3. p. 293.—The Devonshire station, of 
Mr. Borrer, is to be expunged. It was 
at first, only seen from a distance; but, 
on afterwards reaching the plant, it was 
ascertained to be O. minor, with a white 
flower 
Matthiola incana (flowers pale dull red). 
—Cliffs between Steep Hill Cove and 
F Ventnor Cove, Isle of Wight. Borrer. 
Benedi: Lawsoni.—Mr. Borrer queries 
if this be distinct from A. villosum. 
Crepis tectorum, Sm. and Brit. FL—* All 
that I have seen of British growth is 
virens.— The true C. tectorum, Linn. 
is Blikisivay distinguished by the rough 
and beaked fruit. I have gathered it in 
Normandy."  Borrer. 
Carduus crispus, Linn. — This plant was 
introduced into the Britsh Flora on 
the authority of specimens gathered 
at Reigate Hill, Surrey, by Mr. W. C. 
_ Trevelyan; and very lately my obliging 
friend, Mr. J. E. Bowman, of Gresford, 
near Wrexham, has sent me what seems 
to him to agree with the character of 
the same plant, (from that neighbour- 
hood,) rather than with the C. acantho- 
* th these plants are, I doubt 
not, correctly referred by these gentle- 
men to C. crispus: but then I think, 
upon investigation, it will appear that if 
the two species be distinct, that which 
generally goes by the name of acanthoi- 
des with us is, in reality, the crispus of 
Linneus, who is the original authority 
for both. On referring to the Species 
Plantarum, we find the essential cha- 
racter of the two species thus given; 
* C, acanthoides; folis decurrentibus 
 Sinuatis margine spinosis, calycibus pe- 
dunculatis solitariis erectis villosis."— 
HEX crispus ; foliis decurrentibus sinu- 
atis margine spinosis, floribus aggrega- 
: tis terminalibus inermibus :"—Aand in 
e remarks on C. acanthoides, Lin- 
sa; ma * differt a C. crispo calycibus 
s villosis" Now it is quite clear 
l character of ** pedunculated 
| flowers” does not accord with 
ons we have of C. acanthoides. 
excellent : 
BOTANICAL INFORMATION, 
of our plant under the name of C. 
acanthus. Sir James Smith € 
Linnean character, and says ** caly 
globosis villosa cin ". QN Bri 
and, again, in the description, “ flore 
—— is “calyx globose, not q 
sessile :” in the description, ‘ flowe 
branches terminating in irregular cl 
ters of purple, erect flowers, gene 
on short partial stalks ;” whereas the 
e which accompanies the description 
eons the flowers as aggregated and. 
completely sessile. In Engl. Flora the 
expressions are, ‘‘ flowers aggregated, 
somewhat stalked,” and **flowers crowd 
ed at the top of the branches,” to which 
is added the observation, that “‘ this s Nt 
for his crispus” (as b 
foot, &c.); “but the i of the latter 
are white and mostly cottony under- 
neath; its calyx-scales more leafy and 
erect, the inner ones coloured.” Will- 
now ts, fromthe Flora Britannica, 
bipinnatifid leaves than in C. crispus j 
differences not so much as hinted at 7 
Dubis, Botanicon Gallicon, observe | 
C. acanthoides, “vix a precedenti (C. 
erispo) distinctus." Wahlenberg (Flora 
Suecica) makes the character, as a 
oides. 
