42 NOTES ON THE FLORA OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. 



Folioruin lamina ad 11/0 cm. long, et 5*0 cm. lat. ; petiolus ad 

 1-8 cm. long., molliter pubescens. BracteaB 1*7 cm., bracteolae 1*0 

 cm., et calycis laciniae vix 0*5 cm. long. Corollse tubus 1*5 cm. 

 long., limbus 1-7 cm. diam. Antherae roseaa. 



Differt ab H. insula ri T. And. cui proxima caulis foliorumque 

 vestitu, bracteis longioribus apice glanduloso pubescentibus, 

 corolla paullo minore pubescente aliisque notis. Ab H. aristata 

 E. Br. multis de punctis longe recedit. 



Nescio cur cl. Bentham Justiciam Ansellianam, T. And. ad 



Diantheram refert : antherarum ejus loculo inferiors manifesto 



calcarato, nee ut scribit Anderson basi calvo. Species me judice 



ad calcem sect. Raphido&pora ponenda cum J. matammensi, Schftli. 



et tertia in hb. Kew. conserv. in Afr. Aust. lecta planta. 



Justicia Jittonioides nob. melius ad sectionem Rostellariam 

 referri debet. 



Capsici anomali Fr. & Sav. vicli exemplaria japonica a 

 Bisset sine loci indicatione lecta, et ab Oldham ad Kino Ohosima 

 (No. 330), necnon tertium ex herb. Lug.-Bat. comm. sub nom. 

 Miqueliano " C. cordi forme Mill., var. truncata." Itaque vidi 

 hujus ut videtur speciei varietatem fructu viridi et calyce quani in 

 typo majore in ins. Bonin reperta (Wright, No. 200). 



NOTES ON THE FLOEA OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. 



By G. C. Deuce, F.L.S. 



The records in ' Topographical Botany ' for Northamptonshire 

 being ^complete, the following additions and explanations may 



Tint. hf> a nrfo+lmi. nr, «*^«„»i: * J 



uninteresting 



Northamptonshire is about seventy miles long from Crowland 

 Bridge ,n the N.E. to Aynhoe in the S.W., and varies from seven 

 to twenty-six miles m breadth. It has an area of 030,000 acres, 

 of which the large proportion of 580,000 acres are under cultiva- 

 tion, some 2o,000 acres more being natural woods and coppices, 

 including remains of the royal forests of Whittlebury, Salcey, and 

 Rockingham Its common lands are completely insignificant, thus 



i CTiiT f f ^ SenC , e ? rarit >' of ericetal P la ^s, while from 



r^f^ ame • ^ S? d &h ^ QCe 0f h °8 its uli « inal secies are 

 lZ?o i decreasu1 ^ Tho ^ h lasting no great elevation, North- 



SofrS ,7n 'T f T al fo°n1 the Sea " level bel ™ Peterboro' to 

 Hin nlr ihi T P S'/ 3 ° feet aea ^^unston, and at Arbury 



W nsTt W^ J l' t0 8 ° 4 i fe i t J a fange 0f hUls of tolera ble height 



L^vtn ^ ov ?j lookm e the Welland, and runs south-west 



W^PhK % M x\T tL 1 er *Tf eds fr0m ^ntry, by Barby and 

 ilttn I ° ^ eif0rd ; aild thence ^ Cold Ashley to Oxendon, 



Se^SfZte £ ff 0l / aSeby; * et > althou S h the - 



I ,, ^\v ,?lo ** Gy ! 0IU i tlle * reat watershed of central 



fre tl ?'a \u ti 1 CSCarP f eUtS -° f the nume rous valleys from the 



h< to s >H ^ f } ' erS ° pe TT and im P™us strata furnish 

 those springe of pure water which have long been the boast of 



