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tions, but in collating those of others, I may perhaps hope that but few- 

 errors may be discovered. A short summary, with statistics, will be given 

 when the list is completed ; and 1 trust that the following pages will contain 

 sufficient new and reliable information to render them not altogether valueless 

 as a contribution to British Botany. 



Class I. DICOTYLEDONES. 



Division I. Thalamiflor^e. 



Order L— KAIStotcULACE^. 



Clematis. Linn. Traveller's Joy. 

 d vitalha, L. Bab. 3. Hedges, general. 



Thalictrum. Linn. Meadow Rue. 

 T. Jiavum, L. Bab. 4. Hedgebanks in IS'ewland ; common by the Thames, 

 and by the adjoining ditches. 



Anemone. Linn. Windflovv^er, 

 A. nemorosa, L. Bab. 4. Woods, general. 



Note. — In some places, as at West Wycombe and Loudwater, the blossoms assume 

 a deep red hue before withering ; near the former locality a single specimen was once 

 found, similar to that figured in Science Gossip, i. 105, having one of the sepals growing 

 among the involucral leaves. 



Adonis. Linn. Pheasant's Eye. 

 * A. autumnalis, L. " Rare." Bab. 5. Two or three specimens were 

 found in 1864, in a field of saintfoin by the field path to Totteridge. 

 Myosurus. Linn. Mousetail. 

 M. minimus^ L.Bab. 5. Corn and clover fields near Little Mario w, abun- 

 dant ; and in similar situations on the • Berks side of the river near 

 Cookham. 



Note. — Occasionally found with the receptacle forked at the top. 



Ranunculus. Linn. Crowfoot. 

 R. tricliophyllus, Chaix. Bab. 5. If I am not mistaken as to this species, it 

 grows in ponds and ditches near the Thames about Marlow, and also 

 near Cookham, Berks. 

 R. lieteropliyllus, Sibth., Bab. 6. Ponds, general. 



R. circinatus, Sibth. " E'ot common." Bab. 8. " Abundant in a pond 



at Little Marlow, not far from the Thames." Mr. J. C. Melvill. 

 R. fluitans, Lam. Bab. 8. In running streams, frequent. 



