384 botanical notes^ notices^ and queries. imttvch, 



The Poisonous Propebty op Yew. 



Two fine steers, the property of Mr. J. Taylor, Siimmer-hill, Gains- 

 borough, were seen unwell on Saturday week, and one of them immediately 

 fell, and died before any remedy could be obtained. To the second, which 

 also fell, a bottle of gin was given instanter by the owner. The animal 

 rallied, and with other remedies applied by Mr. Chapman, veterinary sur- 

 geon, is now fast recovering. The steers had been in the garden cropping 

 a yew fence, which was the cause of the illness, as in the post mortem exa- 

 mination was clearly defined. — ' Thnes,' January 2, 1858. 



Herbaceous plants common to India and Europe, Dr. J. Hooker informs 

 us in his ' Himalayan Journals,' are far too numerous to be enumerated ; 

 for example, in a marginal note there is the following statement : — " The 

 ground around my tent was covered with Grasses and Sedges, amongst 

 which grew Primroses, Thistles, Speedwell, wild Leeks, Arum, Convallaria^ 

 Callitriche, Oxalis, Ranuncuhis, Potentilla, Orchis, ChcBrophyllum, Galium, 

 Paris, and Anagallis, besides cultivated weeds of Shepherd's-purse, Dock, 

 Mustard, Mithridate-cress, Eadish, Turnip, Thlaspi arvense and Poa 

 annua." — Himalayan Journals. 



TeUCRIUM CHAMiEDRYS. 



Will Mr. Powler kindly inform the readers of the * Phytologist ' in what 

 sort of locality it is that Teucrium Chamadrys grows in Lincolnshire ? 

 whether the plant is confined to one spot, and plentiful where it is found ? 

 and also how far removed from the nearest habitation, or ground formerly 

 quarried ? 



The suspicion attached to its indigenous origin by Hooker, Watson, 

 and A. De Candolle, whilst Babington lets it pass without challenge, ren- 

 ders every new locality worth investigation. A. 



Where is the account of Professor Buckman's discovery, that Trifolium 

 pratense and T. medium are identical as species, or constitute but one, not 

 two species? — See 'Phytologist,' vol. ii. p. 114, where Professor Buckland 

 is erroneously entered for Professor Buckman. 



Communications have been received from 



J. Van Voorst -. John P. Powler ; Professor Bentley ; J. Barton ; Geo. 

 B. WoUaston; Z. ; H. Stock: Rev. W. T. Bree, P.L.S. ; W. P. ; C. C. 

 Babington, P.R.S. ; B. ; Huddersfield ; A. G. More, P.L.S. ; Sydney 

 Beisly; W. P. Buist ; Joseph Woods, P.L.S. ; Censor. 



BOOKS EECEIVED FOR EEVIEW. 



Natural History Review for January, 1858. 



The Atlantis, or Register of Literature and Science, for January, 1858. 



Sowerby's Grasses ; Parts 4 and 5. 



Page 281, liiie 16, for " Mona-ma'" read " Mona-rua." 



Page 344, line 9, for " triffonum" read " tri(jynum." 



Page 344, line 2 from bottom, for " Loch Flagan" read " Loch Etagan." 



