384 BOTANICAL NOTES, NOTICES, AND QUERIES. [December. 



LoNO Purples of Shakespeare. 



(' Phytologist,' October, 1857, p. 248.) In Warwickshire I never heard 

 the Purple Orchis called by any other name than " Kingfingers." " Long 

 Purples " I never heard in any part of England. In the passage in Shake- 

 speare I think there is some connection between Long Purples and a river's 

 banks. May not Lytlirum Salicaria be the true plant ? — it is very common 

 in Warwickshire, and answers the name much better than any sort of 

 Orchis. E. M. A. 



FCENICULUM VULGARE. 



This plant is common on the coast of Kent. At Hythe I was told by 

 an intelligent blacksmith that they said up the country it was grown in 

 gardens, but that at Hythe, when required, they always used the wild plant. 



E. M. A. 



Distinction between Hypericum perforatum and H. dubium. 



A certain mark of distinction however between //. perforatum and H. 

 dubium is to be found in the peUucid reticulations on the under side of 

 the leaves of the latter when held against the light, and which are far less 

 numerous and conspicuous in the former, or nearly obsolete. — Bromjield. 



Having a large quantity of duplicates of the following plants, all in 

 excellent condition, having been vei*y carefully dried, I am wishful to ex- 

 change for good fruited specimens of the British Mosses or Hepatics. 

 Many of the commoner species are amongst my desiderata, a list of which 

 I shall be glad to forward on application. 



Acteea spicata, Saponaria officinalis, Stellaria nemorum, Saxifraga um- 

 bi'osa, Lonicera Xylosteum, Asperula cynancliica, Doronicum Pardalianches, 

 Gentiana verna, AmarantJius Blitum ?, A. retroflexus, Taxus baccata, Paris 

 quadrifolia, Acorus Calamus, Carex paradoxa, C. digitata, Brachypodium 

 pinnat^vi, Carpinus Betulus, Chrysosplenium alternifolium, etc. 



F. W. B. Ingle. 



4, Commercial St., Huddersfield. 



Note. — Galanthus nivalis grows in hedgerows near Woodthorpe, Wilts. 

 Geum rivale abounds in a coppice on the south side of MartinseU-hiU. 



T. F. E. 



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 A. B., etc. 



Sidney Beisly ; John Sim ; T. W. B. Ingle ; Dr. Hinds ; W. P. ; 

 H. B. ; John Sim ; J. Gr. Baker ; Charles Howie ; Archibald Jerdon ; 



BOOKS RECEIVED FOR REVIEW. 



Useful Plants of India. 

 Critic ; four numbers. 

 Friend, Weekly Herald. 

 Scottish Banner. 

 The Young Ladies' Book, etc. etc. 



