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no great distance and in the same parish * /‘wirlight. Doubtless 
there were more pl _— than we observed, as those we saw were 
standing grass, as br should have done by searching rorya 
Though distinct- carers enough when we were close to them, 
found that we were very liable to pass them by as merely C. digit 
In fact we Bes didtiee almost stamped on them before we observed 
the difference ; this was more especially the case when they were 
not yet in blossom. —E. 
near Preston Candover; Viola cn, tur near Holmesley ; 
Gnaphalium dioicum, parish of oo (see “Journ. Bot. 1883, 
346); Ga a 
Ny 
Dryopteris, wood above Hankley ; “though far frou hy garden, 
it must be args as a doubtful native of Ham mps 
Bucéxs Prants.—The following aquatic plants were observed in 
the neighboathood of Fenny pis during a few days’ visit in July, 
1883. Some of them were growing in the Grand Junction Canal, 
which furnished all the Potamogetons, exe pusillus. The others 
occurred in the River Ouzel :—Ranuneulus circinatus, aegis 
demersum in fruit, Lemna minor, L. poly Na Potamogeton cefiiaten, 
- eu-lucens, P. zoster ifolius, P. —— . eu-pectinatus, Elodea 
geler iculata L., Myosotis palustris With. Rumex aquaticus L., pi 
gantun ramoswm Huds., Sagittaria sagittifolia L., Butomus wmbellatus 
L., Scirpus palustris L. Osmunda regalis still lingers in the woods 
on the lower greensand escarpment near Little Brickhill; after 
considerable search one plant was found ome in the company 
of alders, ca ie and bog-moe es.—d. NDER: 
ish Heparicn. — ea spending a few days near 
e rare Lejeunia hamatifoia ee, L. ovata Tayl., and seer 
Sh eaatone Tayl.; also three rare mosses, ern demisnun 
Beprorpsaire Piants ae pacar in Batt Beds. addi- 
tional hse published it in Journ. Bot., 1883 :—Thalictrum flavum L. 
Meadow near Leighton, Mr. Piffard. My osurus minimus San 
_ Flitwick. a eaese eu-heterophy iil Fries. Po nd, Sundon. 
pseudo-fluitans Bosw. Stream, Limbury and Le ighton.—R. 
trichophyllus Chaix. “Di tches, Chorlton.— Fumaria densiflora DC.— 
elds, Barton Hills.——Viola permivta Jord. Under beech trees, 
south of Luton.—Pol; ygala en Wender. Warden Hills.— 
Menchia erecta Sm. Flitwick Marsh, Mr. MeLaren. — Montia 
fontana L. Ampthill. Grail pusillum L. eMeicago maculata 
