Oct., 1892. history of the county botany of Worcester. 287 
edition of 1881. In the interval between the two publications 
some additional plants have been noted :— 
* Kanunculus Lenormandi. Pedmore Common. Near the Birches, 
Hagley, 5th April, 1871, li Journal of Botany,” Vol. IX., 1871. 
First localised record. 
Early in the seventies, the late Mr. H. C. Watson, well 
known for his works on the geographical distribution of 
plants, was engaged on his “ Topographical Botany.” This 
consisted of two parts, bearing date respectively 1878 and 
and 1874. They were printed for private distribution, and 
100 copies only were struck off. Each species is enumerated, 
and below it is a list of the counties in which it is supposed 
to occur. For instance, we find under the head of Geranium 
lucidum :— 
Devon, S. ! Briggs Cat. 
Somerset, S. Coleman Cat. 
Surrey ! 
Berks. 
Bedford. 
Worcester. 
Salop. 
Here are a number of records of different degrees of 
authenticity. On p. 562 are notes on authorities cited, from 
which we learn that no books are quoted, although a list of 
the books used is given on p. 571. For Worcester these are :— 
Hastings, Ill. (Edwin Lees') (1834). 
Lees, Bot. of Malvern, 1868 (1843). 
Loudon, Mag. Nat. Hist., 1829-1836. 
Purton, Midland Flora, 1817-1821. 
Withering, Ed., Yar. 
A county without an authority is intended to mean that the 
species has appeared in print, but that it lacks the authority 
of a personal record. It is not easy to see why a record by 
Withering or Purton of a well-known common plant should 
be less worthy of credence than a record of the present day. 
In the vear 1883 a second edition, “ corrected and 
enlarged,” was published, but the author having died in 1881, 
it was edited by Mr. J. G. Baker and the late Bev. W. W. 
Newbould. 
In 1873 the Botanical Record Club was established for 
the purpose of completing the County Records of Topo¬ 
graphical Botany. No records were admitted but such as 
were personally vouched by authentic specimens submitted 
to one of five eminent botanists, called the Referees. The 
result is that several plants which have been well-known in 
the county for upwards of fifty years were published as new 
county records. 
