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Ruhis rhcuimifoiius W., Tl. rudis W., R. thyrsoideus W., and R. 

 corylifolius Sm. Oddiugton (33). 



Potentilla procuiiibens Sibtli. Oddington (33). 



EpUobium ohscuram Schreb. Near Foscott (33). 



Valeriana savthucifolia Mill. Near Foscott (33). 



Carduus pratensis L. Meadow near Kempsford (33). 



Orchis incarnata L. With above (33). 



Alisma r amine uloides L. Not infrequent in canal, extending also 

 into N. Wilts (33). 



Potamogeton flabellatus Bah. (P. junceus li.). Eiver Thames in 

 Gloucester and North Wilts (7, 33) ; and with P. lucens, the com- 

 mon pond-weed, from Eynsham westward to Marston. — P. com- 

 pressus Schrad. (P. Friesii). Canal from Marston to its juncture 

 with the Colne (7, 33).— P. natans L. With above (7, 33). 



Seirpiis acicularis L. Growing on mud at bottom of canal, in a 

 barren state, extending into Gloucester (7). — S. paueijionoi L. 

 Meadow at Marston, with S. earieinus [Blysmus), &c. (7). 



L'arex flara L. With above (7); and also in a marsh just in 

 Gloucester, typical Jiava (7, 33). 



Glyceria plieata Fr. Fairford (33) ; Marston Measey (7). 



Festuea Pseudo-Mynrus L. Walls of Lechlade (33). — F. elatior 

 L. Meadows, Marston (7). 



Bromus conimntatus Schr. Meadows, Marston (7). 



Equisetum limosum L. River near Lechlade (33). 



Chara hispida L. Canal between Marston and Lechlade, in both 

 counties (7, 33). — 0. vulgaris L. With above (7, 33). 



A meadow at Marston showed Blysmus cornpressus as one of the 

 commonest ingredients in its vegetation, Iris acoriformis is the 

 common Iris of the Upper Thames, and, judging from immature 

 specimens, negleetum is the common Sparganiuvi. Bromus raccmosus 

 is a frequent meadow-grass. 



Rosa mollis is common above Bampton, in Oxon, and stretches 

 into both Wilts and Gloucester, as above stated. On the stiff 

 Oxford Clay at Bampton R. canina seemed very variable, as it does 

 on Otmoor, in Oxon, and as there the Faihi were almost confined to 

 R. discolor and R. corylifolius. 



A Festuea form from Marston and Lechlade, and also from 

 Oxon, is worth further study; it is the same form as the one 

 gathered on Brean Down by Dillenius, and referred to in the 

 ' Eichardson Correspondence.' 



A SYNOPSIS OF THE CAPE SPECIES OF KNIPHOFIA. 

 By J. G. Baker, F.R.S. 



Kniphofia Moench. 

 Perianth cylindrical or infuudibuliform ; tube long ; segments 

 subequal, small, ovate or oblong, obtuse. Stamens 6, hypogynous, 

 as long as the perianth or longer, the three opposite the iimer 



