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perfect seeds. For the sake of comparison, I have now taken 
twenty fruits from a plant of A. minus, and I find that every one 
t 
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nothing that can be referred to A. majus x nemorosum, although 
this, as well as the other two hybrids, all occur in Scandinavia 
according to the last edition of the Férteckning. 
According to my views, the British list comprises the following 
rms :— 
A, majus Bernh. 
majus x minus = A. intermedium Lange p. p.! 
minus Bernh. 
Aon a tinbone ame a small; intermedium Lange p. p.! 
apa 
sn ee re Ss se Newbouldi Ar. ‘Benn. ! 
{pubes Bab. ?] 
Non the specimens labelled A. intermediwm in Herb. 
Hiyltén- Cavalline are referable to A. nemoroswm, which I have not 
n from Norway or Sweden, though it doubtless occurs there. 
THE DISTRIBUTION OF LUNULARIA CRUCIATA. 
By Symers M. Macvicar. 
species, and its present distribution should at least be noted. The 
ints to be remembered are: Can this Mediterranean hepatic be 
considered as a native of any part of our south coast? This 
accurate kn. 
assist. The difficulty is increased when it is taken into con- 
sideration that the species has doubtless entered England with 
garden plants, as it has done into other North Ghd dae 5: soli 
This is how it entered those countries; but as we have some un- 
doubtedly native Mediterranean species on our aagth ast the 
possibility of Lwnularta being one of them must be taken into 
account. 
Assistance may be given by learning what our earliest botanists 
who refer to the plant say, as Ray and one or two others; but - 
is Bg rae that only the most evident habitats would be note 
d those are, of course, gardens and their neighbourhood. The 
aficet to which I have access, Withering, says, “Shady courts 
and garden walks.” A list of references to British ee will 
be found under this species in Nees’s Eur. Leb. 
The next point is its method of extension at the BBE time, 
