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FLORA OF LEICESTERSHIRE. 
Mr. F. Bates, and the Desmidiese, by Mr. J. Roy, appear to us 
the most complete and satisfactory, in this portion of the work ; 
and here we are glad to observe a few species not before recorded 
in Britain, amongst which are (Edogonium celandicum, Wittr. ; 
( Edogonium Bernar dense, Bates ; Microthamnion Kutzingianum , 
Nag. ; Anabaena nitellicola, Bates ; Sphcerozyga Cookeana , Bates ; 
Cylindrospermum majus, Kutz ; Oscillaria chalybea, Mert. As to 
the Fungi, we turn with some regret, because, although a respect- 
able list, it might easily have been rendered much more complete if 
the pages of Grevillea had been more carefully consulted. Take, 
as an illustration, the Sphceropsidece , of which a list of the British 
species was published in this journal last year ; the total enumerated 
is six species, and all the following, with Leicestershire localities, 
in Grevillea omitted. 
164. Dendrophoma pruinosa, Fries. Twycross. 
180. Vermicularia dematium, Fr. Twycross. 
285. Stagonospora turgida, B. fy Br. Twycross. 
350. Cytispora pini, Desm. Twycross. 
376. Phyllosticta vulgaris, Desm. Twycross. 
412. Phyllosticta argentinae, Desm. Twycross. 
456. Asteroma rosas, Lib. Twycross. 
458. Darluca filum, Cast. Twycross. 
469. Septoria Badhami, B. Br. Twycross. 
475. Septoria hederas, Desm. East Bergholt. 
493. Septoria epilobii, West. Twycross. 
535. Septoria polygonorum, Desm. Twycross. 
556. Polystigmina rubra, Desm. East Bergholt. 
557. Leptothyrium periclymeni, Desm. Twycross. 
567. Piggotia astroidea, B. Br. Twycross. 
574. Leptostroma filicinum, Fr. Twycross. 
581. Leptostromella juncinum, Fr. Leicester. 
591. Psilospora quercus, Rabii. Leicester. 
613. Gloeosporium fragarias, Lib. Twycross. 
615. Gloeosporium paradoxum, Not. Twycross. 
647. Melanconium magnum, Grev. Gopsali. 
651. Melanconium betulinum, S. K. Twycross. 
653. Cryptomela caricis, Corda. Orton. 
659. Stilbospora macrosperma, P. Bergholt. 
665. Coryneum pulvinatum, Kunze. Twycross. 
674. Steganosporium pyriforme, Hoff. Twycross. 
And this list might have been doubled readily by the work of a 
day or two in the neighbourhood of Leicester. Again, could any 
mycologist be induced to believe that only one species of Puccinia , 
one Coleosporium , not one Uredo or Ustilago , not even U. segetum, 
not a single species of Uromyces , and only six species of sEcidium, 
are known in Leicestershire ? Surely the published sets of 
Bloxam’s British Fungi (dried specimens) contain more than this. 
