166 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
LINCOLNSHIRE PLANTS. 
Tue Lincolnshire isi Union has issued A Check-List 
of Lincolnshire Plants, by the Rev. E. A. Woodruffe-Peacock, 
which is descri by the author as ‘a sign-post on the a to a 
flora.” As it stands, it is ‘“‘an analysis of some 500,0 serva- 
emo and soe evidently contains as much condensed ialortiavion 
s would serve for the basis of a longer work. For some reason— 
at least so we aateie, though we cannot divine what it may be— 
List is arranged in alphabetical order, which renders it in- 
date and authority for fir st aeaetatinn, and the distribution in 
the county. The nomenclature is that of the tenth edition of the 
No distinction is made between natives and aliens, but 
erroneous records are placed in square brackets. It is to 
regretted that ‘the map and parish list with heb numbers, 
issued by the Union in 1895,” should not hay 
with the List, to which it is an almost dasautla? s accompaniment 
the map we are told ‘‘is still on ge and can be obtained 
Mr. A. Smith, the County Museum, Lincoln,” but no indication 
bop : ; é ‘alt Gis 
issued by Messrs. pam printers, 20 Mercer Row, Louth. 
The printing, by the way, leaves something to be desired: the 
word synonymy (like the thing itself) seems to present special 
i n it stands as “ synon ” and ‘ n : 
We hope that the Flora, which has for some time been anxiously 
looked m8 will not be long delayed ; meanwhile will not Mr. Wood- 
ruffe k i 
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note which is not quite easy to understand, but ehickl: suggests 
that its claim to varietal rank is but slight ; ; it would be in- 
teresting to learn more about it and about its portentously 
named nob ore of which eet List tells us nothing. The note on 
the former runs: “ of Veronica agrestis L., which for 
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come across forms in tilth this season (1910), which show pres 
fluctuation from the type to my characteristic variety on to 
pure flora {sic} albo of both.” 
