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Works on British Botany for 1836 — The following works upon the Botany 

 of Great Britain, have either been published since the commencement of the present 

 year, or are in preparation : — The English Flora, vol. v. part 2 — Or the British 

 Flora, vol. ii. part2. By W. J. Hooker, LL. D. F. R. S., &c. and Rev. M. J. Berke- 

 ley, M. A., F. L. S., &c. 8vo, pp. 418. Longman and Co. (The Fungi to complete 



the two works named.) Published in February last The Flora Metropolitana, 



or Botanical Rambles within thirty miles of London. By Daniel Cooper, 12mo, 

 pp. 139. S. Highley. Published in March last — A Flora of Nottinghamshire. 

 By W. Howitt, M. D. Nearly ready — The Northern Flora; or, a Description of 

 the Plants of the North and East of Scotland. By Alexander Murray, M. D. In 



the press A Flora of Yorkshire. By Mr Baines. Said to be ready for the 



press — A Flora of Shropshire. By W. A. Leighton, Esq. B. A. In prepara- 

 tion — A catalogue of plants in the environs of Halifax. Promised by Mr 

 Leyland. 



Jungermannia Woodsii, Hook Dr Greville found this beautiful and rare 



British species in 1833, on Ben Hope, Sutherlandshire. Ireland has previously 

 been its only ascertained British station R. K. G. 



Carex Buxbaumii, Wahl — D. Moore, Esq. who has been for some time en- 

 gaged in examining the botanical productions of the county of Londonderry, for 

 a work which is to form part of " The Statistical Account of the Ordnance Sur- 

 vey of Ireland," has been rewarded by the discovery of many rarities, of which 

 some are quite novel to the Flora of the sister kingdom, and one is altogether 

 new to the British isles, the Carex Buxbaumii of Wahlenberg, which was de- 

 tected on an island in Loch Neagh. The nearest affinity of this plant is with 

 the very scarce C tomentosa ; but Mr Moore and Mr Mackay at once correctly 

 distinguished it from that species, by the less downy and larger fruit; the strongly 

 mucronate scales ; and above all, the absence of a wholly male spikelet ; the 

 base of the upper male spikelet being alone furnished with male flowers. It will 

 rank next to C. Vahilii, and indeed, together with it and C. atrata, should form 

 a separate section, distinguished by the circumstance above-mentioned, by the 

 upper spike being androgynous ; male below, and stigmas three. The character 

 may be thus rendered : — " Carex Buxbaumii ; spicis sub 4 sessilibus approxima- 

 tis oblongis, terminali androgyna, squamis ovato-lanceolatis longe (masculinis 

 brevi) cuspidatis, capsulis ellipticis substipitatis leviter pubescentibus obtusis bi- 

 cuspidatis, bracteis foliaceis vix caulem superantibus, vaginis nullis." — C. Bux- 

 baumii, Wahl Act. Holm. f. 803, p. 163 Fl. Lapp. p. 244 Fl. Dan. t. 1406. 



— Mackay, Fl. Hib. ined — C. polygama, Schkuhr. Carlo, tab. G. g. f. 76. Hab. 



one of the small islands of Lough Neagh, county Derry, D. Moore, Esq 



Comp. to Bot. Mag. for May 1836. 



MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION. 



Zoological Garden at Edinburgh — Proposals for the institution of a Zoological 

 garden in Edinburgh have been issued under the auspices of Sir Thomas Dick 

 Lauder; Professor Jameson ; Dr Traill; James Wilson, Esq. ; Dr Spittal; Con- 

 vener Dick ; and Dr Neill ; and we sincerely wish it success. Shareholders 

 are proposed to have privileges similar to those enjoyed by the members of the 

 gardens of London and Dublin. Various situations are proposed, the Meadows ; 



