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and Ireland. The leafy stem gives it a curious appearance 

 when growing, and would almost suggest, superficially, a 

 link between the species with leafless scapes, and the truly 

 caulescent, such as D. peltata (Sm.) and D. auriculata (Back- 

 house) from Australia. 



In the Phytologist, New Series, Vol. II. p. 25 sqq., 1857, 

 -an account is given by the Rev. Dr. Hind, formerly Rector 

 of Pinner, and now of Honington, Ixworth, Suffolk, of Irish 

 Botany, and amongst interesting plants observed he has 

 given a sketch of what is evidently the identical form now 

 under discussion. 



He came across it in a muddy ditch close to the high- 

 way, crossing the north shoulder of the " Purple Mountain," 

 Killarney, and mentions these specimens as all being of a 

 faint yellowish green, and not showing any signs of 

 flowering. 



Dr. Hind also alludes to the fact that Dr. Hull, in his 

 "British Flora," Vol. I., 1799, seems to have observed and 

 placed on record this caulescent form, saying that he had 

 in some cases found it growing amongst Sphagnum, and 

 that the stem occasionally reached two inches, with numerous 

 leaves. He did not notice, nor have subsequent observers, 

 the other two British species assuming this condition. 



Upon the publication of these remarks of Dr. Hind, 

 four or five additional localities were soon afforded by 

 various contributors to the Phytologist, viz. : New Forest, 

 Hants, by Mr. Pamplin ; Lancashire, Mr. John Hardy ; 

 Taylor's Hill, Galway, Mr. Kirk, who also gave Tolchmoor, 

 Devon, and Connemara, Ireland. 



Dr. Boswell (Syme), Eng. Bot, 3rd Ed., Vol. 2. p. 'i^i^ 

 mentions the fact of D. intermedia sometimes producing a 

 short leafy stem, with the internodes slightly developed. 



The only other specimens I have observed of the same 

 state in American collections were gathered by myself on 

 May 9th, 1872, in pine barren swamps about four miles 



