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Tfujvuis Scrpi/Uum L. The only form observed was bisexual, 

 and with four stamens. 



Utricularia valtjaris L, Loughrigg Fell. W. Park Fell. L. 



PrimuUi. farinusa L. Loughrigg Fell. W. Mr. K. T. Bennett. 



Chenopodium Bonus- Henricm L. Eemarkably abundant in the 

 Langdale and Skelwith district W., but always near houses. 



Habenaria chlorantha Bab. Loughrigg. W. 



Potamo(/etun nutans L. Up to 600 yds. above Codale Tarn. 



Typha latifolia L. Lou gl )g Tarn. W. 



PuUjpodvuvi Fheijopteris 1 . Eemarkably fine in woods near 

 Skelwith. L. 



Lastrea riqida Presl. Hampsfield Fell. L. Mr. E. T. Bennett. 



Scolopendrin))! vuhjare Sym. Eemarkably scarce in the Langdale 

 district. 



Hij)iienopJnjlliuii Wihuni Hook. Scandale Beck. W. Mr. E. T. 

 Bennett. 



THE HEPATICjE OF GLOUCESTEESHIEE. 



By the Eev. H. P. Eeader, B.A., O.P. 



The following contribution to the hepaticology of Gloucester- 

 shire is the result of personal observation at intervals during five 

 years. It cannot therefore pretend to be complete, but, so far as 

 it goes, will serve to show that this county, which has a deserved 

 reputation for a rich and interesting phanerogamic flora, may also 

 be considered fairly productive in this particular department of 

 cryptogams. I have been fortunate in finding the fruit of several 

 species which, though generally abundant in the barren state, are 

 rarely fertile. 



Marcliantia polymorpJia L. E. & W. Common. Fruit plentiful. 



Convcephalus cunicus Neck. E. & W. Common. Fruit locally 

 abundant in the spring. 



AstereUa hevnspharica L. E. On rocks in a field between 

 Sapperton Tunnel and Hayley Wood, 1881, 1885. Fruit. 



Luntdaria vulgaris Mich. E. & W. Common in gardens and 

 greenhouses. Gemmiferous, but no fruit. 



Pdccia tjlauca L. W. Sandy ditch-banks near Littledean. 

 Probably common elsewhere. 



Bicciella Jiuitans L. "Pond near Gloucester,'' specimen in 

 Gloucester Museum ! I have found it near Usk, in the adjacent 

 county of Monmouth. 



FruUania dilatata (L.) Dum. E. &, W. Abundant on trees, 

 and fruit plentiful.— J''. Tamarisci (Mich.) Dum. W. So far as I 

 have seen it, quite scarce. On trees in Woodchestcr Park; on the 

 ground in woods near King Stanley, and Eodborough Common. 

 Barren. 



Lijiunia iiii)iutissiiii(( Sm. W. Euro and very local. On young 

 ash-trees, Woodcliester. New record for Dist. 5 (Severn). — L. 



