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initial of the one for that of the other. For example, A. gluti- 

 nosa (common B.) [sic), A. verucosa {sic), is a quotation from the 

 supplement to the Yorkshire Flora. The correct form is Betula 

 alba ; for variety^ verrucosa, not verucosa. 



Topfielda is a new mode of spelling the name of a plant which 

 commemorates one who should not be forgotten, as being a cele- 

 brated English botanist in not very remote times. Alas ! me- 

 mory is treacherous ; the place where we are known now will soon 

 " know us no more.'^ The remembrance of great men has pe- 

 rished — of men who have done more harm or more good to so- 

 ciety than the innocent culler of simples. Where is the autho- 

 rity for this innovation ? Why has the author transmogrified a 

 well-known name ? Is it a lapsus or an intentional alteration ? 

 In p. 93 this name (term ?) is printed Tophielda. Which is the 

 true reading or scription, — Tofieldia, Topfielda, or Tophielda? 

 Authority and custom sanction the first form. 



On p. 51, sub Bromus, and underneath B. giganteus, there 

 is put F. trifiora, a mingling or mixture of two genera. No cause 

 for wonderment here, for ever since we knew Bromus giganteus, 

 or Festuca gigantea, the unhappy plant has, like Noah's dove, 

 found no rest in any genus. Like a shuttlecock, it has been 

 tossed or trundled about between Festuca and Bromus, from the 

 one to another. Analogy, grammar, and custom require the 

 masculine form, B. glgant., var. triflorus. 



Anechsa, Alkanet, p. 32, is an evident misprint for Anchusa. 

 Officinale, p. 22, is another of these examples of inaccurate print- 

 ing for T. officinale. 



Again, in the south of England Crepis biennis grows more com- 

 monly on banks and about the borders of fields than among crops 

 "in cultivated fields.^' See note, p. 21. 



Hehninthia echiodes is an uncommon form of the specific name. 

 Possibly the author and compositor thought it was long enough 

 without the additional syllable ; but echioides is the usual form. 

 Underneath there is P. hieracioides ; why not also H. echioides, 

 — euphoniee causa vel analogies vel usus ? 



We wish specially to be informed if Melilotus officinalis is 

 really so, or the common form in England and on the Continent 

 also, viz. M. arvensis. See Errata. 



On p. 57, why is ramosum the solitary exception to the rule — 

 " Adjectiva, participia pronominaque cum substantivis genere. 



