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preserved in a herbarium.’ We question a —— of se 
‘‘ first record” cover so many sources of information, and w 
restrict it ourselves to some published mcanant; though of sents 
this would not involve a ener of the other particulars. 
owledge the au ossesses as a critical botanist and 
man . antag together og his literary ability, make his notes 
and remarks valuable and attractive paragraphs for study and 
sashes, ail e feel sure portions of the work, the ‘ Appendix 
especially, will be read and dwelt on by erred botanists besides 
those interested specially in the flora of Han 
Mr. Townsend calculates the number of Hicapilais species at 
1114; inclusive of Rubi, Characea, and some other plants not 
reckoned by Mr. Watson in his enumeration of British species in 
Cyb. Brit. iv. pp. 499-519, and C. C. B. pp. 28-32. Those contained 
in Mr. Watson's exbealanions he makes 1045 against the 1425 for the 
whole of Britain. Three species of the ‘ British type”’ are absent, 
Geranium sanguinewn, Potentilla verna, and Cystopteris fragilis. e 
species found only in Hants are Isnardia palustris (formerly also in 
Sussex), Gladiolus aise Spartina alterniflora, and the recently 
described Spartina Townsendi. Since the last pages of the work 
were put in type a note added to the ‘ additions’’ informs us that 
Ranunculus ophioglossifolius was found sparing! ditch west of 
Hythe, by Mr. H. Groves, making an additional species peculiar to 
the county.* Those given as having their main ran ty 
with the few plants named above, are Mathiola incana, Arctium 
intermedium Spa = I. of W.), Evrythrea capitata, Calamintha 
threa 
capitata ‘was first adttgt shed by Mr. Townsend, who seems to 
have paid particular attention ‘ee the genus to which it belongs. 
He names the Hampshire form, which occurs in both of the 
two botanical as — which the I. of Wight i is divided, var. 
a and says: ‘* Hrythrea capitata is a peculiarly in- 
teresting addition to fei English Flora. It is a well marked species, 
is not known now to occur anywhere else in the world but in 
the I. of Wight and in Sussex. The other form of it was found 
: h 
and the English variety are described in the Appendix,t = 
excellent plates, lithographed by Fitch, from drawings a 
author, show various forms of the I. of Wight — and one the 
work. ‘These plates, which Mr. Townsend has kindly allowed to be 
used for this Journal, are issued with the present number 
Although the degree of frequency of a species in the county, as 
a whole, is usually given in some i get my as ‘reamorapie 
“ not uncommon,”  rare,”’ ocal,”’ &e., miss the 
graduated series of terms, like that e smaphoret-i in the ‘ Bie, of Mia. 
dlesex,’ to indicate the comparative frequency of each species within 
the whole area. 
* See Journ. Bot. 1883, p. 51. 
t See also Journ. Bot. 1881, p. 302, 
