426 THE BOTANICAL EXCHANGE CLUB OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 
During 1908 the Botany of the following three Victoria 
County Histories appeared : — 
Rutland, by Howard Candler, in which the flora of the smallest 
county is inadequately described. 665 species are enumerated, 
of which the extraordinary number of 129 are said to be doubt 
ful ; Cardamine impatiens is more than doubtful, as probably is 
Myosotis sylvaiica. Contemporary botanical literature is practically 
ignored, and for the purpose of comparison, the Rubus records are 
taken from the archaic list in ‘ Top. Bot.,’ so that five only are 
cited for the neighbouring county of Northants, although 23 are 
enumerated in the Botany of that county in the ‘ Victoria County 
History.’ 
Shropshire, the flowering plants, by R. de G. Benson, edited 
by W. P. Hamilton. A much more satisfactory account of a very 
interesting county, 954 species being enumerated and 121 natur- 
alised or casual species. 192 varieties and hybrids are also in- 
cluded, and seven Characeae. 
Staffordshire, by our valued member, Mr. J. Bagnall, is 
excellently done, 948 species being included ; of these 168 are said 
not to occur in Derbyshire; the Derby Flora contains 91 1 species 
besides 123 Aliens and Casuals. 
Flore de France. G. Rouy, Tome xi., Scrofulariac^es- 
Labiees, pp. 430. July, 1909. This part contains much interesting 
matter. The author keeps as two distinct races Veronica humifnsa^ 
Dicks., and V. tenella, All. Under the hybrid Linaria sepium four 
varieties are described, two, i?itermedia and ochroletua, at least of 
which occur in Britain. The Euphrasice are reduced to eight 
species, of which five are British. Under Scutellaria galericulata, 
Bentli., the variety pubescetis (wrongly attributed to Mutel) is said 
to be rare. Salvia Verbenaca, on account of its great range of 
variation, is as an aggregate called 6". Linnaei^ Rouy, with five 
sub-species : — 
1. S. Verbenaca. Feuilles rad. sinuees ou dentees a dents 
allongees et irreguli^res. This includes the British S. Verbenaca. 
2. S. oblongata (Vahl.). Feuilles rad. ovales, obtuses, cre- 
nelees, a dents obtuses et regulieres. Some plants from the 
Channel Isles would be included in this, 
