218 SHORT NOTES. 
HEMUM VULGARE IN IrneLanp.—I had the pleasure of 
discovering this species on the iibetans between Donegal an 
allyshannon a few days ago as been once 0 ce before 
guttatum. I may also mention the discovery of Myosotis collina and 
Eleocharis acicularis, nee for the County Donegal. New lo — 
produce my Flora of As it is unnecessary to enter into more 
Fetailed notice of localities—H. Cuicuester Harr. 
T DIA RInG.—The occurrence of this 
lant in ering state et ie) a oehenel that I think it worth 
mentioning that more than a hundred plants have been seen by me 
n bloom on Morden Decoy, Dorset, during late May or early June. 
This may be due to the extraordinary season, and, if so, is likely to 
occur in other localities ; while the prolonged drought renders its 
natural habitat more accessible than in average years.—Epwarp F 
Linton. 
BeprorpsHirE Rust (p. 81).—lt eiers eg information com- 
municated to me by Mr. James Saunders, that R. Lindleianus, R. 
rhamnifolius, R. rusticanus (under the ‘ierhe: e discolor), R. Radula, 
and R. dumetorum, which I gave as new to Bedfordshire in the 
March number of this Jonna, have been published previously in 
one way or an oe. I have to add the true R. rudis Weihe to the 
county list, found by me near Tarvey ; though this might seem to 
be a repetition, ae oe rudis Weihe” Bab. prius (which is equivalent 
R. echinatus dl.) os pth ae in print, as Mr. 
Saunders tells me. iy pF, Lin 
Mippiesex Pranrs. a few rae ago I found Littorella lacustris 
Rate 3 abundantly on the margin = oe Reservoir. Lathrea 
Squamaria I have gathered for some years past annually in a 
piiiaiia close to Jack’s Lock, near Harefield, and in the lane 
leading to Springwell Farm ; and Brac chypodium serge on the 
waste heath-land on Duck’s Hill, between Ruislip and Northwood. 
The authors of the Flora of Middlesex state that the: last record for 
Littorella was by Sir Joseph Banks in 1805, and for Lastrea by 
Blackstone about 1737. a Brachypodiun is probably a new 
record for the county.—J. Benzo 
i OF MBL oe CARYOPHYLLACEA.—In June, 1876, I 
gathered, among many specimens of O. caryophyllacea, one that, 
until fie time after, was not noted as unusual; and so the oppor- 
tunity for examining it in a fresh state was lost. But last autumn, 
in looking over the genus in my herbarium, this specimen seemed 
of so much interest that I sent some flowers to Dr. Giinther Beck, 
the monographer of the genus. The rarity cy the occurrence seems 
a sufficient excuse for publishing his note on it. In his letter 
respecting it he kindly sent a drawing, and made the following 
remarks :—‘‘ The two flowers were, I regret to say, not intact, one 
