308 
Smith's denticulatum of English Botany 
(H. prenanthoides of the same author in 
Fl. Britannica). My H. prenanthoides, 
(Brit. Fl. ed. 3. p. 352,) which I believe to 
be the same with that of Eng. Bot. t. 2225, 
again, scarcely differs from H. Sabaudum, 
except in the softer texture of its leaves, 
and more glandular calyx. May not these 
three be referable to one and the same? 
The authors of the ‘ Compendium Flora 
Germanie," Bluff and Fingerhuth, say 
of H. Sabaudum, “ Planta valde varians, 
caule nunc humili subsimplici, nunc al- 
tissimo apicem versus magis minusve co- 
rymboso, foliis longioribus brevioribus, 
angustioribus latioribus, profunde den- 
tatis aut integerrimis, dentibus nunc basi 
nunc in medio majoribus, aut omnibus sub- 
squalibus. Periclinii (Involucri) foliola 
nigricantia, pilis paucis hinc inde glandu- 
liferis adspersa." 
Mr. Moore has observed that Scirpus 
Savi is very abundant in the county of 
Derry, and probably throughout Ireland; 
and he confirms a remark I have already 
made in this Journal, respecting its occu- 
pying nearly the same Tange as Pinguicu- 
la Lusitanica. He finds both growing 
together in various places. 
A new station has been discovered for 
the Veronica Buzbaumii, by Miss Anna 
Gurney, who has observed it for some 
years under a sunny wall at Syderstrand, 
between Cromer and Trimingham, Norfolk. 
This year, (1836,) its large and brilliant 
blossoms were in perfection on the 18th of 
rch. 
Mr. Gay, of Paris, after a careful ex- 
amination of the plants of M. Durieu, and 
especially of those common to the summits 
of the peaks of Arvas, and of Canellas, 
mentioned at p. 216 of this Journal, has 
been kind enough, through Mr. P. B. Webb, 
to suggest the following corrections; 
The Leontodon, without name, is 
squamosum, Lam.(Apargia alpina, Willd.) 
Juniperus depressa, is J. nana, Willd. 
—V. communis, var. 
Agrostis rubra, is A. alpina, Scop. 
Agrostis Asturica, is A. capillaris, L. 
BOTANICAL INFORMATION. 
L. thus producing very 
Aira Asturica, is A. flexuosa, L. i 
Bunium Bulbocastanum, is B. denu- 
datum, D C. ; 
Silene geniculata, Lag., is S. ciliata, 
urr. 
In the collection of M. Durieu, are about 
fifty species of great interest, '* mes quinze 
derniers jours," says M. Gay, “ avec les 
nuits, ont été employés à les determiner.” 
P 
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EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM 
M. SPANOGHE, THE DUTCH RE- 
SIDENT AT COUPANG, RELAT- 
ING TO THE NATURAL HISTO- 
RY OF THE ISLAND OF TIMOR; 
WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF 
THE UPAS TREE, DISCOVERED 
THERE BY THAT GENTLEMAN. 
M. Spanoghe, during a long stay in the 
Island of Java, is well known to have de- 
voted a great deal of time to the investi- 
gation of its Natural History, and, we be- 
lieve, has sent very considerable collections 
to his native country. Since then, he has 
been appointed to the Presidency or Go- 
vernorship of Coupang, the Dutch settle- 
ment of Timor, and has there equally fur- 
thered the cause of Natural History, and — 
dispatched to Holland a very valuable L 
Herbarium, which will doubtless afford - 
Dr. Blume many interesting subjects LIT 
his forthcoming ** Rumphia,” announced at - | 
In the mean — 
time, whateverconcerns the Natural History 5 
of the Island in question cannot fail to w | 
read with interest: and, in a letter lately. 1 
received from him, which bears date os s 
pang, 28th September, 1834," Mr. Se ; 
p. 84, of our present volume. 
noghe observes ; 
** The soil of Timor is not very favour- 
able for Ferns, or any other Cryptogamit ; 
being too dry, and the limestone formation, — 
few of those plants, 
which delight in a moist soil, such as thé 
Orchidee, and many others. 
lands are also quite destitute of plants be — 
longing to the following orders : viz, M 
leniacee, Magnoliacea, Berber 
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