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who Stated that they were the above-named var. Mr. 

 Arthur Bennett, F.L.S., of Croydon, in a letter, received 

 from him in May, 1888, says : — The var. oi Sparganhim 

 ramosum is a continental one, not yet in our manuals ; 

 it will be published in a Swedish Monograph of the 

 Order separately, and conjointly with the new edition 

 of Hartmann's Handbook of the Scandinavian Flora 

 (ed. 12). It is the form of ramosum that /i' ( ! ) con- 

 tinually mistaken for negledum. Vide ' Watson Bot. 

 Ex. Club,' Fourth Annual Report, 1887-8, p. 13, 

 and 'The Naturalist,' 1888, p. 200. 



1461. S. minimum- Fries (sub.-sp.). 'Pond at Gomersal 

 (Spen Valley), introduced ; J. Emmet in Miall's 

 Fl. ; ' vide 'The Flora of West Yorks.', p. 412. 



1464. Acorus calamus L. Sweet-flag. Mace-root. Abun- 

 dant in a wet waste piece of ground, Horbury Bridge 

 (W. Rushforth). Rare. Evidently not planted as has 

 been suggested (vide 'The Flora of West Yorkshire,' 

 p. 412) is the case where it occurs in other parts of 

 the Calder Valley, at Kirkheaton, Sandal, Walton, &c. 



1475. Butomus umbellatus L. Flowering Rush. 'Mill- 

 dam at Gomersal; W. Fowler (1870). Introduced 

 there'; vide ' The Flora of West Yorkshire,' p. 421. 



1501. Potamogeton pusillus sub.-sp. friesii Rupr. 

 (z=.mucronatus Schrad.). Canal, Savile Town. ' A 

 rather robust but flowerless plant — may be this ' ; vide 

 ' The Flora of West Yorkshire,' p. 417. 



1564. Carex paniculata L. Greater Panicled Sedge. Stag- 

 nant ditch, Thornhill Lees; canal-bank, Savile Town. 

 Rare. 



1598. C. praecox Jacq. Vernal Sedge. Meadow bank, 

 Birkenshaw (1888). 



1616D. C. flava var. argillacea Towns. A rare form of the 

 Yellow Sedge. Coxley Valley. See 'The Flora of 

 West Yorkshire,' p. 472. 



Trans. Y.N.U., 1887 (pub. 1889). Series E. Vol. 3. 



