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Trachelium. Mr. Curtis had been misled by the late Profes- 

 sor David Don having hastily named it C. rapunculoides, 

 and I only just saw the error in time to prevent the plant 

 being published as such." Mr. Charles Prentice found 

 some few plants of it growing with Geranium pratense, on 

 limestone, five or six miles from Cheltenham, in a doubt- 

 ful situation, where it might be supposed wild, or, to 

 which it might have been introduced. 



684. Specidaria hyhricla, vol. ii. 13. 142. 



Always appears to have been brought with seeds of the 

 crops among which it is found in Herefordshire, accord- 

 ing to Mr. Purchas. 



685. Phyteuma orhiculare, vol. ii. p. 143. 



Ascends to 100 or 200 yards ; certainly exceeding the 

 former altitude, and perhaps attainmg to the latter, on the 

 chalk downs of Sussex. 



687. Jasione viontana, vol. ii. p. 143. 



This iilant is included by Miss Boswell, in a list of 

 those observed by lierseK in Orkney ; where it is proba- 

 bly rare, as not having been reported there by other 

 botanists. 



688. Lobelia urens, vol. ii. p. 144. 



The following notice was communicated to the Phyto- 

 logist, iii. p. 1051, by Mr. W. Thomson : " A living spe- 

 cimen of this rare plant has just been presented to me 

 by the Ecv. J. Dix of Charing. It was found by Mrs. 

 Dix in a wood near Ashford, on the 27th of August last ; 

 and since it is usually supposed to be a Devonshire plant, 

 its discovery in the county of Kent may be deemed worthy 

 of record. Mr. Dix informs me that the plant grew 

 about a yard from the path in a chestnut wood, which 

 had been cut down ; that it was in full vigour, and that 

 its centre formed a superb spike of flowers. He adds 

 that there is no apparent possibility of its having been 

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