866 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
abundance in many spots, preferring, apparently, the sunniest and 
most sheltered positions, although at a considerable altitude. The 
idea that it may have been introduced in the locality is, to our 
minds, quite untenable. An examination of the district readily 
leads one to anaes se it is that this species has remained so 
long unobserved. The coppices a cut only at intervals of from 
fifteen to twenty years, it. nt matter of rare chance if they 
were explored by botanists at a tim when an unobirusive plant 
could attract nh So Ploughed land "extol to the wood borders, 
where there are no paths ; ‘and, oddly enough, if the Stachys grows 
a. a road or track it is nearly always on the far side of a hedge.— 
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The Report of the Watson Club contains less that is of general 
interest, although the notes on plants sent in are no doubt useful to 
the members. Mr. Alfred Fryer makes the following remarks on a 
soem of onto —_ 
rispus Linn. var. serratus Huds. Fide Rev. W. BR. Linton. 
Canal, Renishaw Dasieens ,v.c. 97. July, 1899.—C. WaTERFaLL. 
These specimens ‘differ from sion state of P. crispus generally accepted 
by British, botanists as Hudson’s P. serratus by the indistinct, 
practically obsolete serration of the margins of the leaves, in the 
view I took when I first saw the icon and € am ee : 
believe that Friesii is the second parent. When growing Mr. Lint 
supposed it to be P. obtusifolius, misled, no doubt, by the foliage “ot 
a darker green than that of P. Friesii. In anedtdance with the plan 
I have followed in the case of hybrid Potamogetons, I propose for 
this plant the name of its discoverer, who has permitted me to 
describe it, and who has supplied details of the habit of the living 
ae nt which leave little doubt of the correctness of the conclusion 
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specimens P, Friesii x P. crispus ; in which case, however, it is t0 
be hoped they pie = Bieeiomen a to discard such names as 
P. fluitans, P. n decipiens. P. Lintoni is very distinct 
from the closely “allied ‘pybrid P. Bennettii (= P. erispus x P. 
obtusifolius).” 
While gegred wi Bape and labour which is bestowed upon 
the conduct of o Clubs, we cannot regtetings © : 
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how much there is to do, and how littie time there is to do it in, 
it is impossible not to feel that labour might be economized by such 
a combination. 
