igii' Druce. — British Utticulariac 123 



undoubted U . Brcmii in my herbarium, the specimens in 

 good ilowcr being gathered by me near the Gap of Dunloe, 

 Co. Kerry, in 1875. I may add that although I have 

 examined Loch Spynie, the Moss of Inshoch and Gordon 

 Bog (where I found U. minor), I was unable to find Bremii ; 

 near the Loch of Spynie, young barren major was seen. 

 If our members will carefully collect the Bladderworts for 

 a season or so there is good reason to believe that some of 

 the old records may prove to be correct. Flowering 

 specimens should if possible be put in spirit, notes on the 

 flower in the fresh state being lirst made. U. Bremii 

 10 ? ? Betn. Horringford and Newchurch ;* 11 ? Titchfield 

 Common ; 81 ? Gordon Bog ; 85 ? Loch of Spynie and 

 Moss of Inshoch. All lowland stations. 



Dr. Gliick says the characters which separate Bremii 

 from minor are specific, this species bearing much the same 

 relation to U. minor as U. major does to U. vulgaris. The 

 larger flowers of a darker yellow, with a much larger lip 

 which stares at one, are easy marks of distinction, but in 

 the barren state a greater or less amount of development 

 of leaf -segments and a more sparing development of bladders 

 are not sufficient for separation, although such an appearance 

 may be suggestive. 



As to the leaf-characters of the Utriculariae one may add 

 that our British plants may be divided into three groups 

 by the number of the leaf -tips : (i) very numerous — vulgaris 

 and major ; (2) 7-15 — intermedia and ochroleuca ; (3) 14-20 

 — minor and Bremii. 



Oxford. 



NEWS GLEANINGS. 



The Belfast Municipal Museum. 



The Corporation of Belfast, at the monthly meeting on June ist, 

 confirmed the agreement made between the Parks Committee and the 

 Technical Instruction Committee to let to the latter, at a rent of ;^iso 

 per annum, half an acre in the Botanic Gardens Park, for a Natural 

 History and Art Museum and an Art Gallery. So the long and weary 

 hunt of the Museum Site Sub -Committee for a suitable place has come to 

 an end at last. 



