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Melilotus officinalis, M. parri flora, Panirum Crus-galli, Ambrosia 

 artemisiafolia. The last, which is an abundant weed in the Northern 

 United States, has been recorded under similar conditions from 

 Cheshire, Oxfordshire, and Surrey (Joum. Bat. 1875, p. 14); there 

 are specimens in the British Herbarium at S. Kensington from 

 Lincoln and Cornwall also. Nasturtium palicstre, a very rare plant 

 in the neighbourhood, also grows here as a weed in dry ground. — 

 S. T. Dunn. 



Eleocharis aciculabis.— (Joum. Bot. 1893, pp. 309, 371 ; 1894, 

 54). The submerged state is not always easily distinguished from 

 that of Juncus supinus. In 1886 I fouud in Shetland what I 

 believed to be the Eleocharis, judging by my knowledge of it as it 

 sometimes grows in Surrey and Lincoln. But afterwards, on 

 becoming acquainted with the remarkable states assumed by the 

 Juncus when growing under water, I came to think that my plant 

 might probably be the latter. That it is so is now confirmed by 

 Dr. Buchenau, so that the record of Eleocharis acicularis still requires 

 confirmation for Shetland. My mistake leads me to ask whether 

 Mr. Praeger is quite sure that his plant (Joum. Bot. 1893, p. 309) 

 is not Juncus supinus ? The absence of the normal state of the 

 Eleocharis from the margins of the water is suspicious, and suggests 

 the possibility of the above alternative. — W. H. Beeby. 



West Kent Records. — During the past few years I have noticed 

 the following plants in this vice-county, which are not recorded for 

 it in Topographical Botany, though I believe one or two have been 

 since recorded, but I do not know when. The Eev. E. S. Marshall, 

 however, informs me that he has notes of all the plants having 

 been observed by his correspondents or by himself, except those 

 marked*. The Eubi are all certified by the Eev. W. Moyle 

 Eogers :— Ranunculus trichophyllus, Plumstead Marshes ; R. hetero- 

 phyllous, Eltham ; R. radians, Shorne Warren. Nasturtium sylvestre, 

 Grove Park. Senebiera didyma, Woolwich Arsenal (?not native). 

 Silene noctiflora, Darenth and Plumstead (casual in both stations). 

 Sagina apetala, Woolwich. Lepigonum medium, Plumstead Marshes ; 

 L. marginatum, Crossness. Althaa officinalis, Charlton. Geranium 

 lueidum, Dartford. Rubus Jissus, Chislehurat Common; R. leuco- 

 stachys, Charlton; R, Sprengelii, Shooter's Hill; 11. echinatus, 

 Bostal Heath ; *R. anglosaxonicus, Shooter's Hill ; *R. Babingtonii, 

 Bostal Heath ; *R. longithyrsiger, R. Jlexuosus, *R. Kaltenbachii, and 

 *R. fuscus, Shooter's Hill ; R. vindis, E. Wickham. Saxifraga 

 granulata, Dartford. Epilobium obscurum, Woolwich Arsenal. 

 *Bupleurum tenuissimum, Cliffe. Fceniculum officinale, Greenhithe. 

 Valeriana dioica, Plumstead Marshes. Senecio viscosus, Plumstead 

 (also at Faversham in East Kent. Top. Bot. has 16 Kent east, the 

 vice-county number for East Kent being 15). Arctium majics, 

 Higham; A. nemorosum and A. minus, Woolwich Arsenal. Carduus 

 nutans, Belvedere (to remove query). Hottonia palustris, Eltham. 

 I'lantago maritima, Crossness. Beta maritima, Gravesend. *Poly- 

 gonum maculatum, Woolwich Arsenal. Alisma ranunculoides, Chisle- 

 hurst. Lemna gibba, Triglochin palustre, Putamogeton nutans, 

 *Scirpus Tabernamontani, and *Car*x acuta, all iu Plumstead 



