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was accompanied by drawings sent to the Society by Mr. Schomburgk. —Mr, 
Johnson, V.P., exhibited specimens of the rarer British plants; and Mr. D. 
Cooper exhibited specime s of Cynoglossum sylvaticum, from Mickleham, Surrey. 
CHAPTER OF MISCELLANIES . 
ZOOLOGY. 
The Capelin (Mallot us Grcenlandicus, Cuv.—In The Naturalist for August 
you refer (p. 437) to a fish brought from Iceland by Mr. Proctor. I had two 
specimens put into my hands; and if your specimen is the same as mine, it is 
the Capelin of authors, Mattotus Grcenlandicus of Cuvier’s Regne Animal, Vol. 
II., p. 305, edit, of 1829, Salmo Grcenlandicus of Bloch, plate 381. No true 
Herring has a second dorsal fin, either rayless or rayed. —William Yarrell, 
London, Aug. 4, 1828. 
BOTANY. 
Localities of Plants in the Neighbourhood of Liverpool. —The following 
list of plants, extracted from Withering’s Botany (ed. 1830) I send for the 
purpose of obtaining confirmation of such localities as may have been noticed by 
any of your subscribers; those marked with an asterisk may be presumed to be 
extinct, as my friend Mr. Tudor, who has diligently examined the Botany of the 
north shore of Liverpool, does not now find them in the localities mentioned, 
which may easily be accounted for, when the great alterations and improvements 
which have taken place within the last few years in the neighbourhood of Liver¬ 
pool, are considered. They were inserted by Dr. Withering on the authority of 
Dr. Bostock, who formerly resided in Liverpool, and of the late Mr. Shepherd. 
* Pinguicula vulgaris, Crosby Marsh. Dr. B.—* Utricularia minor , Sparingly 
near Bootle, and Little Crosby. Dr. B. May not U. vulgaris have been mistaken 
for this, as it is found in that neighbourhood ?— Ophrys spiralis, Allerton, and 
woods at Ince. Dr. B.— Crocus nudiflorus. One mile and a half from Liver¬ 
pool on the road to Allerton. S.—■* Schcenus compressus. Bootle, north shore. 
Dr. B. Is it possible that S. rufus has been mistaken for it, as it is found about 
there? See Vol I. of the New Botanists' Guide, p. 303.— Carex intermedia, 
and C. pilulifera. The Park. Dr. B. I suppose Toxteth Park, now built upon.— 
Littorella lacustris. Crosby Marsh. Dr. B. I have not put an asterisk against 
this, as Mr. Shepherd, the present curator of the Botanic Gardens, told me it 
