged. For the present be it 

 understood that the new locality for Jremonia agrimonloides is not forgotten. 



The botany of the southern shores of the Moray Frith, about Portsoy, 

 Baaif, and up the strath to Dufftown, will be a treat to those who know 

 the ' Northern Flora ' of our early and lamented friend Dr. Murray, whose 

 premature death was a heavy blow to the lovers of Scottish botany. 



