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And before writing the foregoing Mr. Buskin actually took the 

 perfectly needless trouble of begging that his names might be 

 quoted as "Art. Scliol. Oxon." The illustrations are fragmentary, 

 but charming, and the only part to which we can allot ungrudging 



praise. B. D. J. 



ra of Plymouth : an account of the Flowering Plants and Ferns 

 within twelve miles of the town; with brief sketches of the 

 topouraphy, geology, and climate of the area, and history of 



local botanical investigation. By T. E. Archer Biuggs, F.L.S. 

 With map. London, Van Voorst. 1880. pp. xxxv., 432. 



This latest addition to our list of local floras— the result of the 



is in every 



dilierent 



sense worthy of the high anticipations which had been formed 

 regarding it. British botanists have long known Mr. Bnggs as 

 occupying a foremost place in the rank of critical investigators of 

 local botany ; and it is not too much to say that they will find in 

 the 'Flora of Plymouth' the fullest justification for their opinion. 

 Since the commencement of this Journal in 1863, Mr. Bnggs has 

 from time to time published in its pages contributions to our 

 L — riedge of the plants of Devon and Cornwall, with especial 

 ence to those of the neighbourhood of Plymouth ; he has been 

 ?ing together patiently and unobtrusively every scrap ol 



bringin 



ranging together patiently ana uiiuuuusivcijr c »^j — -*. 

 information which could be brought to bear upon the subject ; 

 and the result is a volume which will long remain a model tor tne 



writers of local floras. 



uers oi iocai noras. „ ,, . , , ■ ■, 



It may be well to draw attention to a few of the points which 

 seem to us especially noteworthy. Prominent among these is tne 

 fact that the author himself is personally responsible lor the great 

 bulk of the information as to local distribution. This was ot 

 course rendered possible by the small area embraced by the flora— 

 an area even smaller than appears from the title, inasmuch as < 

 large portion of the southern half of the radius is occupied by the 

 sea-but it adds materially to the value of the work Small as 

 the area is, however, it affords scope for division into **J**™+ 

 each being the basin, or a portion ot the basin, of a separate rver 

 two of these districts are in the sub-province of East , Coi wall 

 the remainder in South Devon. The introduction contam a 

 sketch of these districts, with lists of the plants pecuha ^^ to each, 

 and a summary of the number of species, types of distribution, ft©., 



^•-^p nametl in th? . London ^atalogue of 



British Plants' 873belong to Plymouth. V^T***™** 

 these will be found numbered and given m the Flora. They aix , 



%?*. ramosus, P. hirtifolius, 11. mutatnhs and Jtomx ng** 



The last is a recent addition to the British hst, an £ *«J^* ** 

 mserted for reasons that will appear on referring to ^e ieweu ivt 

 notices of them These four plants brmg up the numbei o 

 Plymouth spec's to 877 Two species of the London Cat. ogue 

 Volygala oxyptera and P. depressa, are united with I. mUgaru. 



