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NOTES ON BRITISH CHARACEZ FOR 1886. 
By H. anp J. Groves. 
Te number of new county records which we have received 
during the past year is much smaller ng i of previous years 
and monecious; it may be distinguished fr 
C. polyacantha by its smaller size, and much shorter cortical alia: : 
it has been found in Sweden, Switzerland, Bava aria, and Austria. 
We — to thank our correspondents for the specimens they have 
forw: 
ne HARA FRAGILIS, Desv.— Shetland, ee Bes H. Beeby. 
var. Hedwigit— Berks, 1886, G. 
var. delicatula. —Donegal, ne 3 ri Sowa 
C. conrraria, Kuetz.—Suffolk W., Livermere, 1885, W. M. Hind, 
comm. . eeegas Gantiises. Wertsk Loch, 1886, J. Grant, comm. 
A. Benne 
C. tosa, L.— West Meath, Lough Ree. A new locality, 
cmbecting the old hie <a (Belvidere Lake) locality with that 
in the Shannon at 
C. nispra, L.— Be a3 ibe 86, G. C. Druce; Roscommon, Loug! 
Ree, 1886, "R M. Barrington. A very stout plant, approaching the 
fi = 
— 
var. dis. Elgin, aoe =~ ae 1886, H. é J. G.; Roscommon, 
Lough Res, 1886, Rk. M. B 
C. vunearis, L Sein on: W.R. Linton; Elgin, 1886, 
A. : Xe G. 
os Pee as Suffolk W., 1886, W. z Hind, comm. A. 
Bisingil: York N.E., W.W. Fesiiel Down 1886, S.A. —— 
var. nein doetnay sh 1886, J. W. W ‘hite, comm. A. 
nett; Kent W., 1886, J. 
var. melanopyren, ~Gaithness, Ben Dorrery, 1886, 4. Davidson, 
comm. A. Ben 
ToLyPELLA GLOMERATA, Leonh. — Sussex E., ditches near East- 
bourne, 1886, H. T. Menn nell, comm. 4A. Ben nett; Glamorgan, 
Crymlyn Burrows, Swansea, 1886, W.-R. Lin 
T. mrricata, Leonh, — Surrey, seo vgs W. H. Beeby; 
Herts, near Broxbourne, 1886, 7. B. B 
NITELLA TRANSLUcENS, 4 ale aoe. J. E. Grifiith. 
N. ruexmis, 4y.—Anglesea, ase Lake, 1886, J. £. Griffith. 
N. bend Ay. — Worcester J. G.; Dumfries, 1886, 4. 
Davidson, comm. A. Seger ‘btheland W., 1885; F. J. Hanbury ; 
Shetland, 1886, W. H. B 
