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Botanical Society and Exchange Club of the British Isles

1933; Nature Portfolio; Volume: 132; Issue: 3347 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1038/132961d0

1476-4687

George Claridge Druce,

Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies

UNDER the editorship of the new secretary, W. H. Pearsall, this report (Arbroath: T. Buncle and Co, 1933) contains a mass of interesting information relating to British field botany. Lists and critical notes on many new varieties, subspecies and adven-tive species, and new county records are given. Articles on critical species and genera are contributed by the late Dr. Drabble on “Ranunculus bulbosus and its varieties in Great Britain” and “Valeriana officinalis and its allies in Great Britain”. Mr. Pearsall gives a revision of the genus Zannichellia and new keys and descriptions of the British species of Carex. A. E. Wade contributes notes on the genus Myosotis and J. S. L. Gilmour writes on “The Taxonomy of Plants intermediate between Medicago sativa and M. falcata and their history in East Anglia” and shows that M. sylvestris is of hybrid origin. Other articles include “The Adventive Flora of the Port of Bristol” by C. I. Sandwith, “Plant Nomenclature” by Drk Sprague, and a well-illustrated account of environmental adaptation in various sand dune plants at Braunton Burrows by Dr. F. R. E. Wright.