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borders is a specinieu of Mr. G. E. Hunt's, from Old Trafford, Lan- 

 cashire. 



Callitriche vernah's, Syme. It is most desirable that well-fruited 

 specimens of this greatly neglected species should be procured. Col- 

 lectors are reminded that they will probably gather in friiitC. plati/carpa 

 nineteen times to the once gathering of C. vernalis. 



Torilis «>(/^5f«,*Spreng. The absence of this plant from the county 

 would be stranger than its occurrence, but all I can say is that 

 up to the present I have no definite record. 



Samlucus Ehuhis, Linn. I have evidence enough to establish the 

 past occurrence of this denizen ; but even in Wirral at the present 

 day its existence seems problematical. In mid-Cheshire the old 

 Ashton-upon-Mersey station deserves a visit. 



Dipsmcus pilosiis, Linn. Four records, none very recent, but the 

 evidence seems in favour of the plant, ^o specimens seen as yet. 



Hierncium miirvrum, Fries. There has been endless confusion 

 about this plant with us, both in synonymy and in specific discrimi- 

 nation. No specimens seen. 



Arctium minus, Schkuhr, Not yet reported beyond doubt for 

 Cheshire. I still continue to place the form which practically super- 

 sedes with us all others to A. intermedium, Lange. I have A. majus 

 as occurrent very sparsely, but I may here remark that good specimens 

 in Arctium from different sides of the county should certainly be 

 collected. 



Gnaphalium clioicum, Linn. Recorded from the mountainous 

 tract of the north-east, also from Wirral. Likely, but no specimen 

 seen. 



Wahlenlergia hederacea, Reich. Occurs still in all likelihood 

 along the Etherowe, but recent specimens and exact localisation are 

 desirable 



Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi, Wimm. ISTo doubt occurs near our N.E. 

 border. But query. Does it actually get on Cheshire ground ? There 

 is a fine specimen in the Herbarium of the late Mr. Jethro Tinker, 

 of Staleybridge, marked *' 1853, almost eradicated in this district," 

 without any exact locality being assigned. 



Calamintha Acinos, Clairv. *' Field at top of Bowdon Downs, July, 

 1857," Hunt, sp. Does this still survive ? and what grade of citizen- 

 ship does it or did it here occupy ? Except as a casual near Chester, 

 the length and breadth of the county is without it. 



Nepeta Cataria, Linn. The two most reliable records, Mr. Wat- 

 son's and Mr. Fisher's, coincide in localising this species between 

 Chester city and MoUington. It should be re-sought thereabouts, but 

 it may even here be only a garden outcast. 



Lithospermum officinale, Linn. Is this extinct in !N'orth Wirral? 



Lithospermum arvmse, Linn. Has this occurred recently ? Speci- 

 mens not seen. The older records do not seem to make this species 

 with us better than a casual, or at best a colonist. 



Lysimachia thyrsiflora, Linn. Dr. Holme in E.G. records this near 

 Stockport. He could not well have mistaken the species. Have there 

 been any tidings of it in that neighbourhood during the last seventy 

 years ? 



Flantayo media, Linn. Records sufficiently numerous in various 



