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certainly, the Knobbie Spurge (Euphorbia Apios). On the other 
hand, the Aptos of Fuchs and one or two other writers was 
Lathyrus tuberosus,* called by the Dutch “ Erdnut.” It will be 
observed that three of these four plants have been known as 
“ Earthnuts,” and are edible, the fourth (Euphorbia Apios) is not 
edible, for it would be very likely to possess the unpleasant 
properties ascribed to the Apios of Dioscorides of “ purging up- 
wards and downwards.” 
I may take this opportunity of referring to Mr. Christy's 
remarks (pp. 173, 174) as to Buddle’s specimens, and to his cor- 
ra) Ld 
from Suffolk. But it must be remembered that Buddle’s speci- 
mens are not always British; see H. S. 121 f. 15 verso, where he 
has appended to a specimen of Salvia pratensis the note— Dr. 
Plukenet asserts this to grow wild in some places of England,” 
thus implying that the specimen itself is not of English origin. 
B 
, 
uddle’s name was so much connected with Suffolk botany that 
the same gathering. I think the “two counties” may be reduced 
to one, and agree with Mr. Christy that the record must be re- 
garded as doubtful—James Brirren.] 
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indebted to my friend Mr. James Holloway, an indefatigable 
searcher after pond-life. West Bedfont is another Middlesex 
locality where Mr ay has found Woljfia. A form of 
Geranium molle, with petals twice as long as sepals (? var. grandi- 
* In the Names of Herbes (1548) Turner says: “ Apios. It groweth plen- 
tuously in Northumberland.” This favours the conclusion that Turner identified 
Apios with C. denudatum, for Carum Bulbocastanum is confined in Britain to 
Herts, Cambridgeshire, Bedford, and Bucks, and this identification is given by 
Mr. Britten in his reprint of the Names of Herbes. __ as 
