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amplexicaul, more tapering at the points than in P. Bistorta, besides 
other minor differences. I took it to the British Museum Herbarium, 
and, with the help of Mr. E. G. Baker, found it to agree most 
closely with amplexicaule Don; and subsequent dissection of the 
flower entirely confirmed the identification. The styles in 
they are shorter, more rigid and stouter, distinctly capitate. In its 
vegetative characters Py ampleaicaule varies considerably, as do the 
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in question. P. amplexicaule is a native of the Himalayas, and it 
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leaves and flowers. In addition to the above, Mr. Chester sent 
Asperula arvensis from near Kettering, together with Reseda alba, 
Linaria purpurea, &c. In 1894 I gathered a Potentilla by the road- 
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Euphrasia Kerneri Wettst., near St. Lawrence. Mentha rubra Sm., 
by a farm near Whitwell. Stachys ambigua Sm., near Whitwell. 
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growing with this and the type. Typha angustifolia L., near New- 
port og natans 
