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1896 by Mr. S. M. Macvicar. The other five varieties have not 

 yet been recorded from Britain, all being found in S. Europe, N. 

 Africa, Canary Islands, or W. Asia. The various forms are distin- 

 guished thus : 



1. Coronopus, L. ; root generally slender, annual or biennial; 

 leaves spreading flat on ground, rarely suberect, linear or Ungulate, 

 i -nerved, usually with narrow acuminate ascending lobes; scape 

 usually exceeding leaves, rachis of scape about ^ to i inch or 

 more long ; bracts acuminate, longer than sepals ; capsule 3-4- 

 locular, 3-4-seeded (" Eng. Bot.," pi. MDLX.) 



2. Ceratophyllon, Rapin ; root long, thick, probably perennial; 

 leaves 6 inches long or more, suberect, hairy, oblanceolate, 3-5- 

 nerved, rachis of leaf broader, acute or acuminate, with remote, 

 occasionally toothed acute or subacuminate lobes ; scape rather 

 more hairy than in type, rachis of scape i to 4 inches long ; bracts 

 acuminate, longer than sepals ; capsule 3-locular, usually 2-seeded. 



3. Pygmtza, Lange, dwarf; leaves narrow, J-f inch long, with 

 narrow segments ; scapes generally ascending, just longer than 

 leaves, spikes globose, 2-4-(or more)-flowered. 



4. Crithmifolia, Wilk. and Lange ; leaves not carnose, bipinnati- 

 partite, hirsute, rachis of leaf dilated towards apex, sub-3-nerved, 

 lobes oval, lanceolate ; scapes ascending. S. Spain. 



5. Latifolia, DC. ; leaves not carnose, hirsute, lanceolate or 

 linear-lanceolate, rachis broad, 3-nerved, lobes linear-lanceolate; 

 scapes ascending. S.W. Europe and N. Africa. 



6. Maritiina, Gren. and Godr. ; leaves carnose, smooth or ciliate, 

 linear-lanceolate, pinnatifid, rachis of leaf broad, 3-nerved, lobes 

 linear ; scapes erect. France, S. Spain, Berlengas off Portugal, Tiree. 



7. Integrata, Gren. and Godr. ; leaves carnose, linear, acuminate, 

 subentire, scarcely dentate, ciliate or smooth, rachis of leaf sub-3- 

 nerved; scapes slender, erect. Sweden, France, Spain, Canaries, 

 Mediterranean, S. Persia. 



8. Cupani, Denk. ; leaves rosulate, with narrow rachis and 

 lobes ; spikes oblong ; bracts ovate, rotund, acute, shorter than 

 calyx. Mountain pastures in Sicily and Morocco. 



9. Bipinnatifida, Wirtgen ; leaves pinnatifid, with narrow rachis 

 and lobes. Rhineland. 



Erioeaulon in Coll. In the "Annals" for 1896, p. 249, I gave 

 some reasons for thinking that Macculloch, in his " Highlands and 

 Western Isles of Scotland," 1824, had made a mistake in giving 

 Erioeaulon as occurring in the island of Coll. On visiting the 

 island again this year, however, I was pleased to find that the plant 

 does occur there. I found it growing in a loch named Loch a' 

 Mhill' Aird, in the north end of the island. At the shallow margin 

 of this loch Ranunculus petiolaris, Marshall, is to be seen, but not 

 in any quantity. SYMERS M. MACVICAR. 



