282 NOTICES OF BOOKS AND MEMOIRS. 
-  Plantago intermedia, Gilib. (placed under P. majo ry Ino t 
downy, scapes terete downy i uate spre angele is probably 
distinct. It is not very rare in England.” 
Rumewx rupestris, Le See ‘ <n Bot.,’ 1876, 1 
Salix Sadleri, Syme. ‘ ‘I have not — ~ plant, and it may 
be misplaced here.” See ‘Journ. Bot.,’ »?p 
Epipactis violacea, Br. = EF. nein, ir, Bp. purpurata of ed. 7. 
See ‘ Journ. Bot.,’ 1881, p. 71. 
Potamogeton Zizii, Roth. See ‘Journ. Bot.,’ — P. 289. 
Carex eet Willd. See ‘ Journ. Bot., “ 192. 
C. pi , L., var. Leesii, Ridley. See to oo Bot. 1881, 
97. "The oloaity “Glen Callater, Braemar,’ is given in addition 
to the ori one. 
anthazanthon Puellii (Puelii] , ore & Lam. See ‘Journ. Bot.,’ 
ae ,p.1. Admitted as a true nativ 
C. frigida a, All. See ‘ Journ. Bot.” 1875, p. 34. 
Nitella prolifera, Kiitz 
Chara stelligera, Bauer. See ‘ Journ. Bot.,’ 1881, p.1. Wenote 
that this name is allowed to stand, instead of C. obtusa, Desv., 
with which the Messrs. Groves identify C. stelligera 
C. contraria, A. Br. ‘Frensham Little Pond, Surrey (1881), 
Mr. W. H. Beeby.” The first announcement of this species as 
British. 
CU. polyacantha, Braun 
C. baltica, Fr. First notice as British. 
C. connivens, Braun. 
C. fragifera, Desv. 
The account of the Characee is = — re-written, and 
repeated reference is made to “*M roves’s valuable pape 
in this Journal for 1880. The gear ‘Nitella is Saunier from 
Chara, with which it was combined in preceding editions. 
As a set-off against these additions, we note the disappearance 
to admission in British li pe may now be conside ly disposed 
of Such, for example, re Condens one. oa alpestris, 
Arenaria aessow Stellaria scapigera, Spergula pentandra, Malva 
verticillata, Hypericum bar ae Staphylea pinata, Potentilla alba, 
P. tridentata, Rosa eee icksoni, R. cinnamomea, Cotyledon 
lutea, Cherophyllum ures: C. aromaticum, Gentiana acaulis, 
Swertia perennis, Echinospermum Lappula, Euphorbia Characias, 
Salix petiolaris, S. hastata, Crocus sativus, Scilla bifolia, Juncus 
tenuis, Typha minor, Carea hordeiformis, and L ycopodium abate! 
Some of our older botanists may b clined to regret, upon 
sentimental grounds, the rejection of names which have alway 8 
been familiar to them in British books; but, with the possible 
exception of Echinospermum Lappula, which cake its appearan 
m time to time, although in no great quantity, the plants shee 
named have no more claim to appear in our lists than others which 
have disappeared at an earlier as ak as Ranunculus gramineus, 
i. alpestris, and Papaver nudicaule. We should not have been 
