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number of roots of the small specimens witli terete leaves, and placed 

 tiiem in a flower-pot. At tlie present date (June) the plants are 3 to 

 4 niches hif^h, but all of them have compressed leaves. The perianth- 

 leaves in tliis |)lant, as I have mentioned in ' English Botany,' vary 

 much in the shape of their apices, the three inner leaves being some- 

 times obtuse and sometimes acute. The acute form is, no doubt, tliat 

 which commonly occurs in the small states ; but it is by no means Con- 

 fined to such, and certainly does not always coexist with terete leaves. 



Juncns biifonius, vnv./asc/c/ilat/ts. I have sent out specimens of this 

 plant from the shores of Loch Leven ; it is the form /. d/ifonlus as- 

 sumes when growing in sandy places which are inundated in winter, 

 but become perfectly dry in summer. 



Cladlum Mariscus. " Achmere, near Frodshara. x\lthough this has 

 been observed in Mid-Cheshire, it has never, so far as I am able to 

 ascertain, been recorded from West Cheshire." — J. F. Eobinson. 



Garex patdculata, var. pseudo-Bdnninf/hauseniana. Miss E. Jones 

 sends from Denbighshire a Carex which, at first sight, has precisely the 

 appearance of 0. Bunuinc/haitsenlana, except that the bracts are much 

 shorter ; the fruit is precisely the same as that of normal C. paniculala. 

 From my recollection of Mr. H. C. Watson's depauperate C. panicu- 

 lata, T think Miss Jones's specimens simulate C. B6nninfjliau&e)dana 

 even more closely than Mr. Watson's. 



Aira uligliiosa, Weihe. " Abundant about Fleet Pond, in North 

 Hants, September, 1869. New to England. Full explanations about 

 the plant and locality have been given in this Journal, Vol. YII. p. 281." 

 — H. C. Watson. Mr. A. G. More also sends specimens from Galway, 

 so that all the members of the club have been supplied. No doubt, when 

 the plant is better known, it will be discovered in other localities. At 

 present, Fleetpond, Hants, Mr. H. C. Watson ; Cawston Decoy, Nor- 

 folk, Mr. Bryant, 1776 {teste Trimen in Journ. of Hot. 1869, p. 352) ; 

 Forfarshire, G. Don and J. M'Kay ; Loch of Drum, Aberdeen, Herb. 

 Mus. Brit, {teste Trimen, loc. cit.) ; and near Eoundstone, Connen)ara, 

 A. G. More, — are the only stations in which the plant is known to have 

 been gathered. Hudson, from his description oi Aira setacea, and from 

 saying that the plant is common on sandy heaths in Yorkshire and Lan- 

 cashire, evidently confounded A. uliginosa, Weihe, with A. Jiexnosa, 

 Auct., though his description of A. setacea is, no doubt, partly taken 

 from A. idiginosa, Weihe.* 



* Di'. Boswell Svme here refers to the second edition of Hudson's ' Flora 

 Anglica.' The original description of A. setacea in the first edition was made 

 from specimens of the grass since called A. iiligiuosa, collected at Stratton 

 Heath, Norfolk, the only locality there given for the plant. In the second 

 edition Hudson reduced his species to a variety of A. montana (now con-, 

 sidered a state of A. Jtexuosd), and the localities Yorkshire and Lancashire 

 are probably intended to apply to tlie whole species, as Hudson then imder- 

 etood it. The description appended, however, is a very good one of the plant 



