140 SHORT NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Narthecium ossifragum, L. KE. Bullmarsh Heath ; Hb. Rudge! 
Polygonatum muliiforum, L. KE. “ Abundant in Finchampstead 
Woods”; Rev. C. W. Penny in litt. §. ‘In a field adjoyning to 
the Wash at Newberry, and in divers other places in Barkshire. 
Observed by my worthy friend Mr. George Horsnell, Chirurgion in 
London”; R. Syn. i., 
ydrocharis Morsus-rane, ‘L. HE. Sonning; Hb. Rudge! 
Lemna polyriza, L. EK. Sonning; Hb. Rudge! 
Juncus acutiflorus, Ehrh., E. Bullmarsh Heath; Hb. Rudge! 
Phalaris arundinacea, L., var. colorata. E. Near Sonning; Hb. 
Rudge ! 
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yellow, e material used for keeping the stems together in the 
process of manufacture is made from the fibre of the Agave amert- 
cana, which is grown in Travancore, and the fibre prepared from it by 
steeping the leaves for several days and then beating them to remove 
profit in countries nearer home, is actually so made and sold as — 
Indian matting. In the Kew Museum is a specimen of a similarly- 
made matting from Sweden, which helps to confirm my opinion, Any 
notes on the manufacture of this description of matting and of the 
plants used would be of interest.—Joun R. Jackson. | 
Rusvs Revrert, Mere—In 1871 the Rav. W. H. Purchas showed 
me a Bramble from Herefordshire, which I then named provisionally 
A. Reuteri, Mere. He has now sent several specimens of the same 
plant, from as he believes the same bush, gathered near Ross ; these Il 
believe to be the same as the R. Reuleri of Mercier (in Reuter Pl 
