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more purple ; the individual florets are larger in acaulU than iu 

 tuberosus. In fact, the authodes of tuberosus somewhat recall C. 

 pratensis. Unfortunately the characters mentioned rather disappear 

 in drying, since the flowers become very alike in tint, and pressure 

 changes the characteristic shape of the anthodes. The leaf cha- 

 racters of the two plants are, when fresh, sufficiently marked lo 

 allow them to be picked out, but these, too, are to a great extent 

 lost in di-ying. I may say that the plant appears confined to a 

 limited area, so that it is to be hoped botanists who may visit the 

 place will not dig up more than one specimen ; the cutting of the 

 plant will not do much injury. In Savernake Forest I saw the 

 plant which has been called Kiiipactis liurinirata Sm., and which in 

 my Oxford Flora I named K. violacea Boreau. It is, as a rule, a 

 later-flowering plant than E. latifulia. In Oxfordshire this year it 

 was in full flower loug after E. latijulia was over blossom. The 

 other plants noticed in Wiltshire during my drive which may be 

 worth notice are: — Ranunculus ydtatus vvi.\:, penicillatus. Plentiful 

 in the stream at Nether Avon. Dist. 7. — Brassica nigra Koch, 

 o. Eiver Cole side, Inglesham. — Saponaria officinalis L. 2. Eoad- 

 side near Wootton Bassett. — Prunns avium L. Savernake. — liubiis 

 h'ucostachys Sm. 2. Near Wootton Bassett. — R. curylijulius Sm. 

 2. Malmesbury. 6. Salisbury. 7. Near Old Sarum. — R. ccesius L. 

 2. Wootton Bassett. 3. Inglesham. 7. Nether Avon. — Rosa rubi- 

 (jinosa L. 7. Old Sarum. — Mi/riojihi/lluin, verticillatum L. 3. Ingle- 

 sham, in the canal near Marston Maisey. — Picris hieracioides L. 

 7. Pewsey. — Chenopodiiun rubrum L. 6. Near Salisbury, on a 

 manure-heap in a field. — Atriplex angusti/olia Sm. 7. Nether Avon. 

 — Polygonum amphibium L. 3. Inglesham. — Mercurialis annua L. 

 7. Garden ground near Salisbury. — Sal ix purpurea h. 7. Nether 

 Avon. — *S'. cinerea L. 3. Inglesham. 2. Wootton Bassett. 7. 

 Nether Avon. 4. Chilton Foliatt. — Elodea canadensis Mich. 3. 

 Inglesham. 4. Chilton Foliatt. — Juucns lampocarpus Ehrli. 3. 

 Inglesham. — Alisma Plantago L. var. lanceolatum (With.). 3. Canal 

 near Marston Maisey. — Potanwgeton perfoiiatum L. and P. pectinatus 

 L. 3. In the canal near Marston Maisey. I may point out that 

 there is an old record in Spencer's Complete Guide, 1771, for " the 

 wild pink in the pasture ground near Salisbury." — Gr. Clakidge 

 Druce. 



Cladium germanicum Schrad. in Scotland. — In the 2nd ed. of 

 Topographical Botany (1883) this plant was recorded from four 

 Scottish counties, i. e., Wigton, Berwick, Forfar (extinct), and 

 Sutherland West. In his recently published Wigton list, Mr. J. 

 McAndrew gives it as one of the species that require to be re-found 

 in its recorded habitat, "Eavenston Loch, near Whitehorn." I am 

 ignorant of the locality in Berwick, and I should be glad if any 

 botanist can supply it ; the plant is gone from Forfar, where 

 specimens were collected by Eobert Brown and others. It is still 

 to be found in Sutherland in the old locality, "between Kylestrome 

 and Badcal Church." Since 1883 it has been found or reported in 

 Dumfries (Loch Kinder) by Mr. Scott Elliot; but this loch is in 

 Kirkcudbright, from which county Mr. Coles sent me a notice of 



