SHORT NOTES. : 895 
temulum, Chrysanthemum segetum, Festuca pratensis, Galium verum 
Geranium parviflorum, Hieracium umbellatum, Hydrocotyle vulgaris, 
Leontodon hirtum, Melissa Nepeta, Primula officinalis, P. acaulis, 
Salix monandra (purpurea), S. triandra, Sisymbrium ee 
— sai tei Thlaspi arvense, Trifolium arvense, and Valeriana 
officina 
p Withering, in Bot. Arr. ed. 3 (1796), also refers to the 
following :—Anemone Apennina, Carex ventricosa, Centaurea Cyanus, 
Cerastium pumilum, Helleborus viridis, Iberis nudicaulis (Teesdalia), 
Melittis aga antishagaes Poa procumbens (Withering’s ‘ rupestris”’), 
Ranunculus arvensis, Saxifraga 6k ii Scilla autumnalis, Tri- 
folium iriscttn, and Veronica triphyllo 
his leaves the te Ie Ki be socotinte for, apparently Sea 
ee in the years 1796, 7, 0 Z.:—Agrostis setacea, Brom 
pty Cerastium tetrandrum, * ihotun rubrum, Cistus putas, 
prsiel Fumaria capreolata, Galeopsis versicolor, Glaucium corni 
latum, Lathyrus Nissolia, Lobelia urens (under which Curtis refers to 
“ October 18. 1796” as “two years since fel Mele nutans, Ophrys 
anthropophora, Orchis fusca (purpurea), O . bifolia, Poa re ie ee 
Primula farinosa Pear tbe aritima, Salvia Verbenaca, Saxifrag 
dirculus, and Trifolium 
Mr. Daydon cea Gonit Bot. 1881, 309) refers to “a full 
list” of these plates having been drawn up by the late Mr. Pryor. 
This I have not seen, though I have benefited by the hints contained 
in Mr. Jackson’s paper. W. A. Crane. 
SHORT NOTES. 
Sempervivum hierrense, sp. nov.—S. caule erecto, simplici ; 
foliis anguste nagar glabris, submucronatis, serrato-ciliatis ; 
floribus carnosis in thyrsum latum digestis; ramulis puberu lis ; 
calycis puberuli dentibus lineari-triangularibus ; eiuawtiie perigynis 
conspicuis. 
Hab. In ins. Ferroensi Canariensium. 
When describing S. percarneum (p. 201), I stated that there 
existed at Kew a specimen of that species from the island of Hierro, 
i i Since then 
plants of Grand Canary and Hierro turn out to be quite distinct, 
although ‘ndiskistgruishable in the dried state without careful dis- 
oe ingen I had not the opportunity of making. The differences 
may be thus stated :— 
S. percarneum: fruticose, much branched. Perigynous scales 
: a. 
S. hierrense: unbranched, at least —— apparently once 
er cd ; scales conspicuous, qua 
I find the petals in S. hierrense pale flesh- coloured, with green 
medial stripe. It grows somewhat sparingly on rocks and walls at 
