24 BOTANICAL NOTES, NOTICES, AND QUERIES. 
There is a very ings Umbelliferous plant growing perfectly wild m 
corners of fields and ditch-banks about Merstham and Gatton, Surrey,— 
what is it? The plant appears quite at home thereabouts, and is of enor- 
mous size, and has attracted the writer’s attention several years. 
Croydon. D. W. 

NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Mr. Gissing’s article on the Plants of Devonshire in our next. 
Our Setile correspondents will be pleased to learn that a list of the plants 
collected in that part of the West Riding by Mr. Curtis some years past 
is in preparation, aud will appear in an early number, accompanied by 
notes and comments from one of our contributors who botanized m the 
Craven district two or three years ago. 
The very curious Fern, of which a neat pencil-drawing (made from a 
dried specimen collected in the valley of the Essequibo, Guiana) has been 
sent by our valued correspondent the Rev. Gerard Smith, appears to be 
Schizea flabellum, Mart. It is not known im a living state in Europe; 
it occurs in the first collection of Guiana plants (that distributed by Mr. 
Bentham) sent home by Sir Robert Schomburgk, about 1835, and stands 
under No. 443 of that Herbarium. 
Mr. R. Kennedy.—The barren fronds of two species of Australian 
Ferns sent for naming are unknown to us. The one appears to belong to 
some species of Lomaria. Our correspondents generally, will please to 
bear in mind, that if plants are required to be named, the fertile portion, 
as well as the sterile, is neediul for identification. 
R. B.’s proposition is — with thanks; such communications will 
be always welcome. 
Our best thanks are also due to Mr. Syme, Mr. Thomas Moore, Mr. 
Purehas, and Mr. Smith. 
Communications have been received from 
Mr. Borrer; Mr. Gissing; Mr. J. Kennedy (Winchester); Rev. Gerard 
Smith; Mr. R. Kennedy ; De J. Dickinson ; Mr. Baynes; Mr. J. G. Baker; 
Mr. J. ‘Nowell; Mr. R. Bentley; Mr. Syme; Rev. “W. S. Hore. 
BOOKS RECEIVED FOR REVIEW. 
Sowerby’s Ferns of Great Britain Illustrated. 
Baines’ s Supplement to the Flora of Yorkshire. 
Hooker's Icones Plantarum, vol. x., completing the work. 
Dickinson’s Flora of Liverpool. 
Pritzel: Iconum Botanicarum Index locupletissimus. 
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