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Hi. nodiflorum var. repens Syme, B. B. ed. 8, t. 574. : 
A small plant, slender, rooting at most of the nodes. In the type 
the branches are only some 5 cm. long. Leaves small, spreading 
at various angles from the stem. Petiole generally longer than 
the rachis (longer than in E. B. 1481). Leaflets of type small, 
generally 8, broadly ovate or subrotund, terminal broader than long, 
often + trilobed, bluntly toothed. Peduncle in fully-developed 
plant always present, usually shorter than rays of the umbel; much. 
shorte i H.repens Koch. Rays of umbel 8-5. Involucre 
bracts 0, or 1-2. ‘* Anthers yellow,” E. B. 1431. Fruit not seen, 
but described in E. B. 1481 as small, roundish. 
- This plant grows in moist boggy meadows, but not in ditches. 
The specimen figured in English Botany was sent from near Edin- 
burgh by Macka 
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Babington’s herbarium at Cambridge contains a sheet of plants 
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well with the plants from which E. B. t. 1431 was figured—i. sy 
var. pseudo-repens Wats., and with the description of the variety in 
v.-c. 21. Tothill Fields, Middlesex, ex 
s Jacq.”” 29. Cambridge, ex 
herb. A. Fryer, 1888. 41. Clyne Common, Glamorganshire, coll. 
D. Fry, 1887, labelled var. ochreatum DO. 49. Portmadoe, coll. 
Ley, 1886, in Herb, Mus. Brit. 
: IPEDUNCULATUM F’, Sc 
Hi. repens Syme ex Schultz, l. ¢., non Koch. 
Stem very long, slender, rooting at lower nodes, internodes long 
or very long. Leaves with long petioles, not nearly so erect as in 
var. vulgare. Leaflets generally 5-7, ovate or broadly ovate, coarsely. 
serrate occasionally with small lobes. Peduncle long, generall 
always present, 1-3 bracts. Ripe fruit ; 
Specimens from the following localities are in the National 
Herbarium :—Duddington Loch, Edinburgh, J. 7. Syme; C. Bailey, 
1882. Guillon Links, East Lothian, J. R. Scott and W. Jameson, 
1819 (Herb. Edinense, No. 16); G. Don (Herb. Mus. Brit.), No, 30. 
- ety ne hagas in the nt of Herts (p. 192) from London 
oiney as this variety approaches it in some respe but can 
hardly be admitted as identical. ee 
and from quarry near Upware, Cambs, in herb. Babington.- Oulti- 
vated specimens of true repens, as e.g., the Portmeadow plant, 
which was cultivated by Mr. Druce, bear a strong resemblance to 
Var. nerens Koch, Umbelliferm, 126 (pro ‘specie) ; Grenier & 
