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lignum testa flexuosa”) is applicable to almost any species of 
Teredo ; and the expression used by Linnzus, “ calamitas navium 
ex Indiis in Europam propagata,” would refer rather to some 
exotic than to a European species. In the 13th (or Gmelin’s) 
edition, one of the generic characters of Teredo, describing the 
pallets as “lanceolatis,” is peculiarly appropriate to 7. Norvagica. 
The 7. marina (or “ Hollandische see-wurm ”’) does not, I believe, 
occur in sailing ships, but only in piles or fixed wood. I exa- 
mined in vain the Linnean Collection (which has been partly 
arranged by Mr. Hanley) for Teredines, but could not find any ; 
and Mr. Hanley admits, in his valuable work entitled ‘Ipsa 
Linnzi Conchylia,’ that unfortunately no specimen was preserved 
in it, so as to ascertain which species Linneus meant by his 
Teredo navalis*. Under these circumstances, I think I am justi- 
fied in restoring the prior and appropriate name of “ marina,” 
given by Sellius, who used it in a legitimate sense to distinguish 
this species from those described by Vallisnieri and other 
authors. 
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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE. 
Flora of Cambridgeshire; or, a Catalogue of Plants found in the 
County of Cambridge. By C.C. Basineron, M.A., F.R.S., 
F,.L.S. Van Voorst, 1860. 
Tue plants of Cambridgeshire have occupied the attention of many 
eminent botanists : Mr. Babington mentions, in his ‘ Introduction,’ no 
less than sixteen treatises bearing upon his subject. But as botany 
has advanced, so has the surface of the country greatly changed 
since the times of Ray and of Relhan. With the progress of agri- 
culture and drainage, many species have become scarce, while some 
have altogether disappeared ; on the other hand, large additions 
have been made to the list, through the industry of Mr. Babington 
and his colleagues. Hence the need of a new Flora; and we are 
glad to think the task has fallen into the able hands of the author of 
the ‘Manual of British Botany.’ 
Mr. Babington has spared no pains to render his work as complete 
as possible. The older writers have been scrupulously consulted, 
and the plants referred to their earliest finders. The whole county 
* The following extract from Mr. Hanley’s work, which was published 
in 1856, will confirm the view I have taken as to the necessity of rectifying 
the nomenclature of this species :—“ Teredo navalis. It is impossible to 
determine, from the language of Linnzus, to what particular species of 
ship-worm the very comprehensive term navalis Ghoulit be restricted. Our 
author has not indicated the possession of examples; consequently his 
cabinet affords no assistance in the investigation.” 
