SPLACHNIDIACEÆ.

SPLACHNIDIUM RUGOSUM Grev.

Seal Island, Challenger! Sea Point, Boodle! False Bay, Harvey! Knysna, Natal, Krauss. Cape, R. Brown! Koenig, Drege, Tyson!

Geogr. Distr. Australia. New Zealand.

DICTYOTACEÆ.

DICTYOTA DICHOTOMA J. Ag. Cape Point, Boodle! Kalk Bay, Boodle! Algoa Bay, Ecklon. Port Natal, Drege, Krauss! Gueinzius! Var. IMPLEXA J. Ag. Cape Agulhas, Hohenack.! Meeralgen, No. 313.

Geogr. Distr. Warm and temperate oceans.

D. LINEARIS Ag. Port Natal, Krauss.

Geogr. Distr. Mediterranean and neighbouring Atlantic. West Indies. [Red Sea ?].

D. NEVOSA J. Ag. Plettenberg Bay, Horne! Algoa Bay, Ecklon, Hb. Dickie! Algoa Bay to Port Natal, Krauss. Kei Mouth, Flanagan! Cape, Pappe!

Geogr. Distr. West Indies.

D. FASCIOLA Lam.

No. 512.

Cape Agulhas, Hohenacker! Meeralgen,

Geogr. Distr. Mediterranean, Red Sea, West Indies.

D. INSCRIPTA J. Ag.

D. DENTICULATA Ag.

Kalk Bay, Pappe!

Cape, Hohenacker! Meeralgen, No. 511.

D. LITURATA J. Ag. Kalk Bay, Hb. Trin. Coll. Dublin! J. Agardh includes under this name D. Pappeana Kütz. The specimen in Hb. Kew from the Cape named D. Pappeana in Pappe's writing is clearly a form of D. navosa J. Ag., under which name I have therefore included that record.

ZONARIA INTERRUPTA Ag. Table Bay, Wenek! Milk Bay (False Bay), B. McMillan! Cape Agulhas, Hohenack.! Meeralgen, No. 156. Plettenberg Bay, H. D. Horne! Algoa Bay, Ecklon, Holub! Burchell, Hb. Dickie! Port Alfred, W. Carr ! Kei Mouth, Flanagan! Cape Colony, ex Hb. Holmes! Port Natal, Dr. Stanger ! No. 3974; Krauss. Cape, Pappe! Zeyher! Hb. Shuttleworth! Areschoug, Phyc. extraeurop. exsicc. No. 58.

Geogr. Distr. Teneriffe, Indian Ocean, Tasmania, and New Zealand.

Z. PLUMBEA Aresch. Natal Bay, fide Areschoug.

Z. MULTIFIDA Harv. (= Z. Harveyana Pappe and Phycopteris Harveyana Kütz.). Kalk Bay, Pappe! Cape, Harvey! Hohenack.!

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FIRST RECORDS OF BRITISH FLOWERING PLANTS.

COMPILED BY

WILLIAM A. CLARKE, F.L.S.

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Pyrus torminalis Ehrh. Beitr. vi. 92 (1791). 1597. Kent it groweth in great aboundance, especially about Southfleete and Gravesend."-Ger. 1288.

P. Aria Sm. Fl. Brit. ii. 534 (1800). 1570. "In Angliæ frigidioribus sylvosis frequentem videas."-Lob. Adv. 485.

P. Aucuparia Gaertn. Fruct. ii. 45 (1791). 1562. "Groweth in moyst woddes and it is called in Northumlande a rowne tre, &c." -Turn. ii. 143.

P. communis L. Sp. Pl. 479 (1758). 1562. "Wylde Pere tre... well knowen."-Turn. ii. 108.

P. Malus L. Sp. Pl. 479 (1758). 1562. "Malus sylvestris [called] in ye South countre a Crab tre in ye North countre a scarbtre.”—Turn. ii. 47, back.

"In

Mespilus germanica L. Sp. Pl. 478 (1753). 1597. "Oftentimes in hedges among briars and brambles."-Ger. 1266. the hedges betwixt Hampsted heath and Highgate."-Merrett, 77. Crataegus Oxyacantha L. Sp. Pl. 477 (1758). 1562. "Our como hawthorn.”—Turn. ii. 73, back. "Oxyacantha . . . Angli May dicunt."-Lob. Adv. 448 (1570).

