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of Q. : 
distinct from Q. dentata (=Q. obovata, Bge.!), and placed next it by 
A. an 
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18. Carl Koch regards Q. Libani and @. serrata, Thunb., B. 
i al, 
in different sections of his subgenus Cerris. : 
20. Mr. J. G. Baker belieyes my plant and that from Western Asia 
to be conspecific ; an opinion in which I cannot concur. 
21. The Chinese tree is the type of a new subgenus, 
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Carex montana, Linn., un Devon.—I am much pleased at being 
able to report Carer montana, Linn., as a Devonian 1 
which I think will be considered a very interesting addition to the 
flora of the county, On May 13th I discovered it in considerable 
quantity, and at three spots, on Bickleigh Down, a heathy piece of 
unbroken pasture-land seyeral acres in extent, lying five miles to the 
with the species generally found on our commons 
U. Gallit, Erica cinerea, Polygala, Galium saxatile, 
tea 
C. pilulifera and C. precoz. At this season, the middle of May, it 
h eady ed out of flower, and so is an earlier flowering 
plant than these two other species > precox being now in full flower, 
d pilulifer ving young fruit and flowers. Without minute 
* “ Apercu sur la classification des Chénes,”’ 6, 
+ Mus. bot, Lugd.-Bat. i., 298, 
; Ann. Mus. bot. Lugd.-Bat. i., 105, 
