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been very frequent ; in this the petals and essential organs exhibited a 

 tendency to return to the foliar state, many heads presenting, on a small 

 scale, exact counterparts of the trifoliate leaves of the stem (see Science 

 Gossip for Sept. and Oct.) I have found the same plant (jT. repens) in a 

 viviparous condition. A branched variety of Lolium perenne (ramosum,) 

 has been frequent ; I found one specimen with six branches. White 

 flowered varieties have been not unfrequent. The following is a list of 

 those which I have observed : — Viola odorata, Campanula latifolia, C. 

 rotundifolia, C. glomerata, Digitalis purpurea, Anagallis tenella : thus, 

 purple, blue, or pink flowers appear to be the most liable to produce 

 albino varieties. — J. A. Wheldon, Northallerton, 4th Oct. 



CoREECTiON. — In the account of Montagu's harrier breeding near York, 

 in last month's number of the Naturalist, instead of " Lupton-on-Forest " 

 read " Stockton-on-Forest." And instead of the nest being ''8ft." 

 above the ground it should be " 2ft." The harrier's nest is seldom found 

 3ft. above the ground. — W. Raine. 



Note on a Correction (p. 43, Oct.). — Permit me to say that TJlota 

 intermedia, Schpr., is a moss of the Wetherby district, and that therefore 

 the name in the Wetherby hst — which I assisted Mr. Wesley to draw 

 up — is no error. Ulota intermedia is one of the comparatively recent 

 Schimperian segregates, and is the commonest species of the genus. It 

 was amongst the first examples, almost, of mosses gathered by Mr. 

 Wesley, who, early in 1878, sent me a tuft taken from off the bole of a 

 young tree in some wood between Wetherby and Bramham, I believe, 

 but the exact spot I do not know. It was labelled OrthotrichumQ)" 

 and I marked it crispum, and so thought it until later, when I found the 

 same moss in woods near Market-Rasen, plentiful there on young ashes. 

 Mr. Boswell determined the species for me, and pointed out the differ- 

 ences between it and crispum and Bruchii, with one or other of which it 

 has doubtless been confused, since (I repeat) it is a more widely dis- 

 tributed and commoner moss than either. I inserted the name in Mr. 

 Wesley's list in place of TJ. crispa, which I have not seen from the 

 district. — F. A. Lees, Wetherby. 



Correction and Additions. - The Atrichum tenellum reported for the 

 Riccall meeting should have been A. imdulatum. The following algae 

 were accidentally omitted from the Riccall list : — Peninm Brebissoni, 

 Sphcerozosma vertebratum, and Gonium tranqnillum. The Euastrum 

 queried elegans is true elegans. Barbula papillosa might be added to the 

 Wetherby Hst of mosses, as I have gathered it between Kjiaresbro' and 

 Wetherby. To the list of algee of the Leeds district, pubhshed last 

 month, may be added the following species : — Oscillatoria muscorum 

 (Allerton), Penium Brebissoni (Riccall), Chcetophora tuberosa (York, 

 Baildon, &c.), Campylodiscus costatus (Bingley), Euastrum elegans 

 (Riccall), Cosmarium crenatum (Arncliffe), Tabellaria ventricosa (Adel), 



