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maritimum Huds. are among the examples of inconsistency. The 

 latter is the T. squamosum of Fl. Anglica. Under Lotus corniculatus 

 L., L. uliginosus and L. tenuis are put as sub-species, Briquet, but 

 Syme made all three sub-species under the names eu-comiculatus, 

 major, and tenuis. Tetragonolobus Scop. (' nomen utique con- 

 servandum ') is kept as a distinct genus. Vicia gracilis is made a 

 sub-species of V. tetrasperma with the authority Briquet, but Sir 

 Joseph Hooker made it a sub-species in the Student's Flora, 

 nor according to Dr Thellung is it the oldest name. V. tenui- 

 folia Roth and V. Gerardi are sub-species of V. Cracca, and V. 

 dasycarpa ( = V. varia Host) is a sub-species of V. villosa. V. sativa 

 has sub-species obovata Gaud. (V. notata Gilib. FL Lith. ii. 105, 1781) 

 and sub-species V. angustifolia Gaud., with its var. Bobartii. But is 

 not Bobartii the type of V. angustfolia 1 Trifolium procumbens L. 

 becomes T. eampestre Schreber in Sturm. Deutsch. Fl. vi., t. 13, 

 1804, et Pers. Syn. ii., 352, 1807. But Briquet rejects Linn. Fl. 

 Suec. 261, 1755, which is an earlier name for the same plant. 

 Anthyllis Vulneraria has a var. rubriftora DC. = A. Dillenii Schult., 

 but is this not var. coccinea L. 1 



Notwithstanding the above criticisms the Prodromus is a very 

 important and useful Flora of one of the most beautiful and 

 interesting islands in the world, and M. Briquet is to be congratulated 

 not only on the happy days he spent there, but upon the results of his 

 labours. 



On the Inheritance of Certain Characters in ... . 

 Senecio vulgaris L., and its Segregates, by A. H. Trow, D.Sc. In 

 this valuable paper the author claims that " twelve elementary species 

 have been maintained pure and true to type for at least several genera- 

 tions. Six have been studied in detail, praecox, erectus, multicaulis, 

 latifolius, genevensis, and lanuginosus." All are British except gene- 

 vensis from Montreux, and are non-radiate except lanuginosus, but a 

 radiate variety of erectus occurs near Cardiff, and the radiate char- 

 acter of this form can by hybridisation be transferred to praecox, 

 multicaulis, latifolius, and genevensis. " A radiate variety of each of 

 of these elementary species has in fact been produced in this way, and 

 is now being cultivated. In multicaulis there are at least three kinds 

 of radiate varieties, with yellow, cream, and fimbriate florets respect- 

 ively." Dr Trow states that " after an investigation extending over 