Cotoneaster integerrimus Med. Bot. 85 (1793). C. vulgaris Lindl. Syn. 104 (1829). 1828. "On the limestone cliffs of the Great Ormshead, Carnarvonshire, in various places. Mr. W. Wilson, 1825."-Sm. Engl. Fl. iv. 268. From a note on the E. B. drawing, it appears that Wilson first noticed it in 1821 or 1822. Mr. J. W. Griffith perhaps discovered it in 1783; see E. B. S. 2713. Saxifraga oppositifolia L. Sp. Pl. 402 (1753). 1677. "Ingleborough," Yorkshire.-Ray, Cat. ed. 2, 269.

S. nivalis L. Sp. Pl. 401 (1753). 1641. pars alt. 33 (" Sedum serratum, &c.").

Johns. Merc. Bot.

"Upon the moyst alt. 19.

S. stellaris L. Sp. Pl. 400 (1753). 1641. Rockes at Snowdon."-Johns. Merc. Bot. pars S. Geum L. Sp. Pl. 401 (1753). 66 1806. Discovered by Mr. J. T. Mackay on a mountain near Dingle, in the County of Kerry, Ireland, in September, 1804."-E. B. 1561.

S. umbrosa L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 574 (1762). 1697. "Grows plentifully here with us in Ireland, on a mountain called the Mangerton, in Kerry."-Dr. T. Molyneux in Phil. Trans. xix. 510.

S. Hirculus L. Sp. Pl. 402 (1753). 1724. "Found by Dr. Kingstone on Knotsford-moor, Cheshire."-R. Syn. iii. 355.

S. aizoides L. Sp. Pl. 403 (1753). 1670. "On the sides of Ingleborough-hill (Yorksh.) . . . also in Westmoreland."Ray, Cat. 279.

S. tridactylites L. Sp. Pl. 404 (1753). 1597. "Upon the bricke wall in Chauncerie lane [London] belonging to the Earle of Southampton."-—Ger. 500.

S. rivularis L. Sp. Pl. 404 (1753). 1800. "On Ben Nevis, Scotland. Dr. Townson."-Sm. Fl. Brit. ii. 454.

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S. cernua L. Sp. Pl. 403 (1753). 1794. Amongst the rocks on the summit of Ben Lawers.' -James Dickson in Trans. Linn.

Soc. ii. 290.

S. granulata L. Sp. Pl. 402 (1753). 1568. "In diverse places of England.”—Turn. iii. 67 (with fig.).

S. cæspitosa L. Sp. Pl. 404 (1753). 1800. "On alpine rocks above Lake Idwell, in Carnarvonshire, rare. J. W. Griffith, Esq., in Herb. Soc. Linn."-Sm. Fl. Brit. ii. 455.

S. decipiens Ehrh. 1798. "Gathered wild on the rocks of Cwm Idwell, Carnarvonshire, North Wales, by Mr. Griffith, in the end of May last."-E. B. 455.

S. hypnoides L. Sp. Pl. 405 (1753). 1640. "On the Mountaines of Lancashiere with us, as Mr. Hosket [Hesketh] told us.”Park. Theatr. 740.

Chrysosplenium oppositifolium L. Sp. Pl. 398 (1753). 1570. "In Angliæ humentibus saxeis . . . . floret."-Lob. Adv. 267. About Bath and Wels," &c.-Ger. 693.

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C. alternifolium L. Sp. Pl. 398 (1753). 1666. "Near Hedley, Hampshire, Mr. Brown."-Merrett, 109.

Parnassia palustris L. Sp. Pl. 275 (1758). 1597. "In Lansdall and Craven, in the north part of England; at Doncaster," &c.-Ger. 692.

Ribes alpinum L. Sp. Pl. 200 (1758). 1688. "In agro Eboracensi invenit D. Dodsworth."-Ray, Hist. ii. 1486.

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R. rubrum L. Sp. Pl. 200 (1753). 1568. By a waters side at Clouer in Somerset shyre in the possession of Maister Horner."-Turn. iii. 63.

