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by tlie side of bog-oy grouiid near Lachford Bridge. There was plenty of 

 the ordinary F. depressa. on the peaty ground below ; but every plant 

 wliich I examined from tlie bank, which was of a sandy soil, had the outer 

 sepals strongly ciliated. Mr. Watson, on p. 488 of his Comp. of Cyb. 

 Br., mentions the probability of its occurring, but I have not heard for 

 certain if it has been noticed before. The other plant is the Alsine laxa, 

 Jord. (variety of Ahlue tenidfoUa), I found it abundautly in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Icklingham, Mildenhall, and Herringswell. It differs chiefly 

 from A. tniuifolia proper, by the longer capsule, aud also by having a 

 few glandular hairs on the calyx. — J. F. Duthie. 



JuNcus supiNUS, var. Kochit, Syme, E. B. ; J. nigritellus, Koch, 

 noil D. Dun). — I gathered a few specimeus of this plant on a single spot 

 near Highbeech, Essex, on the 2n(l of August. Its characters clearly 

 correspond with the description given in E. B. under var. y, viz. stamens 

 6 ; filaments twice as long as the anthers; capsule impressed at the apex. 

 I have carefully searched other parts of Epping Forest, but I have not 

 as yet succeeded in finding another locality for it. Considering, however, 

 what a very variable plant /. sujuuus is, this variety has probably been 

 often overlooked. — J. F. Duthie. 



Middlesex Plants. — A speciuien of Barbaj-ea sfricta, Fr., commu- 

 nicated to me by Mr. Baker, enables me to identify with it a plant in my 

 herbarium., collected at Chase Bridge, between Twickenham and Houns- 

 low. The large terminal and almost evanescent lateral segments of the 

 leaves are a striking character. Dr. Boswcll Syme appears to be in error 

 in describing the colour of the flowers as paler than ni B. vitlgaris. 

 Mr. Baker correctly describes it as orange-yellow and deeper. The loca- 

 lities given in the 'Flora of Middlesex' for Lctthijms Nmolut, L., are 

 almost all somewhat antiquated ; Mr. A. W. Bennett, however, informs 

 me that he has seen lately numerous specimens froui the neighbourhood 

 of Mill Hill.— W. Thiselton Dver. 



There is in the Kew herbarium a specimen of Henilarla glabra, L., 

 from Dr. Burchell's herbarium, to which the following label is attached: — 

 " Herriinrin glabra, Fl. B. Ex horto proprio, eveuit ex humo ab Ealing 

 Common, 21.6.17." — James Britten. 



I found the plant I now seiul — Bupleurum rotnndlfolinm — in the 

 allotment ground between Hanwell and Ealing. It is very luxuriant. — 



E. C. WlllTK. 



Tr'ujondla ornithnpoflioitJes, De Cand. — I found this species, ten or 

 twelve plants, by the wayside near the thirteenth milestone on the Uxbridge 

 road ; nearly opposite Hillingdon Place Lodge, in Middlesex. I see by 

 the 'Flora of Middlesex' (p. 78) that it has not been recorded in the 

 county since about 1805, and is bracketed as "very probably or cer- 

 tainly extinct." — J. L. Warren. ' 

 • Mr. Warren kindly accompanied me to the spot above mentioned. 

 The Trigoiiella gro.vs in company with T. minus and abundance of typical 

 Sar/ina ciliata along the roadside. In the immediate neighbourhood (in 

 District I. of ' Flora of Middlesex') Professor Areschoug, of Lund, who 

 was wilh us, noticed the following liabl : — E. Lindleiaiiiis, Ni'Cs ; R. leu- 



