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[The Rev. R. P. Murray writes that " exactly the same form occm-s 

 sparingly in an old quarry in the middle of a field about a mile 

 from Wells, Somerset." — Ed. Journ. Bot.] 



Centunculus minimus and Potamogeton plantagineus in Shrop- 

 shire. — While botanizing with Mr. W. E. Beckwith in the Shrop- 

 shire part of Wyre Forest I found Centunculm minim.m growing in 

 the damp parts of the drives, on which probably water has stood 

 in the winter. This is interesting, as no Shropshire localities for 

 this plant are recorded in Mr. Watson's ' Topographical Botany ' 

 or in Mr. Leighton's * Shropshire Flora.' A few weeks ago we 

 found Potaniof/eton plcnitar/ineiis (also new to this county) in a ditch 

 near Crossmere, Ellesmere. — R. M. Serjeantson. 



Ranunculus confusus, Godr., in Ireland. — Among some 

 plants recently sent to me for examination by my friend Mr. R. P. 

 Vowell, of Dublin, who collected them, was an unnamed specimen 

 of one of the Batrachian Ranunculi, which upon careful examination 

 I had no difticulty in referring to the above-named species ; and 

 on showing it to Prof. Babington he at once confirmed the accu- 

 racy of my opinion. The plant, which was gathered near Howth, 

 Co. Dublin, therefore forms a valuable addition to the Irish Flora 

 generally, and to the flora of district V. of the ' Cybele Hibernica ' 

 especially. I may add that I gathered this summer, in company 

 with the same friend, that form of li. peyiicillatus , Hiern, without 

 floating leaves, which is the true pseudo-Jiuitans of Hiern, growing 

 abundantly in the Bonet river at Sligo town, this being an addition 

 to the flora of district IX. of the ' Cybele Hibernica.' — Thos. H. 



COBRY. 



Eriophorum gracile in South Hants. — Last June I found 

 Eriophorum gracile in three bogs in the New Forest, not far from 

 Lyndhurst ; in one it was growing abundantly. Its range extended 

 about two miles. — Bolton King. 



Lake Lancashire Plants. — Having, whilst lately visiting Lake 

 Lancashire, studied with much interest Miss Hodgson's papers on 

 the botany of the district (Journ. Bot. 1874), it has been suggested 

 that it might be of interest to note the following plants, not in her 

 list, which I found in the district. They are all common plants 

 and most of them occur in considerable abundance. Drosera 

 anglica, Sticklepike, Duimerdale ; Hypericum muntanum and H, 

 hirsiUwn, Grange, Cartmel ; Peplis For tula ; Sedum lihodiola, cliffs 

 on " The Old Man ;" Saxifraga hypnoides, rills on " The Old Man ; 

 Coniiim maculatum, Swarthmore Hall ; Leontodon hisjndus ; Crepis 

 pahidosa ; Hieracium sylvaticum ; Senecio syhaticus ; Linaria Cym- 

 balaria, naturalized on old wall, Broughton ; Isolejns setacea, near 

 Seathwaite Church &c.; Bronms aspe?-, Grange; Selayinella .selayi- 

 noides. — W. F. Miller, 



