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1205 5 is a variety simulating P. dumetorum, and 

 often so named. 



1208 is 1 1 14, 7th ed. 



1224 becomes. R. limosus, Thuill. 



1229 should read, 5. triangtilatus, ,Syme, c. subeor- 

 datus, Warren (both described in the "Exchange 

 Club Reports "), d. elo?igatus, Guss. 



1236. The hybrids speak for themselves, others no 

 doubt occur. The Swedish botanists have been 

 studying these plants, and published interesting notes 

 on them in their "Botanisker Notiser." 



123 1 b is 1105, 7th ed. 



1263, authority, " Stokes." 



1266(5 is a narrow-leaved var. of rare occurrence. 



1274, alter authority to " Gaertn." 



Our Salices, with the addition of S. hippophaefolia, 

 Thuill., found by Dr. Fraser in Staffordshire, remain 

 much as they were years ago, except that the then 

 newer species have been reduced to varieties. 



13205, authority, "Loudon." 



Epipactis. This genus is decidedly not settled, most 

 of the specimens named atro-rubcns (ovalis of Babing- 

 ton) are to my eyes not so. The only specimens^ I 

 can refer to the true plant of Babington are those 

 originally gathered by Mr. Tatham, in Yorkshire. 



1345, alter authority to " Scop." 



It is to be hoped that botanists will gather our rarer 

 Orchids sparingly, such as O. purpurea, O. militaris, 

 and O. Simla — the last has become exceedingly rare, 

 though I think I could find a fair number each year. 

 I once saw twenty-five in flower at the edge of a 

 wood, and noting this in Science-Gossip, I had 

 forty-five letters in the fortnight following. I could 

 only act fairly by answering none. 



1358 £ is a var. found in Surrey, with a narrow 

 drawn-out lip, etc. 



1363 is 1274, 7th ed. 



1364 is 1279, 7th ed. 



1365 is 1275, 7th ed. 

 1368 is 1278, 7th ed. 



1380 b is a var. found in Wales. 



1390 a alter to a. alt His, L., b. prostratus, L. 



1401 1, alter authority to " Fries." 



1419 is 1330, 7th ed. 



1430 is an added species found in Herefordshire, and 

 in 1887 in Scotland. One of Don's "reputed" plants, 



1439 c, d, e are three forms added of this varying 

 species ; c, a water form, d, a marsh one, <?, a con- 

 densed one, with flowers and leaves in fascicles. 



f uncus alpinus, Vill., has been found in Perth ; in 

 1887 by Dr. White and Mr. Brebner. 



1442 x is an hybrid between lamprocarpus and 

 acutiflorus, found by Mr. Beeby, near Hedge Court, 

 Mill Pond, in S.W. Surrey. 



1443 b is 1372 £, 7th ed. 

 1449, alter to L. vernalis, DC. 

 1454, alter to L. erectus, Desv. 



1454 a? is an added name for a pale form of the 

 species, usually taller and more gracile. 



1458 is an added species described and figured by 

 Mr. Beeby in the "Journal of Botany," differing 

 from ramosum in its fruit, which is more like simplex. 

 As yet it has only been found in England. Spargania 

 for naming ought always to be gathered in ripe fruit. 



1472 is 1255, 7th ed. 



1474 is 1256, 7th ed. 



1479^ is a form of natans, with long drawn-out 

 leaves. 



1481 is an added species, found by Mr. Fryer in 

 Hunts. It is probably the true plant, but ripe fruit 

 has yet to be obtained. 



1483 b. This is a form in habit between rufescein 

 and polygonifolius. 



1487 b is a form of heterophyllus I found in 

 Cambridgeshire ; growing, the plant has much the 

 aspect of polygonifolius. The describer of it, the Rev. 

 Morong, placed it under " gramincus, L." (oxx hetero- 

 phyllus) ; he found it in the United States. 



1488^ is a slender form of nitens, with recurved 

 leaves. 



1490 is 1227 b, 7th ed. 



1 49 1 is an added species figured and described in 

 the "Journal of Botany," from specimens gathered 

 at Cauldshiels Loch, Roxburgh, by Mr. Brotherston. 



1492, added species, gathered by the Rev. Ley, in 

 Herefordshire, and identified by Professor Babington, 

 who supposed it identical with P. Lonchites, Tuck. 



1463, added species, found by Mr. J. E. Griffith, 

 near Aber, in Carnarvonshire, which I was obliged 

 to describe as new in "Journal of Botany" ; as yet I 

 have not been able to place it under any recognised 

 species. 



1495 b. Yorkshire, a peculiar form of perfoliate, 

 with the facies of nitens or heterophyllus in it. 



14965. Hudson's plant, often when with narrow 

 leaves named P. obtusifolius. 



14995, a Norfolk form of the species. 



15005. A Hants and Perth form of obtusifolius, 

 the identification of which I owe to specimens kindly 

 sent me by Dr. Lange and Herr Mortenson. 



1 501 is 1236, 7th ed. It would take too much 

 space to give here the reasons, for and against, this 

 name being used. 



1502 c is a plant from the Orkney Isles gathered by 

 Prof.Traill, simulating P. rutilus, Wolfgang, very much. 



1503 is a sub-species of pusillus, L., gathered by 

 Mr. Sturrock, in Perthshire ; it is a slender pretty 

 plant, different to anything I possess from any part 

 of the world. 



15095 is an Orkney plant found by Dr. Boswell, a 

 small mud form. 



151 1 is a plant with a four-celled anther and fruit 

 not so muricated as the usual form. 



1512 is 1242, 7th ed. 



1 5 13 5 is the Orkney plant. 



Potamogeton coriaceus, Nolte (Cambridgeshire), should 

 have been in the Catalogue. 



{To be conthmed.) 



