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the following spring, as is the case with Arum italicum, ie spadix 
he 
is much taller and more robust and conspicuous, with xpanded 
scape ; although i eras yellowish, it is invariably pipers 3c 
with a decided reddish tinge. The lower lobes of the triangular- 
ee leaves are Le nal tated and: only partially de- 
current.—J. C. Manseu-Pie 
Th e excellent ean: sbllooted by Messrs. Ridley a and 
Fawcett at Tilly Whim, and placed by them in the National Her- 
barium, leave no doubt as to the identity of their plant with 
A, italicum.—Ep. Journ. Bot.] 
PERUS Fuscus In N. Somerset. — In September last I found 
Cyperus fuscus by a boggy diteh n near Clevedon, thus adding a fifth 
to the counties—Middlesex, eg Dorset, S. FT aateseree on 
record for the plant.—S. J. Cou 
Jusuta Huroninsim IN ied —This summer I came across 
Jubula -Fldcshaniy growl freely on a shady bank in a wood at 
Wooda Bay, hanging down, and re es water thee a small stream 
gently trickling over Rus 
SPHSEROTHECA els: uve Berkl. s rie in IneLanp.—This, the 
gps y Vectog ” appeared last spring at Whitehall, Brough- 
, Co. Ant Mr. E. 8. Salmon tells me that this is its 
= Sinemet in i Barope. —§. Artur Brenan 
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advantages presented to it by its environment.” The me 
adopted is excellent; the Titans of a good deal of structural 
