ON THE FLORA OF SOUTH LINCOLNSHIRE. if 
lineolatis dorso viridi, caryopsi globosa ‘ego breviter apiculata, 
tuberculosa, alba, basi angustata trigona 
Madagascar, Hilsenber rg & Bojer. 
This plant is allied to S. verticillata Sw. The culms are 14 in. 
in height; the leaves shorter, rather narrow, 1 line in diameter ; 
the branches of the panicle very slender, and longer than in 
verticillata; and the spikelets are longer and narrower. The 
rhizome is absent in both specimens. 
ON THE FLORA OF SOUTH LINCOLNSHIRE. 
By W. H. Bessy. 
Tue following notes are the result of a stay of eight days at St. 
— Deeping, South Lincolnshire, at the end of July and begin- 
g of August last. The area ‘vestigated + was eeird sSinpaanig 
duly the neers ne eighbourhoo od of Deeping, the course of the 
Biger Welland from Deeping to Crowland, and that portion of 
Deeping Fen which is enclosed by the North Drove, South Drove, 
and Cross Drains, as far northward as Littleworth. The soil about 
_ Deeping and the western part of the Fen is chiefly gravel, but 
round Littleworth rand about the South Drove Drain a clayey soil 
prevails. The drainage of the Fen was first ate mpted in the reign 
q enry I. ‘‘ This work, considering the times, was a success, 
_ for, although many lakes and sykes remained, the general surface 
p to the 
_ the first to be drained, is now a Fen only in name, and arable lands 
_ and drains alternate para te a prospect unbroken by broad, 
_ or mere, or even bog. Thus none of the rare fen plants on to be 
found, and observations are reatiiokel to corn-field plants and 
aquatics. Attention was chiefly given to the latter 
The number of ee noted was about 300, of which Some 
the Beta, two doubtful pond- weeds, and five Characee) 26 ar 
unrecorded for South Lineatibhv in Top. Bot., ed. 2. 
_addition to this number would doubtless have resulted had investi- 
gations pies pushed in the direction of capes on the gravel, and 
ad the corn-field plants been more closely studi 
Spent at Satan Bridge and the adjoining coast produced nothing 
special interest, Beta maritima L. being the only addition to the 
vice-county from that neighbourhood. 
It e borne in mind that remarks as to the ee &e., of 
he several plants refer to the area above de *. wee ne t to ‘the 
e- Arheced generally. Those species which ar o South 
Lincolnshire are marked with * in the following list, ont pa ee 
ep 
‘ The Fenland, Past ia Present.’ By S. J. Miller and S. B. J. ae 
JouRnaL oF Botany.—Vou. 22. [Janvary, 1884.) 
squamis iiforiOe bub ovatis ring ere tapes longis, supe- 
rioribus lanceolatis acuminatis mucronatis ferrugineis sanguineo-~ ~ 
