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W. A. Shoolbred of Chepstow, from the Wye Valley. It appears 
probable that its distribution may be affected by the magnesia in 
the sea-water, and by the same mineral in the dolomite and oolite 
formations. Further information concerning its inland distribution 
is desirable, and would oo me as much as it evidently does 
my friend Mr. H. N. Dixon.—E. M. Hotmzs. 
PEMBROKESHIRE eects observed on June 80th, 1908, about 
New Milford, Llanstadwell, and Walterston, the following species, 
which appear to be unrecorded for v.-c. 45. Mr. Arthur Bennett 
has kindly checked the list :—Polygala oxyptera Reichb.; Stellaria 
umbrosa Opiz; Trigonella purpurascens Lam.; Rubus ‘erythrinus 
Genev.; R. Selmerit Lindeberg; R. lasioclados Focke, var. angusti- 
folius Rogers; R. dumetorum W.&N.; Potentilla pr ocumbens Sibth. ; 
Epilobium adnatum tear Glyceria declinata Bréb.; Festuca r ubra 
. Fumaria confusa Jor rd. has alrea ady been recorded ; but its oc- 
currence at Llanstadwell (confirmed by Mr. Pugsley) may be worth 
mentioning, as F’. Borat has frequently been mistaken for the true 
F’. confusa.—Epwarp S. Mar 
ESOHAMPSIA DISCOLOR IN rear — Last August I observed 
a large quantity of a grass which seemed new to me in a very wet 
bog on Skipwith Common, Hast Riding, v.-c. 61; and I came to 
the conclusion it must be Deschampsia discolor Roem. & Schult. = 
Aira setacea Huds. = A. uliginosa baw ae The name has recently 
been confirmed by my friend Mr. J. W. White, F.L.S. The grass 
was — over about an acre, oe ‘much of it was actually growing 
in the water. This species appears to have been recorded from o nly 
one spot in "Yor shire, viz. “ Sparingly in very wet peat in the 
southern part of Thorne Moor,” which is in the extreme east of the 
West Riding (v.-c. 63), and due south of Skipwith. Though yet 
recorded from so few counties, the range of this species in Britain 
appears to extend from Hampshire to Sutherland. — H. Srvarr 
THOMPSON 
NOTICES OF BOOKS. 
Leert, Lupovic. La botanique en Provence au X és siecle. Les 
deux Bausin, Jean-Henrt Cuerter, et VaLeranp Dovurez. 
Marseille: H. Aubertin & G. Rolle. 1904. ae; pp. xi, 119. 
In the publication of this volume, M. Legré has completed the 
work which he set himself to accomplish several years back, an 
inaugurated with his Pierre Pena et Mathias de Lobel in 1899, which 
was reviewed in the — of this Journal for that year, pp. 88-92. 
Since then, in rapid succession, we have had to thank the ame for 
a series of most interesting volumes, each displaying an 
amount of loving labour expended on the works of the old clash 
and their contemporaries, so that by piecing together sundry hints 
and expressions, scattered through these volumes, some clearer 
view might be obtained of the lives, wales and doings of these 
old masters of botany. 
