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dersfield might look for G. sylvaticum, G. pratense, and G.pusil- 

 lum. Under Rubus there are two species, R. Idaus and R. fruti- 

 cosus. Does Mr. Hobkirk include R. ceesius as a variety of the 

 latter ? Perhaps it does not grow in his district ; and if it does, 

 he may possibly be right in entering it as a variety of R. frutico- 

 sus. What will Messrs, Babington and Bloxam think of this ? 



Is Epilobium palustre absent ? It is usually a commoner and 

 more widely distributed plant than E. hirsutum. Is there not a 

 single plant of Lythrum Salicaria on the beautiful streams or 

 brooks that flow through this district ? Again, is Conium macu- 

 latum entirely absent in waste rich spots near farms and about 

 the borders of fields ? In this district I would look for Pimpi- 

 nella magna, and if I did not find the rarer species, I might find 

 the common P. Saxifraga. The latter is probably there; and 

 possibly the former may reward some diligent explorer. In the 

 genus Hieracium, the puzzle of modern botanists, H. viilgatum 

 is not forthcoming in the Huddersfield district : is it one of the 

 absentees ? We will undertake for Carduus lanceolatus, the ge- 

 nuine Scotch Thistle, that it is not absent from the district, but 

 its name is absent from the list. Centaurea nigra must be put 

 in the same category, " absent without leave.^' 



Further, it appears remarkable that our two commonest 

 Habenarias, H. chlorantha and H. bifolia, should have no re- 

 presentatives here. Air a caryophyllea and A. pr(BCox are not 

 in the list of Grasses, though they might be expected. Equise- 

 tum fluviatile, Pr., a variety of E. limosum, is entered, and E. Tel- 

 mateia is invisible : is it unseen in the district ? 



The following slips of the pen or the press have been observed, 

 and are very respectfully submitted to the author and printer, 

 viz. Centauria nigra, for Centaurea, only entered among the 

 doubtful species : I ween there are few parts of England, or 

 Wales either, where this plant is doubtful. Eleocharis vagina- 

 turn should be transposed, and the specific name set under or 

 after Eriophorum. Fagapyrum should be Fagopyrum. Olera- 

 ceous should be oleraceus. 



The botany of this useful local history is susceptible of im- 

 provement, which it will receive in due time. " Rome was not 

 built in a day." 



