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lowish. L. usually narrow, sometimes (#. Salisburgensis, Funk. ?) 
with very long teeth.—Some authors divide this into many species; 
but even the above are scarcely distinguishable at all times.” 
This important opinion should be taken in connexion with 
Hermann Miiller’s interesting researches on fertilization and lati- 
tude-variation, as it is probable that this species affords some re- 
markably puzzling instances of correlated change. 
An examination of specimens has led the present writer to look 
npon Veronica spicata, L. (EK. B. 2), from the chalk of Cambridge- 
shire and Suffolk, as very distinct from V. hybrida, L. (E. B. 673), 
of the carboniferous limestone in the West of England ; but Professor 
Babington continues to unite them. Cultivation might settle the 
question. 
Utricularia Bremii of Heer, the authority for the name not being 
cited, which was recorded by Mr. Webb in the ‘ Journal of Botany’ 
for 1876 (p. 146); Plantago intermedia (Lilib.) put under P. major; 
the varietal name salina for the maritime form of Atriplex deltoidea ; 
and Rumex rupestris, Le Gall, recorded by Mr. Briggs in 1875, are 
additions. 
From personal investigation the present writer can fully indorse 
all that Professor Babington says of the Elms, though he would have 
liked to see the variety nitida of Syme included. Dr. Boswell- 
Syme’s Saliv Sadleri of 1875 is an addition ; but, of course, the 
name Orchis incarnata (L.) appears in connexion with the plant to 
which Mr. C. B. Clarke has, since the publication of this edition, 
shown that it does not belong. 
Epipactis violacea (Bor.) takes the place of E. media var. purpu- 
rata; Romulea, Mar., that of Trichonema, and Crocus argenteus 
(Sal.) that of C. b¢florus (Mill.). Whilst on these changes of 
nomenclature, we must protest against the supersession of such a 
name as Liparis, on the ground of preoccupation in the animal 
kingdom. JZoologists find a far laxer rule without serious disad- 
vantages. 
Potamogeton Zizii, Mert. & Koch, discovered by Mr. Brotherston 
in 1878, and described by Mr. Trimen, here appears as of ‘“‘ Roth.” 
The genus Zannichellia has been revised, being now grouped under 
two species, Z. palustris and Z. polycarpa, the former being sub- 
divided into three varieties, brachistemon and macrostemon of Gay 
and pedicellata of Fries. 
Three new Sedges, viz. Carex ornithopoda (W.), C. pilulrfera, L., 
var. Leesii (Ridley), and C. frigida (All.); Agrostis alba, var. [3. 
stolonifera, in lieu of subrepens; Nutella prolifera (Kutz.), and six 
new Charas, C. stelligera (Bauer), C. contraria (A. Br.), C. polya- 
cantha (Braun), C. baltica (Fr.), C. connivens (Braun), and C. 
fragifera (Dur.), the working out of which is mainly due to the 
acumen of the Messrs. Groves, complete the list of additions. 
These few notes will be sufficient to show both the progress made 
in British botany since the publication of the last edition and the 
remarkable manner in which Professor Babington has digested it 
for our use. May the advance in the future be yet greater, and 
may he long live to record it ! 
