The British Flora. 93 



noticed in the specimen above-mentioned, which we never saw in what 

 we call the common viper. In the Vertebrated Animals of Jenyns, 

 which we have recently examined, it seems almost certain that 

 amongst his varieties there are two species. Colour or size prove no- 

 thing, but the shape of the head, though loosely mentioned, is strong 

 presumptive proof. Another Pelias is figured under the name of P. 

 cherua, or Marasso alpino. A very small individual has furnished 

 the description, and was brought from the mountains of Abruzzi, in 

 the neighbourhood of Ascoli, where it inhabits dry stony places. We 

 hope that, in a subsequent number, we shall have more ample in- 

 formation, for at present we do not think ourselves quite justified in 

 admitting it to be a species. 



We must defer the notice of the Ornithology and Ichthyology to 

 another opportunity, having already extended this article quite suffi- 

 ciently. We could wish that, in the subsequent numbers, some of the 

 rarer birds, such as Turdus Naumanni, Turdus atrogularis, which are 

 at Turin, the Sterna leucoptera, found by us at Rome, the Sylvia 

 conspicillata, which the Prince met with near Civita Vecchia, were 

 figured, as they possess some interest to the English reader who may 

 not have access to the continental collections. We should likewise be 

 glad to know whether the Accentor rnontanellus of Temminck real- 

 ly exists in the localities he mentions. We were not successful in see- 

 ing or hearing of it either at Rume or Naples.* 



II.— The English Flora. By Sir J. E. Smith, M. D., F. R. S., &c 



Vols, i-iv^ 1824-1828. 

 The British Flora. By W. J. Hooker, LL.D., F. R. S., &c. Vol. i. 



3d Edition, 1835. 

 The English Flora. Vol. v. part i. (Or, the British Flora, Vol. ii. 

 Part i.) By W. J. Hooker, LL.D., F. R. S., &c 1833. Same 

 works, Vol. i. Part ii. By W. J. Hooker, and Rev. M. J. Ber- 

 keley, M. A., F. L. S., &c. 1836. 



Much as the botanical productions of the British isles have been 

 investigated and written upon, during a period of nearly two cen- 

 turies, we do not yet find the subject to be at all exhausted, either 

 of interest or of novelty. Taken collectively, British botanists are 

 yearly adding to the stores of their knowledge concerning the plants 

 of their own country, whilst, individually, their numbers are rapidly 

 increasing through the hosts of new votaries attracted, or (by the 

 converting powers of some medical college) compelled, to become 



* In the Supplement to his Manual, M. Temminck concludes his remarks 

 upon Ace. rnontanellus " de passage accidentel en Hongrie, et plus accidentelle- 

 ment encore dans le midi de Vltalie." — Ed. 



