66 NOTES ON THE BRITISH CHARACE/E FOR 1887-9. 



C. aspera, WiUd.— Suffolk E., Kessingland, 1880, W. M. Hind, 

 comm. A. Bennett; Perth W., Lake of Monteith, 1884, R. Kidston]; 

 Hebrides, South Uist, 1888, A. Somerville, coram. A. Bennett; 

 Kerry S., Killarney, 1887, R. Scully; Channel I., Guernsey, 1889, 

 E. D. Marquand. 



var. capillata. — Dublin, near Blanchardstown, 1889, R. Scully. 



var. subinermis. — A more legibly labelled specimen in the Boswell 

 herbarium has enabled us to identify the locality given in our 

 'Review' as " Hut Pond, Hants," with Fleet Pond, N. Hants. 



C. polyacantha, Brawn. — Wigton, I. of Whithorn, 1889, J. 

 Mc Andrew, comm. A. Bennett. 



C. baltica, Bruzel. — We have received from Mr. Marquand a 

 specimen collected at Grande Mare, Guernsey, in 1889, which appears 

 to be best placed here, but is not altogether satisfactory. 



C. contraria, Knctz. — Fife, Kinghorn Loch, 1873, J. B. Syme, 

 herb. Boswell; Kerry S., Caragh, 1888, R. W. Scull;/. 



var. hispidula. — Berks, Wytbam, 1887, G. C. Bruce; Fife, 

 L. Gilly, 1868, J. B. Syme, herb. Boswell. 



C. hispida, L. — Cornwall W., 1885, 0. Nordstedt ; Dorset, 

 1872, S. M. Payne, herb. Boswell: Cumberland, E. Hodyson, herb. 

 A. Bennett; Hebrides (S. Uist), 1888, A. Somerville, comm. A. 

 Bennett ; Kerry S., 1888, R. Scully. 



var. rudis. — Haddington, Guillen Ponds, 1850, J. B. Syme, herb. 

 Boswell; Dublin, near Lucan, 1889, R. W. Scully ; Down, Lough- 

 inisland, 1887, S. A. Stewart. 



C. vulgaris, L. — Devon, S., 1888, H. G.; Wilts S., 1889, 

 E. J. Tatum; Worcester, 1889, R. F. Towndrow ; Cheviotland 

 (Holy I.), 1889, H. Masterman; Kirkcudbrigbt, J. Mc Andrew ; 

 Perth W. (Clackmannan), 1838, herb. Boswell ; Hebrides (Harris), 

 1889, W. S. Duncan, comm. A. Bennett; Kerry S. 1838, R. Scully; 

 Down, 1887, S. A. Stewart. 



var. lonyibracteata. — Berks, 1887, G. C. Bruce; Lanes. N., 1874, 

 E. F. Linton, herb. Boswell; Orkney, 1875, J. T. Boswell, herb. 

 Boswell; Kerry N., 1888, R. W. Scully. 



var. papillata. — Sussex W., 1873, J. L. Warren, herb. Boswell; 

 Kerry S., 1889, R. W. Scully. 



Lamprothamnus alopecuroides, Braun. — Dorset, The Fleet, 

 near Langton Herring, 1887, W. Bowles Barrett. An interesting 

 discovery, especially now that the plant seems to have disappeared 

 from the only other British station, Newtown, I. of Wight. 



Tolypeela glomerata, Leonh. — Herts, Old Wellbury, 1888, 

 j. Saunders. 



T. prolifera, Leonh. — Northampton, Rockingham, 1887, T. B. 

 Blow. 



Nitella Nordstedtiana, nobis. 



Chara batracJiosperma, Reich. Flor. Germ. Exc. (1830-3), p. 148 ; 

 Icon. Bot. (1830), p. 36, t. 794 (ex parte), (non Weiss). 



C. tenuissima, Reich. Icon. Bot. t. 791, (ex parte) (non Desv.). 



C. ylomerata, Reich. Moessl. Handb. (1834), p. 1663 ? 



