348 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
opinion owing to the state of the fronds. As living plants or speci- 
mens preserved in alcohol were necessary, I wrote to Mrs. Tindall, 
sides i nin i 
to be in such small quantity that she advised me not to give the 
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punctatus. We must wait for more light on this plant until Mrs. 
es 
from him from the island of Monte Cristo. It is a South 
species, having been found in Italy, Portugal, ty 
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recently in the South of France, in Hérault, by Mons. A. Or 
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British Isles which has been made for many years. The Devon- 
shire specimens which Mrs. ‘Tindall has forwarded show immature 
capsules, also that the plant occurred on red sandstone. 
Since the above was written, Mrs, Tindall has sent me the 
results of her examination, with drawings, of the specimens 
gathered by herself. She writes :—‘ TI find the stalked antheridia 
are in groups of two or three, in pockets in the upper part of the 
frond. The archegonia occur in groups of three in cavities imme- 
eridia 
A NOTE ON HYBRIDS. 
By Epwarp G. Gitzert, M.D. 
Tue Rev. E. S. Marshall’s note on Primula elatior and on 
hybrids (p. 314) calls for a few words of comment. ae 
_ Inthe first place, he raises a phantom, and then protests agains 
it; perhaps some obscurity in m notes (p. 281) may be responsible 
for it. The phantom ie *thas hybridtty sick accounts for the 
great variety of Rubi that we possess.’ Surely it will require very 
cogent evidence to convince any careful observer of even the Ee 
_Mnate truth of that. But, nevertheless, some years’ very close an 
