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Zier, John (d. 1796); b. one d. London, 1796. F.L.8., 1788- 
d in London end of Ehrhart. Wrote many of the 
resem in Dinko’ s Fasciculi of Cryptogamic Plants. 
MSS.in Herb. Mus. Brit. et inn. Tr ro v. 4, 216; Bot. 
Mag. 1895; Journ. Bot. 1886, 101. Zieria 
Zouch, Edward, llth Baron ‘a. 1625). Studied bot. and had 
bo ot. gurde n at Hackney, under Lobel’s care. Loudon, Encyel. 
. 275. . 
SHORT NOTES. 
Fi rv Howrn.—Since the publication of the volume bearing 
the above title j in 1887, I have received notes of a few additions 
ough the kindness of a friend :—Euphorbia portlandica, Found on 
Ireland’s Eye in July by Sir Robert Ball, F.R.S. This epee con- 
firms Wade’s old record (Plante Rariores), which I had o to 
mention in my Appendix I.—*Urtica pilulifera. ‘It a gm a 
ruined cottage on the edge of ha northern cliff near Bailey 
Lighthouse,” Belfast, R. Lloyd Praeger: but this species is not 
native in Ireland. — Festuca uniglumis. ‘‘I was pea enough 
to find it on the coast, on the edge of the sand and gras 
the station to the point, that is, on the western Gane” Z HL. ri ne 
(who enclosed specimens). may also mention that Anemone 
or 
to be. As I am now very rarely at Howth, I have no means 0 
ss this.—H. C, Harr. 
AcE EsTRE L.—In the 8th edition 4 the London soar 
this plants is credited with a var. . hebecarpum DC., whi 
described in DC. Prodromus, vol. i. 594, as Rig fy arc vilatiio 
pubescentibus = A. campest) in litt.” A second form, also 
efined there, is ‘‘ Var. b. collinum Wallr.! in litt., fructibus 
glabris,”’ &¢ ingh e Prodromus Flore Monastert- 
inghausen, in th 
ensis (p. 116), in the same year sacs We Pe en Se st ero 
The snocessguaeta in the Species P lora Su 
us to decide which of these two varieties - is the type of Sacer : 
but I have recently examined the specimen in the ca .a% 
barium, and find it to be the form with peal scent y Be 
e var. hebecarpum of DC. . This is much the caiaesslies form sh 
Oxon, Berks, and Northants, but I have also found the plant with 
glabrous samaras both in Oxo n and Berks. These were om 
