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the county it belongs. In June last I found it growing rather 

 plentifully in one spot by the Kiver Adur, near Partridge Green 

 (West Sussex), and this is very probably the locality in which 

 Mr. Borrer observed it, as it is within a few miles of his house. — 

 Carcx elonyata, L. This is not recorded for Sussex in 'Top. 

 Botany. 7 Though not very common, large tufts of it occur at 

 intervals along the banks of the Wey and Arun canal between 

 Billingslmrst and Loxwood. This canal, which is now disused, 

 is rich in Ca rices, and I collected along its banks C. Bnnnin*/- 

 hanseniana, C. axillaris, and a subcrespitose form of C. acuta with 

 some leafless sheaths at the base of the stem. Without offering 

 any opinion as to whether Carex Bcmninghauseniana is a cross 

 between C. remota and C. particulate, as has been supposed, I may 

 remark that the latter plant does not occur along the eight or nine 

 miles of the canal which I traversed. — Chara mucronata, Br. I fear 

 this plant will not again be seen in its old station. Mr. Borrer 

 found it in a ditch near the lock, West Grinstead. Since the 

 railway has been built, the coal-traffic on the Eiver Adur has 

 ceased, and the lock alluded to has long been permanently open. 

 The consequence is that the river now merely runs along its bed 

 some eight feet below the level of the adjoining meadows, nearly 

 all the ditches in which have accordingly become dry, and many, 

 no doubt, filled up. — Chara prolifera. I looked for this for a day 

 and a half in the marshes about Brookside, Henfield, the only 

 English station for which it is recorded, but without success. 

 These marshes are, however, of considerable extent, and are 

 intersected by such numerous dykes that it is quite possible that 

 this species may still be found here, but it can only occur very 

 locally. Lower down the river- valley, near Bramber, Chara fa'tida 

 var. papillata occurs. This is already recorded for East Sussex 

 (among other counties) by the Messrs. Groves. In order to 

 prevent future misunderstanding as to their nativity, I may add 

 that Euphorbia pseudo-cyparissias and Equisetum sylvaticum occur as 

 escapes from Mr. Borrer's garden.— W. H. Beeby. 



POTAMOGETON LANCEOLATUS, Smith, IN CAMBRIDGESHIRE. I 



gathered specimens of this plant from a ditch on Burwell Fen, 

 Cambridgeshire, on August 4th. It was growing in one place 



wi 



It matches 



the Kew Herbarium specimens exactly. — Arthur Bennett. 



C sia obtusa, Lindb. (p. 243).— In addition to the station men- 

 tioned by Mr. George Stabler for this new species, may be 

 mentioned Glen Finnan, Inverness, Dr. Carrington, July, 1876; 

 Cader Idris, Merionethshire, W. H. Pearson, July, 1876; Loch-na- 

 ar, Aberdeenshire, J. and T. Sim, August, 1876; Cader Idris, 

 Merionethshire, E. M. Holmes, August, 1878; Llanberis, Car- 

 narvonshire, E. M. Holmes, August, 1878; top of Bnowdon, 



< rnaarronshire, J. 11. Byrom, J. Neild, and W. II. Pearson, June, 

 lbbU.— W. H. Peakson. 



