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in Derbyshire, the typical palustre not once occurring in the 

 county, I believe ; the true- Forget-me-not, Myosotis palustris 

 ( With.), var. strigiilosa {Reichb.), which is the prevailing form 

 in the county, the typical plants being of very infrequent occur- 

 rence. This variety differs from the type in having adpressed 

 pubescence upon the stem, and in being more slender and erect 

 than the type; the Hairy Mint, Mentha hirsuta {Linn), the 

 Greater Skull-cap, Scutellaria galtriculata {Linn), the Small 

 Nettle, Urtica urens {Linn), the White Willow, Salix alba 

 {Linn), a curious form of the Perfoliate Pondweed, Potamogeton 

 perfoliata {Linn), and Glyceria aquatica {Lmn), a grass that, 

 I believe, does not grow elsewhere in South Derbyshire. 



My first visit to Repton this year was on July 6th, the marriage- 

 day of the Duke and Duchess of York, when I was in hopes of 

 walking as far as Repton Rocks, but the heat was so intense that 

 I could not venture beyond the bridge near Repton Park. 

 However, this short walk was a very satisfactory one, as I obtained 

 good specimens of J^ubus thyrsoiJeus {Wimm), previously 

 mentioned as growing at Stanton-by-Bridge, and another Bramble 

 not before met with in Derbyshire, R. saxicolus {P. J. Miidl), 

 which was named for me by Dr. Focke, of Bremen, who has 

 made this genus his especial study. Near these plants a Rose was 

 growing, which I believe to be Rosa sepium {Thuill), and if this 

 surmise should be correct, it will prove to be new to the county. 

 The Other plants found near Repton were : the large Valerian, 

 Valeriana officinalis {Linn), var. Mikanii { Wats), the Flowering 

 Rush, Butomus umbellatus {Linn), the Wood Club-rush, Scirpus 

 sylvaticus {Linn), and the variety of the Marsh Horse-tail that is not 

 uncommon round Derby, Equisetuni limosum {Linn), var fluviatile 

 {Linn). Two other plants I desire to mention before I close are 

 Carduus pratensis {Willd), found in a damp meadow near 

 Willington by the Rev. R. C. Bindley, Vicar of Mickleover, and 

 Verbascum virgatum { With), found at Chellaston by the Rev. 

 A. C. Hasse, of Ockbrook. 



These are some of the results of my walks round Derby in the 

 spring and summer of 1893, and I trust that what has now been 



