Vol. 27 of Watsonia, edited by M. Briggs, M.J.Y. Foley, D.L. Kelly, D.R. McKean, M.S. Porter & M.N. Sanford. Papers are provided here free for personal use, but remain copyright of the BSBI and may not be reproduced or sold without permission.

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Bateman, R.N. & Sexton, R. 2008. Is spur length of Platanthera species in the British Isles adaptively optimized or an evolutionary red herring? Watsonia 27, 1-21;  pdf 453 kB

Tennant, D.J. 2008. Small Cow-wheat Melampyrum sylvaticum L.; Scrophulariaceae in England. Watsonia 27, 23-36; pdf 422 kB

Houston, L., Robertson, A. & Rich, T.C.G. 2008. The distribution, population size and growth of the rare English endemic Sorbus bristoliensis A. J. Wilmott, Bristol Whitebeam (Rosaceae). Watsonia 27, 37-49; pdf 254 kB

Dean, M., Ashton, P.A., Hutcheon, K., Jermy, A.C. & Cayouette, J. 2008. Description, ecology and establishment of Carex salina Wahlenb. (Saltmarsh Sedge) – a new British species. Watsonia 27, 51-57; pdf 78 kB

Sawtschuk, T., McCarthy, W. & Rich, T.C.G. 2008. Conservation of Britain’s biodiversity: Hieracium pseudoleyi (Asteraceae), Purple-flushed Hawkweed. Watsonia 27, 59-64; pdf 583 kB

Notes. Watsonia 27, 65-72 (2008); pdf 205 kB

• Kitchener, G.D. & Leslie, A.C. Epilobium tetragonum subsp. tournefortii naturalised in Britain.
• Webb, J. New Willow hybrid.
• Bailey, J.P., Kay, Q.O.N., Mcallister, H. & Rich, T.C.G. Chromosome numbers in Sorbus L. (Rosaceae) in the British Isles.
• Allen, D.E. Series reassignment of Rubus cerdicii.

Plant Records. Watsonia 27, 73-89 (2008); pdf 168 kB

Obituaries. Watsonia 27, 91-97 (2008); pdf 427 kB

• F.E. Crackles (1918-2007) by Peter Cook
• D.P. Stevens (1958-2007) by T.H. Blackstock & P.S. Jones

Cowan, R. S., Smith, R. J., Fay, M. F. & Rich, T. C. G. (2008).  Genetic variation in Irish Whitebeam, Sorbus hibernica E. F. Warb. (Rosaceae) and its relationship to a Sorbus from the Menai Strait, North Wales. Watsonia 27, 99-108; pdf 143 kB

Sawtschuk, J. & Rich, T.C.G. 2008. Conservation of Britain’s biodiversity: status of the two Wye Valley endemics Hieracium pachyphylloides, Carboniferous Hawkweed and H. vagicola, Tutshill Hawkweed (Asteraceae). Watsonia 27, 109-118; pdf 1 MB

Rich, T.C.G. & McCosh, D.J. 2008. The status of Hieracium arranense and H. sannoxense (Asteraceae), two endemic hawkweeds from the Isle of Arran, Scotland. Watsonia 27, 119-125; pdf 878 kB

Lansdown R.V. 2008. Red Duckweed (Lemna turionifera Landolt) new to Britain. Watsonia 27, 127-130; pdf 40 kB

Foley, M.J.Y. 2008. John Fitz-Roberts: A little-known seventeenth century botanist. Watsonia 27, 131-141; pdf 1 MB

Pearman, D.A. 2008. The status of Coral-necklace Illecebrum verticillatum L. (Caryophyllaceae) in Great Britain. Watsonia 27, 143-148; pdf 64 kB.

Smith, P.H. 2008. Corynephorus canescens (L.) P. Beauv. (Grey Hair-grass) on the Sefton Coast, Merseyside (v.c. 59). Watsonia 27, 149-157; pdf 4 MB

Smith, P.H. 2008. Population explosion of Hypochaeris glabra L. on the Sefton Coast, Merseyside in 2007. Watsonia 27, 159-166; pdf 2 MB

Notes. Watsonia 27, 167-170 (2008); pdf 54 kB

• Viper’s-grass Scorzonera humilis L. at Wareham Meadows, Dorset. M. Gurney.

