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 432 SHORT NOTES. If the Kew Herbarium has got hold of a wrongly-dated copy, how many other public institutions where botanists work are similarly situated ? Another point to note is that the work though issued as of five volumes is generally bound in six (vols, i.-vi.), as vol. iv. is twice the size of any of the others ; and some authors, in conse- quence, refer to the supplement volume as vol. vi. I have been referring a good deal to this work lately, and this is how my attention has been drawn to Alphonse De Candolle's letter. — Frederic N. Williams. [The copy in the Department of Botany is dated throughout 1815.— Ed. Journ. Bot.] Plants of North Devon. — Mathiola incana R. Br. It may be worth putting on record that this plant has escaped from the garden of the lighthouse on Braunton Burrows, and is springing up from self-sown seeds in the vicinity. — Lathyrus sylvestris Linn. Occurred on the Tor Walk near Ilfracombe. — Potentilla procumbens Sibth. Grew near South Molton. — SpircBa Ulmaria Linn. var. denudata Presl. Occurred between Mollond and South Molton. — Pyrus rotundifolia Bechst. Occurred near Lynmouth. — Ruhus saxa- tilis L. This plant, which is not given for N. Devon in Top, Bot., is plentiful in the Watersmeet Valley. — SoUdago Virgaurea Linn, var. angustifolia Gaud. The true plant, with narrow nearly entire leaves, occurred in the Watersmeet Valley near Lynmouth. — Mentha piperita Huds. Grew in the stream near Lynmouth, but, as cottages were near, it may i:iot be native. — Marruhium vulgare L. var. apulum Tenore, Prod. Fl. Nap. 34, as a species. This form, which has the stem clothed with a dense white pubescence, occurred rather plentifully at Braunton Burrows. — Sparganium neglectwn Beeby. Occurred in ditches near Braunton. — G. Claridge Druce. Melampyrum pratense L. var. hians Druce in North Devon. — This pretty form was the prevailing plant in the picturesque valley known as the Watersmeet above Lynmouth. It is rather singular that our more beautiful bits of scenery, such as the Findhorn side, the Kilmorack Falls near Beauly, the Cree side near Newton Stewart, the pine woods near Grantown, and the Tamar Valley near Weir Head, should be the home of this variety. — G. Claridge Druce. Dorset Plants. — During a short stay in Dorset at the beginning of last July, we confirmed some old county records, gathered one or two new plants, and added a few localities to those given in the Flora of Dorset. Cramhe maritima L. Still flourishes under a chalk cliff in Weymouth Bay, where for many years it has been known to one of us. The spot is not in Lulworth Cove. — Lepigonum rupestre Kindb. On chalk by the sea in Weymouth Bay ; District C. The Flora has no record for the mainland. — Medicago falcata L. Several plants by the side of a road between Radipole and Weymouth. New for District C. — Valerianella mixta Dufr. This well-marked variety of K. dentata is constant on cultivated ground in Portland; but is not noted by Mr. Mansel-Pleydell. — Orobanche amethystea Thuill. Growing on Et^ngium maritimum in blown sand by the Chesil Beach. The Flora has but one station, in another part of the county. —