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MS. Mag. All the plants in this meagre list might be col- 

 lected on a fair afternoon about the end of August, when such 

 late plants as Bidens tripartita, Lycopus europceus, Aster Tri- 

 polium, and the like, are in flower. 



The orthography of this short paper is the only originality 

 about it, and this, like many other novelties, is " new, but not 

 true." The following is a sample : — Scripus (pro) Scirjms, Gal- 

 lium (pro) Galium, Lonceria (pro) Lonicera, Centaury Cyanus 

 (pro) Centaurea Cyanus, Nuphar lueta (pro) N. lutea, Viola 

 lueta, Lamium alba, Molina et Arcticum, etc. 



The Clydesdale list is a good foundation for a complete enume- 

 ration of the species and localities of this very productive tract. 



There are two papers on the flora of Cumbrae, the first on 

 the 46th, the second on the 230th page. Cumbrae, it may be 

 stated, is an island in the Frith of Clyde (?), if our geographical 

 ken does not betray us, of very moderate superficial extent, but, 

 judging by its productions, of considerable altitude. 



From this article it appears that a Flora of Cumbrae has been 

 recently published, but far behind the state of natural history as 

 now studied, and quite inadequate to the requirements of the age. 



As a sample of the more recent discoveries in this island, the 

 following are quoted, viz. Erythrcea littoralis, Hypericum An- 

 dros(Bmum, Ligusticum scoticum, Habenaria viridis, Pinguicida 

 lusitanica, Verbascum Thapsus, Hymenophyllum, Osmunda, etc. 

 Also some of the suspected species, viz. Lavatera arborea, Vale- 

 riana pyrenaica, Tragopogon porrifolius, Hypericum dubium. 



A list of Cumbraean plants concludes the paper, and in addi- 

 tion to those entered above, the following may be here presented 

 as rarities : — Brassica monensis, Sagina subulata, Cerastium 

 tetrandrum, Geranium sanguineum, Cotyledon Umbilicus, Sedum 

 anglicum, Carum verticillatum, Pyrola media, Erythraa linari(B~ 

 folia, Convolvulus Soldanella, Anagallis tenella, Habenaria viri- 

 dis, Allium vineale, Schoenus nigricans, Carex extensa, Lastrea 

 aemula, Asplenium marimnum, etc. 



In the published list of plants found in the Cumbraes there 

 are the following doubtful species: — Cardamine amara, which 

 may grow there ; Thlaspi arvense, a plant which may grow any- 

 where in Great Britain ; Hypericum montanum, a very problema- 

 tical species so far north ; Geranium nodosum, suspicious in all 

 hitherto printed British localities ; Erodium maritimum ; this is a 



