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American species on the banks of that tidal river, where it is 
associated with Mimulus, two species of North American Asters, 
Astrantia and Allium carinatmn. 
Hieracium Auricula, L. Found in a pasture near Keevil, 
Wilts, doubtless introduced. Rev. E. S. Marshall (‘Journ. Bot.’ 
P- 175)- 
Erica lusitanica, Rudolph. Naturalised at Lytchett Heath, 
near Poole, Dorset (‘Bot. Mag.’ t. 8018). Introduced in 1876 
by Lord Eustace Cecil j now there are thousands of self-sown 
bushes. 
The Botanical publications of interest to British botanists 
include that of ‘ The British Hieracia,’ by our member, the Rev. 
W. R. Linton, M.A., which is indispensable to the student of 
this highly critical genus. No fewer than 124 species are de- 
scribed, as well as 130 varieties, and a sub-species. The price 
is 4J-. ; it is published by West, Newman & Co., 84 Hatton 
Garden, London. 
‘ The Life and Work of George Don,’ by the Secretary, ap- 
peared in the ‘ Notes of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh,’ 
No, xii. 1904, which was issued early in 1905. It gives a brief 
Memoir, an account of Don’s discoveries, his Herbarium Bri- 
tannicum, and an identification of the plants in his private her- 
barium, &c. 
Mr. Charles Bailey publishes in the ‘ Memoirs of the Man- 
chester Literary and Philosophical Society’ (vol. xlix. p. i), an 
account of the occurrence of Sisymbrium strictissivmm, L., on the 
Lancashire side of the Mersey, specimens of which have been 
distributed through the Club. See Report, 1904, p. 10. 
Among other plants recorded during the year are Polygonum 
minus, Huds., var. albidum, A. Braun, from St. Neot’s meadow, 
Abingdon, Berks; Silene Cucubahis, Wibel, var. brachiatus (Jord.), 
Cumnor, Berks ; Galium palustre, L., var. gracile, Knaf., Godstow, 
Berks ; Carex acuta, L., var. angustifolia, Kiikenthal, Iffley, Berks. 
Correction— maxima, L. Casual, Iver, Bucks. See 
