830 -  GOSSYPIUM LANCEEZFORME MIERS Ms. 
In Mavor’s list of plants, which, he says, ‘‘he owes in great 
measure to Dr. Noehden, of Windsor, and Mr. Bicheno, of New- 
bury,” he remarks of Dr. Noehden’s records, ‘that he has only to 
regret that the Doctor, having kept no aan i eacitlarpaiae oe 
made his excursions some yea 3 unable to 
the oan habitats of the plants he Ninaictbead “The district which 
he examined, however, includes the vicinity of Windsor, and 
extends on one side as far as Bagshot Heath, and on the other to 
Bisham Woods.” The following plants in the list I have not been 
able to verify :— Allium Schenoprasum L. sapere and pastures, 
Noehden, who also gives A. vineale L., which i s frequent; can the 
ormer be a var. of the latter ? — Callitriche autumnalis is of course 
C. hamulata. — Carex arenaria L. is an error. — C. cespitosa is C. 
0 i aris, C. distans, and O. stricta are most 
probably names rather than plants.—Drosera anglica and Geranium 
moschatum dia and Erodium cicutarium respe ly.— 
Lycopodium Selago eeke records fro on Ufton 
ommon, a locality more suited for L. inundatum —Medicago arabica 
Dr. Mavo b means rare ate the upper part of 
the county, partially se ho “Nat I have never met with 
it. Can he have meant M. lupuli ar —— Melampyrum arvense Li 
« Frequent.” Probably Bartsia Odontites, which he does not give. 
eristatum L. and M. 
Dianthus deltoides L. On old walls, Mr. Bicheno, is either a 
cas J 
misnomer or a —— Peucedanum officinale L. Dr. Noehden 
error.— Prunus Padus A misnomer for P. avium L.——Sa 
— error, — —— — is a — He 
erastium Be eerie —— Veronica hybrida is also a 
Ranunculus hirsu i 
nom 
us, from moist oh 1 
—_Tillea en ae Wiel i ayey p. es is déabilées an nus 
Any information upon the fore 
going, or upon any Berks records, 
Saban be greatly valued. They may be sent to Tis, High Street, 
tie citer 
GOSSYPIUM LANCEAFORME Miers MS. 
[Tux recent investigation by D 
has brought under oa notice eis Watt of the genus Gossypium 
ohn Miers 
pparently unpublished paper on 
ad genus by Mr. M contai Sasariotion, of a 
riage ha fod ae by Pavon. So e can discover, 
as never been described, but it was referred to in a 
view (by Dr Masters) of Parlatore’s Le Specie os sea published 
re i pene tae hide for July 28, 1866 (p. 710) :—** There is 
‘Gt ik fons Museum a cae of Pavon's had Mexico, whie 
species known to us in the eculiarl lon 
tails to the leaf-lobes and in the segments ef “the eels: hteh 
