328 BOTANICAL NOTES, NOTICES, AND QUERIES. [January. 



Hypericum Andkos^mum, Curtis. 



" About London all our Hypericums abound more than this, wliich I 

 have met with i-n one wood only, viz. the ' Oak of Honour Wood,' near 

 Peckham E,ye, adjoining Norwood " (Fl. Londinensis). In this the petals 

 are smaller and more pointed than in those represented in E. B. 1235 ; 

 the fruit is drawn as if more fleshy and rounded, and the styles are much 

 shorter. The petals as represented by Curtis are not rounded, but taper- 

 ing. The E. B. fig. Mr. Babington says represents H. anglicmn, Bertol. 

 Can any reader of the ' Phytologist ' inform us if he knows anything about 

 the history of the plant figured in ' English Botany,' and called H. Andro- 

 scemum ? Curtis gives the histoiy of his plant as quoted above. 



Many years ago I used to observe H. Androscemum in great abundance 

 and veiy luxuriant on the verge of Hainault Forest, now disforested. The 

 plant grew on the bank of the hedge which separated the forest from the 

 fields on the left side of the road between Abridge and Chigwell and the 

 gr-eat Essex road to Chelmsford, through Brentwood. I suppose it was 

 the same as Cvirtis's plant. At that period I would not have noticed the 

 difference between the plants represented in these two great national works 

 on oiu' indigenous Flora. A. I. 



I shall be glad to exchange British plants with any lady or gentleman 

 desirous of doing the same ; Orchis militaris, 0. tephrosanthos, 0. fusca, 

 0. liircina, Goodyera repens, Binranthes cernua, and Liparis Loeselii being 

 desiderata with me. J. W. GissiNG. 



Wakefield. 



Has OrcJds hircina been found in Suffolk since 1850? We believe the 

 answer, when given, will be, " Neither before that period, nor since." 



Communications have been received from 



Maxwell T. Masters ; J. G. Baker ; Archibald Jerdon ; E. N. ; J. S. ; 

 Eev. W. M. Hinds; Charles Howde ; W. Sutherland; John Windsor, 

 F.L.S. ; Professor Alphonse De CandoUe ; J. S. Mill. 



BOOKS EECEIYED FOE EEVIEW. 



Sowerbys British G?'asses ; Part the Third. 

 Irvine's British Plants ; Part the Fourth. 



Page 294, line IS, for varieties read rarities. 



Page 294, line 27, for Sherely read Henly. 



Page 303, /or Agrimonoides read ageimonioides. 



EREATA IN ' BEITISH BOTANY.' 



Page 175, under Tribe III. EosecB,for Spiesa read Eosa. 



Page 187, R. idaeus, the area, etc., should be A. 18 ; C. 75 ; lat. 50-60° ; alt. 

 0-650 yai-ds ; temp. 50-40°. A. 1, Devon and Somerset, should be placed under 

 Vctr. Leesii. 



