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uniflora Willd. (not G. Pneumonanthe, as recorded at above reference, 

 "but the specimens are peculiar and monstrous," Ar. llnmett). 

 6. Pitton, Henderson. — Mentha hirsuta f. subspicata. 8. Fuggle- 

 stone. — Lamium purpureum var. decipiens Sonder. 9. Compton. — 

 Ditrichum fiexicaule Schleich. 5. Whiteparish. 10. Whaddon.— 

 BarbufalmipUaBnA. 6. King's Manor. 10. Whaddon.- - Orthu- 

 trichum saxatUe Brid. 7. Salisbury.— O. tenellum Bruch. 10. Brit- 

 ford.— Funaria fascicularis Dicks. 5. Redlynch.— Bartramia pomi- 

 formis. 5. Hamptworth, G. E. Dartnell.—Philonotis fontana Brid. 

 5. Hamptworth. — Bryum ctespiticium L. 6. Milford. 10. Harn- 

 ham.— B. pseudo-triquetrum Hedw. 10. Harnham. — Mniwn punc- 

 tatum Hed. 5. Whiteparish. 10. Alderbury, Eamey.— Polytrichum 

 piliferum Schreb. 5. Hamptworth, Landford.— Thvidium abietinum 

 L. 10. Harnham ("a peculiar form"). — Brachythecium glareosum 

 Bruch. 6. Pitton. — Eurhynchium myosuroides L. 5. Whiteparish. 

 —Hypnum exannnlatum GKimb. 5. Hamptworth. — H. palustre L. 

 10. Harnham.— Frvllania tamaruci (Mich.) Dum. 5. Whiteparish. 

 — Jungermannia albicans L. 5. Hamptworth. 9. Compton. 



The following are new for Wilts S. :—Rosa sylvestris Lindl. 10. 

 Bodenham.— Anagallis carulea Schreb. 6. Petersfinger. 8. War- 

 minster, Eamey. 11. Mere, Miss E. Baker. — Betula glutinoM Ft. 

 5. Eedlynch; 6. Laverstock; 8. Codford, Eamey. 9. Compton. 

 10. Alderbury. — Agropyron repens var. barbata Duval-Jouve. 7. 

 Stratford.— Edward J. Tatum. 



Ranunculus aceis as an irritant. — Prof. J. W. Harshberger 

 writes in the Botanical Gazette for April : — "This species, preserved 

 in alcohol for over a year, was distributed to a university class for 

 study, and in doing this the fingers and hands were frequently 

 immersed in the alcohol of an olive-green colour. A day or two 

 afterwards an intense itching sensation was experienced. The 

 softer skin between the fingers became red and covered with minute 

 watery vesicles, or pustules, and after the inflammation had dis- 

 appeared, the skin of the fingers began to crack, as if they were 

 chapped. The symptoms were exactly similar, in my case, to the 

 effects produced by contact with the poison ivy, Rhus Toxicodendron. 

 The watery acrid juice, so universal in the Ranunculads (dissipated 

 in many forms in drying), had been extracted from the plants, and 

 evaporating on the surface of the hands, left behind the precipitated 

 active irritating principle." 



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