50 TRANSACTIONS OF THE [Sess. lxxvi. 



A. Somerville sp. Colonsay, v.c. 102, M. M'Neill sp. var. 

 rostrata (Larsson sp.), " Fl. Vermland och Dal," ed. 1, 1859. 

 Islay, v.c. 102, A. Somerville sp. 



The var. microcarpum of ramosum is the one most 

 nearly approaching in habit, etc., to 8. neglectum, Beeby. 



The only Scottish specimens seen of S. neglectum, Beeby, 

 are from the Isle of Lismore, v.c. 98, S. Macvicar. 1 



Mr. Beeby remarked on these specimens : — " From a care- 

 ful examination of your Spargania, they certainly appear 

 to me to be 8. neglectum. But hitherto the northern limit 

 has been v.c. 62, N.E. York ; while on the west side there 

 is nothing north of Cheshire ! . Hence I should have been 

 glad to have seen a ripe fruit. The extension of range is 

 remarkable ; however, it occurs in Denmark (v. sp.), in 

 almost the same latitude as Berwick, c. 55° 50', while 

 Lismore is c. 56° 30'. There are records for the mainland 

 of Sweden on good authority up to about 50° 10'. Another 

 at 59 will decidedly require confirmation. I cannot do 

 other than name your plant 8. neglectum." — Beeby, 

 8/10/1898. 



Contrasting these against Mr. Burkhill's from Scar- 

 borough, York (1896), the fruit is decidedly smaller, and 

 the Scarborough specimens would perhaps come nearer to 

 the var. oocarpum, Celak, in " Oest. Bot. Zeit.." 425, 1896. 



S. ajfine zoster if olium is taken as the type by Neuman ; 

 whether this is so with reference to Schnizlein's specimens 

 I am unable to say, as I have not seen a type specimen. 



Ascherson and Graebner 2 under ajjine cite " 8. alpinum, 

 Don ex G. Don, in 'Loud. Hort. Brit.,' 375, 1830, name 

 only." But in Headrick's " Survey of Forfar" (1813) Don 

 uses the name 8. natans 3 as found in the. Lake of Forfar. 



So far as I have seen there- seems to be little variation in 

 the other species, i.e. S. simplex, Huds., in Scotland. 



The following are additional records to " Topi. Botany " 

 and Supplement: — 



8. ramosum (Ebudes), 102, " S. Ann.," 1906. 



8. neglectum, 7 4, Wigton, "Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist.," 101, 

 1910. 



1 "Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist.," p. 39, 1899. 



2 "Sy. Fl. Mitt. Europe." • 



3 " Notes, Koy. Bot. Garden, Edin.," No. xiv., p. 215, 1905. 



