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sixty English, and thirty-eight Irish counties on the plan 
of Mr. Praeger! But there may be some counties in 
which the specimens may prove to be U. major (neglecta). 
No. 2. U. major, J.C. Keller in ed. Schmidel, “Ic. Plant,” 
p- 80, t. 21, figs. a-l, 1762, ex Williams. JU. neglecta, 
Lehmann, “ Schul-prog., etc., des Hamburg,” p. 38, 1828. 
According to Dr. Williams,” Schmidel’s “ Icones ” were pre- 
Linnzean (1747), and Keller in 1762 republished twenty-five 
of his plates. 
U. vulgaris, L., var. neglecta, Meister. U. macroptera, 
G. Briickner, “ Arch. Fr. Nat. Mecklenberg,” vii. 234, 1853. 
Dr. Williams and Prahl* make Briickner’s plant belong 
to major, but Boll., “ Nach. Flora v. Mecklenburg,” p. 125, 
1864, under U. minor, L., says, “ U. macroptera Briickner 
hierher gehért.”  U. spectabilis, Madauss, “Arch. U. Fr. 
Nat. Mecklenb.” (1873), p. 49. 
Probably in about fourteen Scottish, twenty-three English, 
and six Irish counties, but in some cases no flowers have 
been seen. 
Dr. Williams remarks that Herr Meister believes “that 
U. vulgaris, var. Rhenana, and U. vulgaris, var. neglecta, 
are extreme states of one species, and linked by means of 
many intermediates.” No doubt vulgaris is variable, but 
I should rather consider them distinct. 
In an account of our Utricularias by Rev. E. F. Linton; 
he gives a plate of U. neglecta, but the flowers unfortunately 
are shown without the bright red anastomosing streaks on 
the palate; though faded, they are well shown on specimens 
gathered in Cheshire by Mr. A. Croall. 
I possess specimens from between Staines and Wraysbury, 
Middlesex, Sept. 1882, G. Nicholson, with flower-stalks 
15 inches long, and the whole plant about 30 inches long. 
This I take to be the U. neglecta, f. gigantea, Prahl, in “ Krit. 
Flora Schleswig-Holstein” (1890), p. 173, where it is 
characterised “mit 15 m. langem Bliitenstand fand Prahl.” 
There is some uncertainty as to the application of 
macroptera. Ascherson and Graebner, /.c., have a long note 
1 “Trish Topograph. Botany ” (1901), 234. 
2 “Prod. Fl. Brit.,” part 6, 1909, pp. 344-50. 
3 ** Krit. Fl. Schles.-Holstein,” p. 173, 1890. 
4 Proceed. Dorset Nat. Hist. and Ant. Field Club, xv. 81, 1894. 