R. nigrum L. Sp. Pl. 201 (1753). 1660. 1660. "By the rivers side at Abington" (Cambs).-R. C. C. 139.

Tillæa muscosa L. Sp. Pl. 129 (1753). 1775. "On Drayton Heath and several other places near Norwich, in great plenty. First examined and ascertained by the Rev. Mr. [Henry] Bryant, in 1766."-Rose's Elements of Botany, App. 450.

Cotyledon Umbilicus L. Sp. Pl. 429 (1753). 1562. welles and divers places of Summerset shyre."-Turn. ii. 169.

"In

Sedum roseum Scop. Fl. Carn. ed. 2, 326 (1772). S. Rhodiola DC. (1805). 1597. "Upon sundry mountains in the north part of England, especially in a place called Ingleborough Fels."-Ger.

426.

...

S. Telephium L. Sp. Pl. 430 (1753). 1597.
Englande."-Ger. 416.

S. villosum L. Sp. Pl. 432 (1753). 1666. side of Ingleborough hill."-Merrett, 111.

S. album L. Sp. Pl. 432 (1753). 1634. "In locis saxosis et asperis."--Johns. Merc. Bot. 67. Very plentifully on many of the thatch'd houses in Chatteresse in the Isle of Ely" (Cambs.).— R. C. C. 153 (1660).

S. anglicum Huds. ii. 196 (1778). 1670. "In sterilioribus Suffolciæ itinere à Yarmouth ad Dunwich plurimum observavimus.” -Ray, Cat. 280.

S. acre L. Sp. Pl. 432 (1753). 1538. "Sedum minus puto esse herbam quam vulgus appellat Thryft aut Stoncrop."--Turn. Lib. S. rupestre L. Sp. Pl. 431 (1753). 1666. "Sedum Divi Vincentii N. D. Mr. Goodyer."--Merrett, 111.

S. Forsterianum Sm. E. B. t. 1802. 1807. "Gathered in 1806 by E. Forster, Jun., on a rock at the fall of the Rhydoll near the Devil's-bridge, Cardiganshire."--E. B. 1. c.

"Rosa

Drosera rotundifolia L. Sp. Pl. 281 (1753). 1568. solis is a litle small herbe that groweth in mossey groundes and in fennes and watery mores."-Turn. iii. 79.

D. anglica Huds. ii. 135 (1778). 1640. "This was sent me by Mr. Zanche Silliard an Apothecarie of Dublin in Ireland, which sort wee have growing by Ellestmere in Shropshire by the waysides (the report of Dr. Coote)."-Park. Theatr. 1953.

D. intermedia Hayne. 1660. "On Hinton moor" (Cambs.) —R. C. C. 139 (1660). This may be the Ros solis foliis oblongis of Johns. Merc. Bot. p. 65 (1634).

Hippuris vulgaris L. Sp. Pl. 4 (1753). 1597. "In waterish places."-Ger. 957. Near Sandwich, Kent.--Johnson, "Kent," p. 23 (1632).

Myriophyllum verticillatum L. Sp. Pl. 992 (1753). 1660. "In the rivulet Stoure by the little Islet ... above the Paper mills" (Cambs,).-R. C. C. 99.

M. spicatum L. Sp. Pl. 992 (1758). 1640. "In our owne land."--Park. Theatr. 1258. "In the river [Cam] about Stretham ferry."-R. C. C. 99 (1660).

M. alterniflorum DC. Fl. Fr. v. 529. 1724. "In fossa prope Lodden-Bridge, haud procul a Reading J. Bobart observavit." --Ray Syn. iii. 151.

Callitriche verna (aggregate), L. Sp. Pl. ed. ii. 6 (1762). 1597. An “herbe of small reckoning that floteth upon the water called... Water Starwoort."--Ger. 681.

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C. autumnalis L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 6 (1762). 1830. 'Llyn Maelog, Anglesea, Mr. W. Wilson."--Hook. Br. Fl. ed. i. 384. Lythrum Salicaria L. Sp. Pl. 446 (1753). 1548. "groweth by water sydes."--Turn. Names, E. ij back. "Under the Bishops house wall at Lambeth neere the water of Thames."--Ger. 388. L. Hyssopifolia L. Sp. Pl. 447 (1753). 1633. "Found by my friend Mr. Bowles at Dorchester in Oxfordshire." Johnson. --Ger. em. 582.

