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FIRST RECORDS OF BRITISH FLOWERING PLANTS. 



COMPILED BY 



William A. Clarke, F.L.S. 

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Zostera marina L. Sp. PI. 908 (1753). 1666. "Iii mai-itimis 

 & folio angustiori from the Severn Sea." — Merrett, 3. 



Z. nana Roth, Emim. PI. Germ. i. 8 (1827). 1847. Poole 

 Harbour, Dorset. Mr. Borrer. — Bab. Man. ed. 2, 346 ; and E. B. S. 

 2931. 



Naias flexilis Rostk. & Schmidt, Fl. Sedin. 382 (1824). 1850. 

 On Oct. 11, 1850, at the Botanical Society of London, "Mr. Daniel 

 Oliver, juu., exhibited specimens discovered by him in a pond near 

 Roundstoue, Connemara, Ireland, in August last." — Phytol. iii. 

 1088. 



N. marina L. Sp. PI. 1015 (1753). 1883. Found by Mr. 

 Arthur Bennett in Hickling Broad, East Norfolk, on 21st July, 

 1883.— Journ. Bot. 1883, 24G, 353. 



Eriocaulon septangulare With. Bot. Arr. ed. 3, ii. 184 (1796). 

 1770. " Found, September, 1768, in a small lake in the island of 

 Skye, by James Robertson." — Pliil. Trans, lix. 241. "In a small 

 lake by the roadside leading from Scousar to Giesto, in Skye, 

 11th Sept. 1764. Sir John Macpherson, who indeed first noticed 

 it, leaped from his horse, waded into the lake, and brought it out." 

 —Dr. Walker in Hook. Fl. Scot. 270. 



Cyperus fuscus L. Sp. PI. 46 (1753). 1821. "A. H. 



Haworth, Esq found it in a low marshy meadow scarcely 



half a mile from his late residence in Little Chelsea." — Hook. Fl. 

 Lond. t. 85. See Journ. Bot. 1871, 148. " Peat pond on Shalford 

 Common," Surrey. J. D. Salmon, 16 Aug. 1846.— Phytol. ii. 609 

 (1847). 



C. longus L. Sp. PI. 45 (1753). 1688. " D. Newton in Insula 

 Purbeck dicta Dorcestriae Angli^e eum invenit." — Ray Hist. ii. 1299. 



Eleocharis acicularis R. Br. Prod. 224 (1810). 1677. 

 " Juncellus omnium minimus capitulis Equiseti. Binsey Com- 

 mon" (Oxon).— Plot, N. H. Oxon. 145. 



E. palustris R. Br. Prod. 224 (1810). 1633. " Juncus minor 

 capitulis Equiseti. Club Rush .... growes in watery places." — 

 Ger. em. 35, 5. 



E. uniglumis Link, Hort. Berol. i. 284 (1821). 1847. Aber- 

 deenshire, Dr. Dickie. — Bab. Man. ed. 2, 349. 



E. multicaulis Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 64 (1824). 1800. "At Corry- 

 hattachan. Isle of Skye, discovered by Mr. John Mackay in 1794." 

 — Sm. Fl. Brit. i. 49. 



Scirpus pauciflorus Lightf. Fl. Scot. 1078 (1777). 1777, 

 " Upon Malghyrdy in Breadalbane [Co. Perth] , Mr. Stuart." — 

 Lightf oot, I.e. 



S. caespitosus L. Sp. PI. 48 (1753). 1666. "Beyond the 

 Windmill at Adington in Surrey where Peat is dig'd." — Merrett, 58. 

 " Curca Middleton & alibi in agro Warwicensi."— Ray Cat. 181 (1670). 



