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belonging to the first half of the present century. Before 
passing on to the second half of the century, it will be con¬ 
venient to say a few words upon the first series of the 
“ Pliytologist.” This well-known periodical was the property 
of the late Edward Newman. The first number appeared in 
June, 1841. The last volume, of 240 pages only, is that for 
the year, 1854, although the date upon the title page is 1856. 
Vol. I. and the first part of Vol. II., 1841 to 1846, were 
edited by Mr. George Luxford ; the remaining portion of the 
work by Mr. Newman himself. Among those of the con¬ 
tributors, who were either Worcester botanists or sent notices 
of Worcester plants, may be mentioned the names of the Rev. 
W. L. Baynon, Mr. Benjamin Maund, of Bromsgrove, Mr. 
Samuel Freeman, Mr. Edwin Lees, Mr. Ed. Newman, 
Mr. George Reece, and Mr. Thomas Westcombe. 
Mr. Freeman’s and Mr. Newman’s contributions have 
already been noticed. (See “ Midland Naturalist,” Vol. XII., 
p. 67.) One or two other records must also be referred to. 
In Vol. I., p. 46, under date July 12th, 1841, Mr. Lees 
records Allosorus crispus as growing on the Malvern Hills. 
This must take precedence of the notice in the first edition 
of the “Botany of the Malvern Hills,” 1843. 
Lepidium Draba. In Vol. I., p. 679. Mr. Lees, July 12th, 1843, 
records this plant as growing near the bridge over the Teme at 
Powick. First county record. 
In Vol. I., page 715, under date August 6th, 1848, is a 
note by Mr. Samuel Gibson, “ On an apparently undescribed 
British Carex.” This is the plant referred to Car ex ovalis, 
var. bracteata , in Mr. Lees’s “ Botany of the Malvern Hills,” 
1st edition, p. 48, foot note. Mr. Gibson gives it the pro¬ 
visional name of “ Carex Malvernensis." 
In Vol. II., page 751, is a notice of a meeting of the 
Botanical Society of London, held on the 1st January, 1847, 
at which Mr. T. Westcombe exhibited specimens of this 
Carex, and doubtfully referred it to Carex argyroclocliin of 
Hornemann. It does not agree with the figure of that form 
in Reich. “ leones,” Vol. VIII., Tab. ccxi., and is now known 
as Carex ovalis , var. bracteata , see Syme, Eng. Bot., p. 104. 
CEnanthe Lachenalii. Welland Marshes. Edwin Lees, 23rd Sept., 
1845. Vol. II., p. 357. First county record. 
OE. Lachenalii. Defford Common. Dec., 1845. R. J. N. Streeten, 
M.D. Vol. II., p. 405. Dr. Streeten states that he gathered 
the plant in this locality in 1840, considering it, at that time, 
to be CEnanthe pimpinelloides. 
Rubus Lindleianus. This species, first established by Mr. Edwin 
Lees, 2nd November, 1848, Vol. III., p. 361, is entered as 
Rubus nitidus in the “ Bot. Mai. Hills,” 1st edit., 1843. 
