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CampixnuJa glomerata. — Raveiishurj;li Cattle, Ilcxtoii. — E. 



Spccidaria hi/brida. — lu a coriitield noar Park Street. 

 Gentiana Amarella. — jN'car llaveusburfj;h Castle, Hexton, — E. 



Menijanthes trifoUata. — i^car the Groat Northern railway-station, 

 Harpcuden. 



Cuscuta europcaa. — Near Latimer. — P. 



A tropa Belladonna. — Near Bovingdon. — P. "Berkhampstead Com- 

 mon. — E. 



Limosella aquatica. — Near Brickct "Wood, "Watford. — P. 



Lafhrcea squamaria. — Green End, near Boxmoor. — P. Parasitic 

 on the elm, Mackery End, Harpeuden. 



Mentha hirsuta. — In the moat at Berkhampstead Castle. — E. 



Scutellaria galericulata. — Berry Grove, Aldenham. 



ITamchium vulgare. — The "Wilderness, Berkhampstead, and Ash- 

 ridge Common, Tricg. — E. 



Stachys palmtris. — In the reservoir-stream between Elstree and 

 Eadlett. 



Lit}io!>permum arvense, — Near Kemp Row, Aldenham. — G. 



Li/copsis arvensis. — Near Battler's Green, Aldenham. 



Daphne Mezereum. — Near Gaddesden. — P. 



If ercur talis annua. — On a flint- wall, Hemel Hempstead. — P. 



Orchis ustulata. — Near Triug railway-station. — P. 



0. Morio. — Near Ayot St. Lawrence. — P. Hedges Earm, St. 

 Albans ; and near Radlett. 



Uabenaria hifolia. — In a wood near Ashlyns, Berkhampstead. — E. 



Ophrys muscifera. — In a wood beyond Haresfoot Park, Berk- 

 hampstead. — E. 



Cephalanthera grandiflora. — Ochridge "Wood, Berkhampstead. — E. 

 In a wood near Box Lane, Boxmoor. — P. 



Paris quadrifolia. — Near Berkhampstead. — E. Near Boxmoor. 



Car ex pendida. — Near Shenley. 



Phragmites communis. — Near Aldenham Abbey, "Watford. 



Aira jiexuosa. — Stanmore Common. 



SclerocMoa rigida. — The canal-side, Berkhampstead. — E. 



Briza minor. — Berkhampstead. — E. 



Blechnum spicant. — Bricket "Wood, St. Albans. 

 Asplenium Trichomanes. — On the wall at Aldenham Chnrch. 

 A. Adiantum-nignwi. — Near Kemp Row, Aldenham. 

 Scolopendrium vulgare. — Battler's Green, Aldenham. 

 Cystopteris fragilis. — Berry Grove, Aldenham. 

 Lastrcea Oreopteris. — Berry Grove, Aldenham. 



A curious case of retrogressive metamorphosis was observed in 

 some specimens of Cardamine pratensis which were gathered in 

 May at the Harpenden field-meeting. The stamens and pistils had 

 both assumed a petaloid form, and the blossoms presented the 

 appearance of so-called double flowers. These curious flowers 

 grew in the damp meadows by the river-side at Cold Harbour 

 amongst ordinary forms of the same plant, and were by no means 

 scarce. — Ada Selhj, Battler's Green, Aldenham. 



