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ca n aud place in gre the patient use of the micro- 
? (Quarterly Journ. of Micro. Sc. Jan. See pp. 49, 50.) Of 
"ia pe Lindsay enumerates 19. specie s, belonging to various parts 
of the world; 16 of which were named by early iban. and the remain- 
oderns. 
In the paper I am quoting, Dr. Lindsay repeatedly complains of the 
useless number of names and distinctions, and yet 19 of the 103 recent 
species are named by himself; indeed, he has named more than any other 
author he quotes, Nylander alone excepte 
Of several of those he naines, he seems only to have had imperfect spe- 
cimens, for we are told, “spores not seen,” or that he had found ** pyc- 
nidia only." (Compare Lindsay's remark on Perfusaria sublactea and 
P. faginea i in thee Bot. IX. 347.) It is remarkable, too, that one of 
the forms which he has named is a plant which Mudd, who examined and: 
described it, thought better to leave unnamed. (Mudd, Man. 165.) 
the number of species should increase, and o very well see that Dr. 
Lindsay's P is more nearly in agreement ide that of ober botanists. 
than his theo 
I have had no intention in the previous remarks to justify the large in- 
crease in names and species which has taken place of late years ; the cha- 
must be their passport. I simply wish to point out that the increa 
not so large as Dr. Endaya aria: Aeh and that it has not arisen from i the 
use of chemical tests or a rage for multiplication. At the same time it 
is well to remember that Dr. Nylan nder pursues in this, as in most licheno- 
logical matters, a middle course; and while Dr. Lindsay protests against 
complain that he only finds * alia nomina ” in many of their best-ground 
species. 
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AMMOPHILA BALTICA IN NORTHUMBERLAND.—I send an Arundo, 
which 4 got o gre Links, Northumberland. I had been to Holy 
Tsland, and on com g home, as the sand was very ees I took to the 
links and found thé pi grass in small patches. . .. It is my opinion that it 
is truly wild ; it grows close to the sea at a part where no stated could be 
dintaaiied: Holy Island is five miles distant. I have no idea over what 
space the plant is spread ; I met with it for the length of between three 
and four hundred yards as I walked close by the side of the sandbank.— 
W.RicHaRDsON. [Mr. a uc s specimen is Ammophila baltica, Link 
(Psamma, Beauv.), a species found not only on the shores of the Baltic (as its 
name indicates), but on this side of Denmark, near Bremen. It is easily 
distinguishable from our comm . arenaria by its laxer, more lanceo- 
ate and less cylindriosi panicle, und long, very acute glumes, besid 
other characters here i xt aima "aeo of the plant being 
native at os ‘Links, a iin , about two miles across, south if 
station will, however, be desirable before we pu a figure and full 
description of 4. baltica asa British plant. —Eb. jon Bor T.] 
