36 Mr. W. H. Beeby on Sjuayaniuin ne(jlectum, d'c. 



distribution of the latter plant appears to be much more general 

 than that of 8. ne/jlectum, which does not seem to extend north 

 of the Midlands, or into the Eastern Counties. 



I will now briefly allude to some of the plants which have 

 been added to our Surrey list since I last had the jjleasure of 

 addressing you. 



Hyjjericum duhium. — This I recorded on a single specimen 

 fonud at Hedge Court. While out with Mr. Arthur Bennett last 

 August he observed several specimens by the Eiver Arun, near 

 Sidney Wood, and I have since found about a dozen plants near 

 my original station, so that we may now undoubtedly claim it as 

 an inhabitant of the county. 



Vicia hitJnjrouIes, for which confirmation was wanted, has been 

 sent me by Mr. Thomas Howse, F.L.S. 



Saiujitisorha ojfirivalis I found in Augi;st last, in small quantity, 

 in one spot, in marshy meadows by the Eiver Blackwater. It 

 was undoubtedly wild, growing with indigenous plants, but the 

 day being very wet it was not further sought for. 



Potaiimgeton niteiis was found by Mr. Straker in the Canal 

 near Pirbright, in 1883, and first recorded in 3rd ed. Hooker's 

 ' Students' Flora.' A very interesting addition, not being known 

 elsewhere in England south of Northumberland, though it 

 occurs in Wales. 



P. decipiens I found last June, in the Canal, near Tickner's 

 Heath, and on revisiting the spot with Mr. A. Bennett in 

 August, we observed some four or five tufts only, so that the 

 plant is very rare, as is the case also with P. nitcns. 



Scirpus puucijionis I have found abundant on Birley Common 

 and sparingly near Aldershot. This has been reported from 

 Esher, by the late Jos. Woods, but has never been confirmed by 

 Watson, who does not include it in Top. Bot. 



Carex dioica, inchided in Top. Bot. on printed authority only, 

 but of which no specimens were known to exist, was found by me 

 abundantly at Bisley Common. 



C.fulva, found some years since by the Eev. Mr. Nicholson 

 on Sheen Common, but not recorded, has been found in three 

 other stations. 



C. strif/osd, included in Brewer on insufficient evidence was, 

 after many searches, found by me in a wet copse near Ockley, in 

 August last. 



Description of Plate. — Reproduced from ' Journal of Botany,' 

 July, 1885, by permission of James Britten, Esq. 1. Sjjarganium 

 neglectum, from a Eeigate specimen (about three-fourtlis natural size). 

 2. Eipe fruit of the same. 3. Ditto, of S. raviosum. 4. Ditto, of S. 

 simxilex. (2, 3 and 4 natural size). 



