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Warwick lias 1,017 species, Hampshire 1,136, and Leicester¬ 
shire 891, the British Isles having 1,610. The latter number 
is decidedly underestimated. Warwick and Hants are quoted 
as if they had no Cellular Acrogens and Tliallogens. The 
statement that Leicester is richer in proportion to its area 
than Warwick, and very much richer than Hampshire, is 
rather misleading. As a county it cannot compare favourably 
with Warwickshire, and is not to be mentioned in the same 
page as Hampshire, which is peculiarly rich not only in the 
number of its species but in the rarity of so many of them. 
On the whole the compilers of the Flora are to be con¬ 
gratulated upon producing the County Flora ; many of the 
editorial notes are suggestive, and the table of plant distri¬ 
bution through the county is distinctly useful. With respect 
to the colour of the flowers being given, it may in some 
instances prove of service; but the statement that the flowers 
of Veronica hedercefolia and V. arvensis, are both pale blue is not 
likely to assist in the diagnosis of those species. Galeopsis 
speciosa , Miller, is said to be pink and white, which leads one 
to suppose the true plant (the versicolor of Curtis and the 
cannabina of Pollich) has not been seen in the fresh state by the 
recorder. Nor does bluish white quite convey to the mind’s eye 
the colour of Nepeta Cataria. Galeopsis Tetrahit, in Northants, 
is as frequently found with pink or white flowers as with 
“ yellowish.” Gr. Claridge Druce. 
MIDLAND UNION OF NATURAL HISTORY 
SOCIETIES. 
The Annual Meeting is arranged to be held at Malvern 
on Wednesday and Thursday, the 6tli and 7tli of July. The 
meeting will be held on the 6th, and‘the 7tli will be devoted 
to Excursions in various directions, of which further 
particulars will be shortly communicated to the Societies in 
the Union. Thos. H. Waller, Hon. Sec. 
METEOROLOGICAL NOTES.— March, 1887. 
The barometer was high at the commencement of the month, 
reading 30-592 inches on the 2nd, but there was a gradual, though 
interrupted, diminution of pressure till the 19th, when a rapid fall 
took place, and on the 23rd the reading was 28*869 inches (the lowest). 
A rise ensued, and another fall at the close of the month. The mean 
temperature was above two degrees below the average, both the 
maxima and minima being lower than usual for the month. The 
highest readings occurred on the last few days. On the 29th, 59-4° 
was registered at Loughborough, 58-5° at Henley-in-Arden, 57’4° at 
Hodsock, 56-9° at Southwell, and 55-3° at Coston Rectory ; on the 
