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duce the floating leaves in shallow water and mud, 

 unlike R. peltatus, that produces only cut-leaves 

 under the same conditions. 



* Ranunculus lenormandi F. Schultz. — A large- 

 flowered, floating form of this species, with 

 cut-leaves, grows on Copthorne Common just 

 over the Sussex border, near Three Bridges. 



* Ranunculus heterophyllus Web. — Common in 

 West Sussex, Highdown Hill, Fishbourne, 

 Sidlesham Mills, etc. R. heterophyllus var. sub- 

 mersus* Hiern. 



Ranunculus ficaria Linn. — I don't think it is often 

 remarked how frequently this plant produces bulbs 

 in the axils of the leaves in autumn. 



*Fumaria parviflora Lam. — Stanmer Park, on 

 cultivated land. 



*Rapistrum rugosum. — Found several times in 

 waste places as a casual. 



*Neslia paniculata. — Sandpits at Hassocks. 



Bunios orientalis. — Sandpits and by the railway 

 station, Hassocks. 



Mathiola incana R. Br. — Sea-cliffs west of 

 Rottingdean ; probably a garden escape, but well- 

 established and apparently identical with the Isle 

 of Wight plant. 



Erophila praecox D. C. — Downs. Foreshore west 

 of Brighton, where abundant, but the later stems 

 produce longer pods, more like E. vulgaris. 



^Sisymbrium pannonicum Jacq. — A casual. 



Lepidium draba Linn. — Marked by Arnold "very 

 rare," but now growing in many places along the 

 coast to the east of Brighton. Abundant near 

 Newhaven. 



Iberis antara Linn. — Among shingle about two 

 miles east of Eastbourne, abundant. 



Isatis tinctoria Linn. — Cultivated land at Holling- 

 bury Hill, near Brighton. 



*Polygala ciliata Leb. var. dunensis Dum. — Downs 

 near Stanmer. 



Dianthus deltoides Linn. — Sandpits at Hassocks. 



Saponaria officinalis Linn. var. puberula* Wierzb. 



*Silene nutans Linn. — In several places on the 

 Downs. 



Arenaria tenuifolia Linn. — Downs near Stanmer, 



*Erodium cicutayium L'Herit. var. chaerophylium 

 Cav. — Cultivated land on Newmarket Hill. 



Erodium moschatum L'Herit. — East of Brighton, 

 by Rottingdean Road. 



Medicago minima Lam. — Camber Sands, Rye. 

 Very abundant. 



* Medicago falcata Linn. — Kingston-by-Sea. 



*Melilotus parviflora Lam.- — Aldrington Beach, 

 and not uncommon on cultivated land. 



Vicia bythynica Linn. — Cultivated land near 

 Stanmer. 



*Lathyrus hirsutus Linn. — Cultivated land near 

 Stanmer. 



Lathyrus sylvestris Linn. — Bushes about three 

 feet high, with very narrow leaflets and dull 



greenish - purple flowers. Sandpits, Hassocks. 

 Abundant. 



Alchemilla vulgaris Linn. — Near Rotherfield ; 

 very rare in Sussex. 



Rubus plicatus W. and N., Newick. — The follow- 

 ing forms have been collected by Mr. E. H. Farr 

 in the district round Uckfield : R. plicatus var. 

 hemistemon* P. J. Muell., R. holerythros* Focke, 

 R. lindleianus* Lees, R. pulcherrimus* Newra., 

 R. mercicus* var. bracteatus Bagnall, R. grains* 

 Focke, R. argentatus* P. J. Muell., R. pubescens* 

 var. submermis Rogers, R. carpinifolius* W. and N. 

 R. macrophyllus* W. and N. var. schleckdenalii* 

 Weihe, R. micans* Gren. and Godr., R. hirti/olius* 

 Muell. and Wirtz., R. pyramidalis* Kalt., R. babing- 

 tonii* Bell Salt., R.fuscus* W. and N., R. serpens* 

 Weihe, R. britannicus* Rogers, R. anglosaxonicus* 

 Gelert. 



* Rubus gelertii Frides. — Stanmer Park and near 

 Newick Station. 



* Rubus echinalus. — Racehill, Brighton. 

 *Ricbus dumnoniensis Bab. — Downs, Seaford. 



* Rubus lejeunii W. and N. var. ericetorum Lefv. 

 Oenanthe silaifolia Bieberstein. — Abundant in 



meadows at Bury and Amberley. 



*Galium sylvcstre Polls, var nitidulum Thuill. 



* ValerianelU dentata var. mixta Dufr. — Newick 

 and Stanmer. 



Filago spathulata Prest. — Common. 



Bartsia viscosa Linn. — Newick ; very rare in 

 Sussex. 



*Stachys annua Linn.— Brighton, as a casual on 

 cultivated land. 



Teucrium chamoedrys Linn. — Abundant on the wall 

 of Camber Castle, Rye. 



* Amaranthus retroflexus Linn. — On cultivated land 

 at Hove as a casual. 



*Chenopodium flci/olium Sm. — Goldstone Bottom, 

 on cultivated land. 



Chenopodium hybridum Linn. — Cultivated land, 

 Henfield. 



*Rumex scutatus Linn. — Fulking, as a casual. 



* Polygonum maculatum Trim, and Dyer. — Henfield. 

 Mercurialis annua var. ambigua Linn. — Not un- 

 common on cultivated land. 



*Potamogeton trichoides Cham.— Ditch, Iford. 



*Potamogeton friesii Rufr. — Ditch, Ilford. 



Ophrys aranifera Huds. — I have seen specimens 

 from six places on the Downs, only one being 

 typical. The others appeared to be var . fucifera. 



*Spartina altemiflora Loisel. — Abundant on both 

 sides of Chichester Channel. 



Carex montana Linn. — Chailey Common. 



16, Kensington Place, Brighton; 

 January 1st, 1899. 



The Geminids. — These meteors were unusually 

 numerous on the nights of December 9th, 10th, 

 nth and 12th, 1898. 