Peplis Portula L. Sp. Pl. 332 (1753). 1632. Johnson, Kent," p. 33. Betweene Clapham heath and Touting and betweene Kentish Towne and Hampstead."-Ger, em. 615.

Epilobium angustifolium L. Sp. Pl. 847 (1753). 1597. "In Yorkshire in a place called the Hooke."--Ger. 388. E. hirsutum L. Sp. Pl. 347 (1753). 1597. "Neere the waters (but not in the waters) in all places for the most part."— Ger. 388.

E. parviflorum Schreb. Spic. 146 (1771). 1629. Johnson Kent,' p. 8 ("Lysimachia siliquosa minor hirsuta ").

E. montanum L. Sp. Pl. 848 (1758). 1570. "In Anglia

...

observatur. . . locis . . . umbrosis saxosis aut minus udis."-Lob. Adv. 145.

E. lanceolatum Seb. & Maur. Fl. Rom. p. 138 (1818). 1847. Frome Glen Stapleton near Bristol. Mr. G. H. K. Thwaites; sent to Bot. Soc. of London in 1847.--Phyt. ii. 762.

E. roseum Schreb. Spic. 147 (1771). 1798. "Primum in Anglia a cel. Curtisio in Lambeth Marsh in comitatu Surr. detecta." --Symons, Synopsis, 199.

E. tetragonum (aggregate) L. Sp. Pl. 348 (1753). 1634. "Lysimachia siliquosa glabra minor Bauh. In humidis saxosis." --Johns. Merc. Bot. p. 49.

ser.

E. obscurum Schreb. Spic. 147 (1771). 1856. "Wyken, Warwickshire and Ilfracombe, Devon."--Bab. in Ann. N. H. 2, xvii. 243. [The "E. virgatum" found near Lincoln by Dr. Deakin may have been this.--Florigr. Brit. p. 548.]

E. palustre L. Sp. Pl. 348 (1753). 1660. "On Teversham Moor" (Cambs).--R. C. C. 93. But see Ger. em. p. 479.

E. alsinefolium Vill. Prosp. 45 (1779). 1677. "In the rivulets on the sides of Cheviot hills."--Ray, Cat. ed. ii. 194.

E. anagallidifolium Lam. Dict. ii. 376 (1786). 1856. "Lofty mountains of Scotland: Morne and Lochnagar, &c."-Babington, in Ann. & Mag. N. H. ser. 2. xvii. 312.

E. alpinum L. Sp. Pl. 348 (1753). 1777. "On Ben Lomond, about two-thirds of the way up."--Lightf. Fl. Scot. 199.

Ludwigia apetala Walt. Fl. Carolin. 89 (1788). (Isnardia palustris L.). 1666. "In a great Ditch neer the Moor at Peters field, Hamshire, Mr. Goodyer."-Merrett, 7.

Circea lutetiana L. Sp. Pl. 9 (1753). 1597. "Groweth in obscure and darke places."-Ger. 280.

C. alpina L. Sp. Pl. 9 (1753). 1762. "Ad radices montium in Comitatibus Westmorlandico Eboracensi, &c., circa Dallam Tower in agro Westmorlandico."-Huds. i. 10.

Bryonia dioica Jacq. Fl. Austr. ii. 59 (1774). 1538. “Ampelos leuce... anglis Bryoni aut wylde nepe."-Turn. Lib. "Groweth in many places of Englande."-Turn. Names, B vj, back (1548).

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Hydrocotyle vulgaris L. Sp. Pl. 234 (1753). 1562. Shepekyllinge penny grasse that groweth in merishe and waterye groundes."-Turn. Herb. ii. 169.

Eryngium maritimum L. Sp. Pl. 233 (1753). 1548. "Groweth plentuously in Englande by the sea syde."-Turn. Names, Di.

E. campestre L. Sp. Pl. 233 (1753). 1670. "On a rock which you descend to the ferry from Plymouth over into Cornwall." -Ray, Cat. 105. Found by Ray on July 7, 1662 (Ray, Iter.).

Sanicula europea L. Sp. Pl. 235 (1758). 1548. "Groweth communely in woddes."-Turn. Names, H iiij.

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