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THE FLORA OF LEICESTERSHIRE. 
nomenclature followed is that of the “ Student’s Flora.” No 
attempt has been made to utilise the corrections of that work 
which have from time to time appeared in the “ Journal of 
Botany.” A few matters may be worth alluding to. 
R. Di ouetii is placed as a variety of R. trichophyllus ; it appears 
worthy specific rank as much as R. penicillatus, Dumort., 
which is given as a species apart from peltcttus , Fries. 
Corydalis claviculata, DO. Here Persoon is the authority. 
Barbarea intermedia is given as a variety of vulgaris. 
B. prcecox has specific rank. 
Arabis hirsuta, Br. Scopoli has priority over Brown. 
Sisymbrium Thaliana, Hook. It should be Thalianum, Gay: 
and Alyssum calycinum, Linn., should be of Jacquin. There 
is only one locality given for Poly gala depressa, Wender, 
which would be more correctly written P. serpyllacea , Weilie. 
In the neighbouring county, Northamptonshire, it is much 
the commoner form. Linnaeus wrote Arenaria trinerva , not 
trinervis, Smith being accountable for the latter word. The 
small flowered Lime is called T. parvi/olia, Linn., but it 
should be T. cordata, Mill. Sagina apetala, Linn., should be 
described as of Arduini. 
Radiola linoides, Gmel., should be Both. 
The name of Geranium perenne , Huds., is antedated by 
that of G. pyrenaicum, Burm. f. Burman also is the authority 
for the name G. pusillum. Our British Euonymus is much 
more correctly described as Euonymus vulgaris , Scop. The 
Linuasan europceus was made up of two species. Medicago 
maculata , Sibtli., is antedated by Allione’s name of M. 
arabica , if, indeed, it should not stand as of Curtis, who has 
beautifully figured and described it in the “ Flora Londinensis” 
under the same name, which, by-tlie-bye, Sibthorp quotes as 
a synonym. Trifolium medium is of Hudson. The old Lotus 
major, Sm., stands as L. uliginosus, Schk.; but, as already 
pointed out in the “ Journal of Botany,” L. pilosus, Beeke, is 
the proper name. 
Vida angustifolia, Both., is rather Beichard, and Lathyrus 
macrorhizus, Wimm., should be L. montanus, Bernh. Rrunits 
communis , Huds., as a name for the Sloe is incorrect, if applied 
to the restricted plant. Hudson in his second edition so called 
the combined insititia and spinosa, and as such it is correctly 
given in the “ Student’s Flora;” but when the three plants, 
spinosa, insititia, and domestica, are treated as separate species, 
then the Sloe must be called P. spinosa, Linn. Ed. I. Potentilla 
Comarum, Nestl., should be P. palustris, Scop., Scopoli also 
being the authority for Alchemilla arvensis. 
