810 INDEX KEWENSIS. 
young leaves, the stems of which were in some instances elongated 
to as much as four or five inches. This stage of the plant’s — 
does not appear-to have been Patras noticed, and may be due 
the abnormal season rs elly has, since my visit, sanction 
the Limosella in two other localities in seer neighbourhood of Gorst, 
in the Co. Galway, and no doubt the very dry 5 sotto and consequent 
pl 
thy under water, and has thus ee the notice of botanists. 
The discovery now is a — and valuable addition to the Flora 
of Treland.—H. ©. Levin 
Papaver Ru ar. stricosum Benn.—In a note which 17 ei 
in this Tokenat last year (Journ. Bot. p. 809), I described some 
periments which appeared to show that the above-named sabiehy 
was really little more than a sporadic and unstable form. Further 
experiments this year have confirmed this conclusion. From a 
summer rais plants in thiée different lots grown under con- 
siderably tanving conditions. The results were as follows :—The 
first lot (of 8) contained 8 of the var. and 5 typical Rhwas; the 
second (of 20) produced 6 of the var. and 14 typical; the third (of 
21) produced 10 of the var. and 10 typical (one plant had the 
peduncles verv sparingly setose, with bristles somewhat appressed, 
but not very decidedly so, and may be considered an intermediate 
form. Totals, 19 var. strigoswm ; 29 typical Rheas.—H. N. Drxon. 
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