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merly seen it, also fot Pyrola rotundifolia, var. bradeata or 

 maritijna, and for Sisymbi'ium Sophia, of which I had once seen 

 plenty here. Of the two latter, however, I have received specimens 

 gathered this year, near Southport, by Mr. Buxton, who has 

 visited the town and neigliljourhood twice during the last sum- 

 mer, spending some time, and whose accuracy may be relied on. 

 I may take the opportunity here of stating that I have been in- 

 formed of the existence of a ' Southport Flora,^ which however 

 I have not seen, and I am sorry to add that my informant, who 

 had seen it, considered it to be by no means altogether trust- 

 worthy. In the latter part of the day I spent an hour or two in 

 the south part of the town and its vicinity, collecting here a few 

 additional plants, as Saponaria officinalis, {S. Vaccaria was seen 

 by a friend of Mr. Buxton, and by himself, on a rubbish-heap 

 about four miles from Southport, last summer,) Centaurea 

 Cyanus, (Enothera biennis, abundantly ; Medicago sativa, and 

 some others. Monotropa Hypopitys, formerly met with, I did 

 not see on this occasion, but have specimens of it also collected 

 by Mr. R. Buxton. To him also I am indebted for a knowledge 

 of other Southport plants (and of almost all of these I have 

 specimens from him) in addition to those already mentioned, 

 as Blysmus j'ufus and_ B. compressus , Festuca rubra, var, arena- 

 ria, Festuca bromoides, Anayallis tenella, (Enanthe crocata, Q^. 

 fistulosa, ffi. Lacherialil, Rumex maritimus, Teesdalia nudicaulis, 

 Vicia Bobartii, and Filago minima. 



In addition to some of the above, Mr. Edward Leeds has 

 shown some specimens collected near Southport in 1862, of 

 Scirpus 2^o,uciflorus and S. palusti'is, Rhynchospora alba, Cata- 

 brosa aquatica, Juncus acutiflorus, Sparganium simplex, Carex 

 panicea, C. pilulifera, C. extensa, C. CEderi, Triglochin palustre, 

 Myriophyllum verticitlatum, Pastinaca sativa, Salsola Kali, 

 TrifoUum fragiferum, Hypericum quadrangulum, Senecio eruci- 

 folius, etc. 



The muscological department of botany in regard to South- 

 port has been ably and successfully investigated by Messrs, Wil- 

 son, Wood, Marratt, Powell, and Buxton, and I think I am cor- 

 rect in stating the following mosses as growing there, along with 

 some others : — Bryum cernuum, B. uliginosum, B. Marratii, B. 

 catophyllum, B. Warneum, Hypnu?n lycopodioides, H. polygamum, 

 H. sakbrosum, H. elodes, H. commutatum, H. Kneipfii, and H. 



