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THE LEJEUXE.E OF LINDENBERg's HERBARIUM. B77
Berks, Drxice. Bartsia Odontites a verna Reichb. ; 3, Bisbopstone,
Dnice: h serotina Eeichb. ; 2, Midford Hill and Corsbam, Rogers.
Mentha arvensis b moiimularia Sclireb. ; 9, Tisbary, Tatiim. Polygonum
7)ute Sclirauk ; 10, Harnbam, Tathn. Juncm supimts d
tdiginosus Eotb ; 5, West Wellow, Tatum. Bgnchospora alba var.
sonlida ; 5, West Wellow, Tatum. Agrostis vulgaris c nigra Witb. ;
3, Swindon, Bruce ; between Swindon and Cbiseldon, Clarke. Poa
pratensis b subcceridea Sm. ; 10, Harnbam, Tatum. Festuca fallax
Tb. ; 1, Limpley Stoke; 2, Kingsdown, Wraxball and Midford;
4, Marlborougb and Savernake, Rogers. A few otber species and
varieties stand over till more perfectly verified.—T. A. Preston.
Papaver hybriduji in Denbighshire.— lu Watson's ' Topograpbical
Botany,' 1st edition, on page 590 of tbe Miscellaneous Notes,
tins plant is given as found in 50, Denbigli, oii Mr. Webb's autbority
and described as " Ebyl, casually." Now Rbyl is iu 51, Flint, wbicb
county was queried in tbe first part of tbe work, so doubtless Mr. Webb
intended to confirm tbe latter, but managed to give tbe wrong
county. Tbis poppy used to grow on tbe sandy ground on tbe east
side of Rbyl near tbe cemetery, and also by tbe footpatb inland, on
tbe otber side of tbe railway. I found it in tbese two stations year
after year until tbe Gladstone Bridge and a new road were made,
wben it disappeared, and I bave not seen a specimen tbere for tbe
last eigbt or ten years. Tbis year in September, I saw a fair
number of plants of tbis species in a field of mangolds, just
bordering tbe sea-sbore above tbe old salmon weir at Rbos Fynacb,
near Colwyn Bay. Tbis is 50, Denbigb, and is tbe first time I
bave noticed it in tbis county. It will be interesting to see if it
retains its bold tbcre next year. Robert Brown.
NOTICES OF BOOKS.
The LejeunecE of Lindenberg's Herbarium.'^-
Herr F. Stephani, of Leipzig, one of tbe most indefatigable of
bepaticologists, bas lately conferred a benefit upon otber cryptogamic
students by examining all tbe specimens of tbe genus
Lejeunea in tbe lierbarium of Lindenberg, now at Vienna, upon
wbicb many of tlie species recorded in tbe ' '
Synopsis Hepaticarum
were founded. He adopts tbe arrangement proposed by Dr. Spruce
in ' HepaticaB Amazouictc et Andinae,' wbere a natural division of
tbis immense group into subgenera is attempted. Numerous mistakes
are corrected, and since many of tbe older species were founded by
Taylor, I bave translated tbose notes most likely to interest British
botanists, omitting a number of
Dr. Spruce and otbers.
corrections previously recorded by
It is perbaps desirable to call attention to tbe similarity in tbe
names Lindenberg and Liudberg, in order to avoid tbe confusion
• Die Giittung Lejeunea in Herbarium Lindenberg, revifdirt von F.
Stephani. Hedwigia, 1h»0, heft. 1—3.