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 OROBANCHE RETICULATA, WALLRUTH. 



A. BENNETT. 



This species (as the /. procera Beck), was found in Mid-W. 

 Yorkshire by Mr. H. E. Craven in 1908 near Leeds, and a 

 specimen was sent me by Mr. J. F. Pickard of Leeds. I have 

 now to record it from ' N. E. Yorkshire, 1881, Mr. G. Webster,' 

 sent me by the late Mr. G. Nicholson of Kew, under the name 

 of ' minor.' At that date, I had placed it with 0. rubra Sm., 

 but lately, looking through my specimens, I saw it could not 

 be that species. Unfortunately, there is no exact station, only 

 as I quote. The genus wants carefully examining in Britain, as 

 I feel sure we have other species beyond those recorded. I 

 have a specimen named ' 0. clatior, Lock Nell, Oban, 1846, ex 

 herb. E. Harvey.' But this lady's specimens were not always 

 to be relied on. It is certainly not elatior ; it may be 0. cruenta 

 Bert. (0. gracilis Sm.), which occurs on a large number of 

 plants of various orders. I have also three specimens from 

 Sark, Channel Isles, one at least of which is new to our Flora, 

 but they are too far gone over to identify with certainty. 



William Smith: His Maps and Memoirs. By Thomas 

 Sheppard, M.Sc pp. 75-253 and 17 plates. Price 7/6 net. 



If any man can be truly said to have come into his own 

 after much neglect, that man is William Smith. Officially 

 ignored to a great extent, he pursued his steady course, seeing 

 his results published with or without acknowledgement by 

 others, while he, in his own words, was ' left to pursue, unre- 

 warded and alone, the drudgery of more substantial utility ' 

 (1818), until in his old age, the Geological Society of London 

 gave him the Wollaston Medal (1832), the Government a 

 Civil List Pension of £100 (1832), and Dublin an LL.D. in 

 1835. He died in 1839. J°hn Phillips, his nephew and com- 

 panion, wrote his life in 1844, and now the generosity of the 

 Yorkshire Geological Society (Proc. Vol. XIX., Pt. 3, March, 

 1917), has provided for the publication of a complete history 

 of his works and aims, the loving labour of Thomas Sheppard. 

 This extremely interesting memoir gives a sketch of Smith's 

 English predecessors in geological mapping, details biblio- 

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 from those authors who acknowledged his great services, 

 sketches his life, residences, and memorials, and concludes 

 by reprinting his ' Claims ' (a noteworthy document), and several 

 of his manuscripts. It is a memoir worthy of its subject, 

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 pages, it reflects the highest credit on its author, and those who 

 preside over the Yorkshire Geological Society.— CD. S. 



1917 May 1. 



