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being Devonian slate traversed by elvan veins, which latter furnish 
a stone that is much quarried, and is locally well-known 
“Roborough-stone.” Since I wrote my first notice of this Carer 
CINERARIA cCAMPESTRIS my Lryconysuree.—I send a specimen 
of this species from Ancaster, in this county, gathered on June 7th. 
This locality extends its north-eastern range, umbridgeshire being 
the highest point recorded on this side of England. I see it is not 
given in Mr. Britten’s list of Lincolnshire plants, compiled last year.— 
G. 8. Srrearremp.—[ Additional to Province 8, Trent, of ‘Cybele 
Britannica.”—£d. Journ. Bot.} 
CLAYTONIA ALsrINoipEs.—This species is growing in tolerable 
abundance in a small plantation at Ince, Cheshire. The wood is about 
one hundred yards from the river Mersey. A stranger to British 
botany, going suddenly into the wood, and observing it growing side 
by side with our common Stellaria media, would find it difficult to. 
It is one of those plants which mature eir see der almost an 
c stances, and therefore will rapidly increase despite of the soil, 
situation, or state of the atmosphere. Its ar ally, ‘ginted, 
ally, C. v 
sometimes spreads rapidly in the garden. Like another alien, Wimulus 
luteus, it must. shortly be admitted into our Floras as an introduced 
species.—J. F. Ronryson, 
_ Lermrom Drasa, Z., as a WeEp.—A short time ago a plant of Lepi- 
dium Draba was sent to me by a former pupil of the Royal Agricultural 
College, Cirencester, Mr. Harry Willett. He says :—‘‘ It grows near 
i = L lesome weed, very difficult to 
eradicate.” Along with Mr. Willett’s letter was another, as follows :— 
w 
possible) how to eradicate it, as otherwise it is very valuable corn- 
growing land.” The “ee a (about 15 inches) answers well to 
cNas. 
