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Ranunculi and Nymphea. By the note on the Utricu- 
laria I should expect it to prove U. neglecta. 
It was planted in Loch Lindores, Fifeshire, 23rd August 
1878 by Dr. B. White and Col. Drummond-Hay. The 
specimens from Loch Cluny.? 
Afterwards “found in almost all the chain of lakes 
between Dunkeld and Blairgowrie.” ? 
In Ochtertyre Loch (S.8.E. of Doune), in Perthshire, by 
Dr. B. White, where it occurred with Potamogeton lucens, 
perfoliatus and heterophyllus (Dr. White sp.). 
In July 1908 Mr. M. M‘Neill of Colonsay, Inner Hebrides, 
sent me a large box of a gathering with rake, etc., from 
Loch Fada in that isle. This loch is about 2 miles long 
and 124 feet above level of sea. Among the specimens I 
found several small masses of the Vaias. It was associated 
with Ranwneulus Drowetii, Hlatine hexandra, Callitriche 
autumnalis in abundance, Myriophyllum alterniflorwm, 
Utricularia minor and neglecta, Littorella, Sparganiwm 
minimum, Juncus swpinus var. flwitans, Potamogeton 
heterophyllus, perfoliatus and pusillus, Chara aspera and 
fragilis, and Nitella opaca. A later box received from 
Loch Sgoltaire did not contain the Nazas, but had Nitella 
translucens, an addition to the island flora. It is probable 
the Naias will be found in other lochs in Western Scot- 
land if they are “dragged.” In the “Student’s Flora,” ed. 
i., 1878, Sir J. D. Hooker gives “Skye” as a habitat for 
the Naias. I have not been able to ascertain on what 
grounds he does so. It is not so given by Dr. Traill in 
his Scottish Topographical Botany in “ Ann. Scott. Nat. 
History,” nor is it marked by Mr. Symers Maevicar in 
a London catalogue of Skye plants which he kindly sent me. 
All the Scottish and Irish specimens I have seen fairly 
agree with the American plant, but in Lake Ringsjon in 
Scania, Sweden, oceurs the var. microcarpa, Nilsson, which 
is characterised by much smaller fruit. In Europe flexilis 
occurs in Sweden (Scania! and Upland!) in Pomerania, 
Marchia! Russia, prov. Olenetz and Borussia; Garcke. In 
N. America it is generally distributed in Canada and the 
United States, but does not reach the Southern States. In 
Finland it probably occurs in Lake Onega, but Hjelt, in 
1 “Scott. Nat.,” v. (1879), 131. 2 “Fl, Perth” (1898), p. 313. 
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