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work he arranged in two divisions, namely, “ British species ” and 
ign species”; he gave two British species, “ Rhinanthus 
vulgaris” and ‘“ Rhinanthus foliis angustioribus,’ both of which 
represented Rk. Crista-Galli L.; and on i 
“Ehinanthus foliis villosis,’ which represented R. indica L., 
which has since been removed to an entirely different genus. 
two or more genera. A similar remark applies to Hudson’s Flora 
Anglica (1762), who gave a very short description of the genus, 
and adopted from Linnzus the only English species. It remains 
that neither of these two authors anticipated Haller in dividing 
the genus Rhinanthus L. into two or more genera. It appears, 
therefore, that the genus Alectorolophus Hall. properly takes the 
place of the former name for our plant.—W. P. Himrn. 
SPH2ROCARPUS CALIFORNICUS IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE. —In the 
Surrey Puanrs.—It would appear that there is in course of 
establishment, by the Thames near Putney, a small colony of 
lants that seem more at home along the muddy shores of the 
this, and one small patch of Glaux maritima L. A sedge from 
this locality, gathered last year, in a somewhat immature condition 
as far as fruit is concerned, is named by Mr. C. E. Salmon Carex 
divisa Huds. In a parcel of Surrey plants recently received back 
from Mr. Salmon, is another sedge, collected near Wimbledon, and 
queried as C. Pairgi F. Schultz. This the Rey. E. §. all, 
whilst unable to be certain owing to the want of mature fruit, 
