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upper, and having a projecting palate, which is about the same length as the upper 

 lip. Spur conical." 



2. Utricularia intermedia. 



" Leaves with a similarity to those of the former, usually dividing into three parts, 

 each of Avhich splits into two flat acute segments, fringed with hristle-like teeth. Blad- 

 ders placed upon separate stalks. Flowers yellowish : the upper lip twice as long as 

 the palate. Spur conical.'' 



3. Utricularia minor. 



" Leaves smooth at the edges and bearing bladders. Flowers few and small, pale 

 yellow, with a very short blunt keeled spur : upper lip about the length of the palate." 



The author of *The Northern Flora' further observes, that " inde- 

 pendently of the flowers it will be possible to determine the plants, as 

 follows. The Jirst species may be always recognized by the large 

 size, and by the leaves being minutely fringed and supporting the 

 little bladders. In the second the bladders are not mixed with the 

 leaves, but placed upon distinct stalks, and the plant is more leafy, 

 with the segments broader, and, so far as I have observed, of a paler 

 green. The last species is known by its small size and smooth leaves, 

 which support the bladder-like bodies." 



I may add, that as far as my experience goes, U. vulgaris flowers in 

 deep water, while U. minor flowers only in shalloiv. 



J. B. Brichan. 

 Manse of Banchoiy, 

 June 11, 1842. 



Art. LXXIV. — Varieties. 



171. List of some of the rarer Plants observed in the neighbourhood of Birminyham. 



Veronica montana and Anagallis. Sutton Danthonia decumbens. Moseley & Sutton. 



Park. Festuca loliacea. Pershore road and other 

 Pinguicula vulgaris. Sutton Park. places in the neighbourhood, 



Valeriana dioica. Moseley Bog. Montia fontana. Sutton and Moseley. 



Rhynchosfora alba. Ditto. Dipsacus pilosus. Several places in the 

 Scirpus cwspitosus. Sutton and Coleshill. neighbourhood. 



Eleocharis acicularis. Sutton. Alchemilla vulgaris. Fields on both sides 

 Eriophorum vagina.tum. Ditto. the Pershore road. 



Alopecurus fulvus. Edgbaston Park. Sanguisorba officinalis. Common. 



Agrostis Spica -venti. Canal-side near Radiola Millegrana. Coleshill Pool. 



Strawberry-vale. Echium vulgare. Dudley Castle. 

 Aira precox. Moseley Common & Sutton. Anchusa sempervirens. In the hedge of a 

 caryophyllea. Common about Edg- field in Strawberry-vale. 



baston. Myosotis coespitosa. Moseley. 



