603 REVIEWS. [July, 



II. p. 28, a notice of Fumaria media, Loisel., which he found 

 " sparingly in a small piece of cultivated ground south of Forret 

 Road and west of Park Road, close to Claughton village, on the 

 Cheshire side of the Mersey ; different in habit from F. officinalis, 

 but having the spathulate lower petal and the retuse fruit of that 

 species, ... It has not previously been recorded in Britain." 



In the beginning of this month, viz. June, 1863, while bota- 

 nizing near Dartford, and not far from Greenstreet Green, we 

 met with a form of Fumaria new to us, with very long stem, long, 

 very slender, almost capillary leaves, and white flowers, which 

 are rather smaller than those of F. capreolata, or F. pallidifiora 

 as we call it, of the learned botanical Professor of Cambridge. 

 This stranger is hereby recommended to the respectful atten- 

 tions of those who do not disdain to give a passing glance at these 

 interesting strangers who come to endeavour to effect a settle- 

 ment among the genuine productions of our native land. 



" On the Violets and Pansies of the Liverpool District. 



" As the Violets and Pansies are now, or will be shortly in proper con- 

 dition for examination, the present is perhaps a favourable opportunity 

 for expressing an opinion on those reported in our district, with the 

 object of clearing away the confusion there is in Dr. Dickinson's 'Flora,' 

 and that I know exists in the minds of our botanists, regarding these 

 plants. 



" v. palustris, L., boggy places, occasional. V. odorata, L., hedge- 

 banks, pastures, occasional, rare. 



" Mr. Fisher is intending to write upon the claim of this species to be 

 considered indigenous, and is in a better position to do so than myself. 

 V. hirta, L., reported on late Mr. Shepherd's authority, but probably an 

 error, not being a plant likely to occur with us. 



" V. sylvatica, Fries. This is a plant that from (and before) Smith's 

 time, until fourteen or fifteen years ago, passed current among British 

 botanists as V. canina, L., and is still so called by alarge section. The 

 cause of change of title may be thus explained : — Linnaeus's name of canina 

 was applied by him to the present and following species : when it was 

 found necessary to separate the two, this previously collective name was 

 restricted by Fries (1817) to the latter, and this author then proposed 

 sylvatica for the present species. His views were adopted by Continental 

 botanists ; and such being the case, the British, upon finding out years 

 afterwards their non-agreement, had to put up with the inconvenience of 

 ti'ansferring names for the sake of obtaining uniformity of nomenclature ; 

 but, as will be shown subsequently, this desirable result has not been arrived 