Plant Records. Watsonia 27, 171-187 (2008); pdf 95 kB

Book reviews. Watsonia 27, 189–198 (2008); pdf 92 kB

Obituaries. Watsonia 27, 199-206 (2008); pdf 1 MB

• John Gregory Hawkes (1915-2007), by J.R. Akeroyd
• John Ounsted (1919-2007), by Simon J. Leach
• Peter Charles Hall (1917-2008), by Clive Stace

Rich, T.C.G., and Proctor, M.C.F. 2009. Some new British and Irish Sorbus L. taxa (Rosaceae). Watsonia 27: 207–216; pdf 214 kB

Rich, T.C.G., Harris, S.A. and Hiscock, S.J. 2009. Five new Sorbus (Rosaceae) taxa from the Avon Gorge, England. Watsonia 27: 217–228; pdf 357 kB

Conaghan, J.P. & Sheehy Skeffington, M. 2009. The distribution and conservation of Eriophorum gracile Koch ex Roth (Cyperaceae), Slender Cotton-grass, in Ireland. Watsonia 27, 229-238; pdf 412 kB

Chiapella, J.O. 2009. Neotypification of Aira setacea Hudson (Poaceae). Watsonia 27, 239-242; pdf 1 MB

Notes: Watsonia 27, 243-257 (2009); pdf 594 kB

• Allen, D.E. Species of British Rubus L. (Rosaceae) in Maine and North Brittany, France.
• Bull, A.L. The status of Rubus babingtonianus W.C.R. Watson (Rosaceae).
• Stace, C.A. Eleven new combinations in the British Flora.
• Walker, K.J., Ward, S. & Parr, S. The re-discovery of Arenaria norvegica subsp. norvegica in Ireland.
• Water-borne dispersal of Cardamine bulbifera (L.) Crantz (Brassicaceae) in Mid-west Yorkshire (v.c. 64). Walker, K.J.
• Walker, K.J. Cirsium x semidecurrens H. Richter in Glamorgan.
• Humphrey, T., Taylor, C., Rich, T.C.G. & Hipkin, C.R. Vascular plants from Swansea University Herbarium (UCSA) now incorporated into the Welsh National Herbarium (NMW).

Plant Records. Watsonia 27, 259-272 (2009); pdf 133 kB

Book Reviews. Watsonia 27, 273-276 (2009); pdf 63 kB

Obituaries. Watsonia 27, 277-282 (2009); pdf 1.8 MB

• Terence Charles Ernest Wells (1935-2008) by Lynne Farrell
• John Francis Michael Cannon (1930-2008) by John Edmondson

Houston, L., Robertson, A., Jones, K., Smith, S.C.C., & Hiscock, S.J. (2009) An account of the Whitebeams (Sorbus L., Rosaceae) of Cheddar Gorge, England, with description of three new species. Watsonia 27, 283-300; pdf 2.2 MB

Rich, T. C. G., Charles, C., Houston, L. & Tillotson, A. (2009). The diversity of Sorbus L. (Rosaceae) in the Lower Wye Valley.  Watsonia 27, 301-313; pdf 401 kB

Bradshaw, M.E. 2009. The decline of Lady's-mantles (Alchemilla vulgaris L. agg.) and other hay meadow species in Northern England since the 1950s. Watsonia 27, 315-321; pdf 80 kB

Shimwell, D.W. 2009. Studies in the floristic diversity of Durham walls, 1958–2008. Watsonia 27, 323-338; pdf 155 kB

Smith, P.H. 2009. Distribution, status and ecology of Blysmus compressus (L.) Panz. ex Link on the Sefton Coast sand-dunes, Merseyside. Watsonia 27, 339-353; pdf 468 kB

Foley, M.J.Y. 2009. Some localised early plant records from North-west England: then and now. Watsonia 27, 355-364; pdf 93 kB

Foley, M.J.Y. 2009. The Svalbard plant collection in the Arctic Herbarium at the University of Lancaster (LANC). Watsonia 27, 365-368; pdf 60 kB

Notes: Watsonia 27, 369-374 (2009); pdf 78 kB

• Three more new combinations in the British Flora. C.A. Stace.
• Validation of names for new Avon Gorge Sorbus (Rosaceae) taxa. T.C.G. Rich.
• Reinstatement of the name Dactylorhiza kerryensis (Wilmott) P.F. Hunt & Summerh. for the Western Marsh Orchid, and a new varietal combination. M. Jebb.
• A new nothospecies in Symphytum L. (Boraginaceae). C.L. O’Reilly & R.M. Leaney.

Plant Records. Watsonia  27, 375-397 (2009); pdf 124 kB

Book Reviews. Watsonia 27: 389–392 (2009); pdf 54 kB