The Phytologist Volume 3, PT. 1; A Popular Botanical Miscellany (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1848 Excerpt: ... They are slender, though strong and very sharp, very various in length, from very short to very long, but. being longest and most crowded and numerous about the middle of the rachis, and also about the middle of the peduncles and pedicels; the base of each of the latter being nearly destitute of any prickles. W. A. Leighton. Luciefelde, Shrewsbury, February 17th, 1848. (To be continued). Discovery of Viola hirta in Kincardineshire. By Andrew Kerr, Esq. According to the 'British Flora' of Sir William Jackson Hooker, Viola hirta has only been found in the vicinity of Edinburgh, and is consequently rare in Scotland. It therefore gives me much pleasure to state that I found this plant in the month of April, 1847, on the south-east extremity of Kincardineshire, about three miles north-east from the town of Montrose. Professor Balfour, of Edinburgh, has found it in other places besides the immediate vicinity of Edinburgh, and thinks that the plant is more abundant than was previously supposed. As it flowers early in the season, it may have been overlooked in many places. I trust these remarks will tend to stir up the enthusiasm of botanists to look out for the early gems of Flora and record localities, as it is only by an acute observation and recording of localities that a proper geographical distribution of the British flora can be obtained. Andrew Kerr. 55, Murray Street, Montrose, February 18th, 1848. Note on the specimens of Sedum reflexum mentioned by Mr. Watson, Phytol. iii. 46. By Mrs. Russell. Having just read in the present number of the 'Phytologist' (Phytol. iii. 46) Mr. Watson's notice of the Tremadoc Rock Sedum, sent by me in December to the London Botanical Society, it may perhaps be worth while to state that in the summer of 1839 I gathered and ex...