338 EXTINCT SPECIES. [November, 



folk ? Where do Malaxis paJudusa and Ci.perus longus grow in 



Agam^ Lmum perenne, Wahlenbergia, and Carex extensa, are 

 found in Kent, testibus modern authorities. (Note to p. 438.) 



Linum perenne has been seen in Kent, if we may trust Mr. 

 Cowell's work on the botany of South and East Kent. 



Symphytum tuberosum is, in Hertfordshire, probably in as ge- 

 nuine a locality as that of the Essex plant of the same genus. 



Stratiotes aloides 'has long been known as a Surrey plant ; it 

 appears in Professor T. Martyn's list, compiled a century ago. 

 This plant of the eastern lowlands still exists in Surrey. -,,, 



Lastly. The four species presumed to be peculiar to Essex have 

 all been found south of the Thames Avithin less than ten years.. 



Lathyrus tuberosus is growing now at Chelsea ; the original is 

 from a suspicious station, but the Essex plant is not quite free 

 from this imputation. 



L. hirsutus has been seen in other counties, and may be seen 

 again. 



Galium Vaillantii is usually called a variety of G. Aparine, 

 and a variety which has often been collected at Wandsworthj 

 steamboat pier. It is believed that Bupleurwn falcatum is an- 

 other of the Wandsworth novelties. ,.. .1,,, ^ 



What do the editors mean by the following note on pp. 275, 

 276 : — " Euphorbia Esula was found by ]Mr. Dale in Essex, if 

 Buddie's Herb, is sufficient authority for considering this the 

 rough-fruited Spurge of Ray's ' Synopsis,' p. 312 "? Smith states 

 without hesitation, not doubtfully, as the authors of the 'Essex 

 Flora' maintain, that the plant found by Mr. Dale in Essex and 

 by Dr. Robinson in Yorkshire is var. /3 of S. strict a ; and Mr. 

 Babington will tell them that E. stricta, Sm., is equivalent to 

 E. platyphylla, Koch, an annual plant which is widely distributed 

 in cornfields in the south of England. .-, \ r ' -1 r 



E. Esula is a perennial and somewhat woody species, with a 

 very long root, and with leaves not much wider tlian those oi E. 

 Cyparissias, but of a different shape and colour. J^ ip\ 



The plant found by Mr. Dale and Dr. Robinson is correctly 

 enougli described by Hudson as having a five-divided umbel, and 

 also by Parkinson, p. 187, No. 9, as having a small root. E. 

 Esula has an umbel jpf.javimerou^, b:^-^n^ip,j^'a,n^,,fi rver;^^ 

 perennial, milky root.,. \,., A, :^ u .j,,tV ,. ' -y ^\ ' ,, 



