48 
Magnitude of the Eclipse (Sun’s diameter =1) 0*721. 
i first contact, 125° towards the 
West. 
last contact, 84 towards the 
East. 
i first contact, 93° towards the 
■ \ West, 
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for direct image. 
“Notes on Varieties of Sarothamnus Scoparius, Koch., 
and Stachys Betonica, Benth., from the Lizard, Cornwall.” 
By Charles Bailey, Esq. 
The Lizard district has long been known to be singu- 
larly prolific in critical and rare British plants; and the 
purpose of this communication is to draw the attention of 
botanists to what appear to be two undescribed but well- 
marked forms of the plants whose names are placed at the 
head of this notice, and which are found in that district. 
I —Sarothamnus scoparius , Koch., var. 
It is only in recent years that this plant has been ad- 
mitted a Cornish species, Mr. H. C. Watson, in vol. i. of his 
“ Cybele Britannica,” p. 274, giving Devon, Isle of Wight, 
and Kent as its most southern limit ; but in the additions 
included in vol. iii. of the same work, Mr. Watson states 
(p. 404) that “ the south limit extends to Cornwall, accord- 
ing to Mr. Gibson and Mr. Pascoe” — no details, however, 
being given as to the precise part of the county in which 
it occurs. The specimen exhibited was found growing in 
small patches on the cliffs of serpentine rock about Vellan 
Head, situate about four miles north-west of the Lizard 
Lights, and it differs from the normal form, here named 
var. a, in the following characters 
