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SPECIES, VARIETIES, ETC., DESCRIBED 

 OR OBSERVED IN GREAT BRITAIN AND 

 IRELAND SINCE THE PUBLICATION OF 

 BABINGTON'S MANUAL, ED. S (1SS1), AND 

 HOOKER'S STUDENT'S FLORA,- ED. 3 

 (1SS4). 



By Arthur Bennett, F.L.S. 



London Catalogue, Ed. S. 



No. 2. 



r>OTAMOGETON VARIANS, Moiing, in litt. 

 -L et herb ! A. Fryer, Journal of Botany, pp. 

 33-6, 18S9. Small, like thin leaved forms of hetero- 

 phyllus. 



Potamogeton falcatus. Fryer, Journal of Botany, 

 1889, p. 65-7. Cambridgeshire. Allied to nitens 

 and heterophyllus ; differs from latter in clasping 

 leaves, from former in fruiting freely, etc. 



Potamogeton heterophyllus {sub-gramiueus) var. 



gramitiifolius, Fries. Fryer, Journal of 1 Botany, 



i8p2, p. 33. Long, sub-parallel-leaved form of type. 



Potamogeton nitens, var. salicifolius, Fr. Argyle, 



etc. C. Bailey, Journal of Botany, 1887, p. 88. 



Potamogeton nitens, var. eurvifolius (Hartm.). Ex. 

 Club Report, 18S8, p. 235. Kiilarney, Ireland. 

 N. W. Scully. Narrow recurved-leaved form. 



Potamogeton undulatus, Wolfg. A. Fryer, Journal 

 of Botany, 1 89 1, p. 289. " P. crispus x perfolialus." 

 Stem of crispus, leaves (mature) more like ferfoliatus, 

 etc. 



Sparganium neglectum, Beeby. Beeby, Journal of 

 Botany, 18S5, p. 26. Habit of ramosum, but fruit 

 like simplex. Many counties of mid. and south 

 England. 



Sparganium ramosum, var. microcarpum, Neuman. 

 Ex. Club Report, 188S, p. 234, Beeby. Isle of 

 Wight. Liable to be named neglectum, but belongs 

 to ramosum. 



Sparganium simplex, var. longissimus, Fr. Beeby, 

 Scot. Nat Shetland. A floating form of simplex. 



Jitncus alpinus, Vill. Sutherland, Perth. B. 

 White, Scot. Nat., 1887-88, pp. 182-4. Like small 

 lampocarpus, but fruit more rounded, etc. 



Luzula maxima, DC, var. gracilis, Rostup. 

 Beeby, Scot. Nat., 1887, p. 29. Foula, Shetland. 



Schcenus nigricans, var. nana, Lange. Shetland. 

 Beeby, Scot. Nat., 1887-88, p. 27. Caithness. 

 Marshall. Small, condensed form of the type. 



Schcenus ferrugineus, L. Perth. B. White, 

 Journal of Botany, 1885, p. 220. Mr. Brebner. 

 More slender than the last, fewer flowered. 



Scirpus (Eleocharis) acicularis, var. longicaulis, 

 H. C. Watson. Clarke, Journal of Botany, 1887, 

 p. 270. Yorkshire. Tall form, slender, etc. 



Scirpus sylvaticus, v?r. dissitifiorus, Sond. Perth. 

 B. White, Scot. Nat., 1885-86. Many of the flowers 

 pedicelled, etc. 

 Scirpus maritimus, var. conglobattis, Gray. Ross. 



Druce, Journal of Botany, 1890, p. 44. The com- 

 pact spiked form. 



Carex disticha, var. longibracteata, Schleich. 

 Oxford. Druce, Journal of Botany, 1890, p. 231. 



Carex vulpina, var. decomposita, var. aristata, and 

 var. acuta, all of Gray (1821). Oxford. Druce, 

 Journal of Botany, 1890, p. 231. These are rather 

 states, than varieties. 



Carex helvola, Blytt. Lochnagar, Journal of 

 Botany, 1886, p. 149. Arth. Bennett. 



Carex rigida, var. infuscata, Drej. Forfar. 

 Carex rigida, var. inferalpina, Laest. Forfar. 

 The latter a tall long-spiked form that perhaps will be 

 better referred to C. limula, Fr. 



Carex Goodenovi, ■wz.r.juncella, Fr. Arth. Bennett, 

 Journal of Botany, 1885, p. 50, Surrey ! Lincoln ! 

 Warwick ! Isle of Skye, etc. A narrow-leaved, 

 tufted form with slender spikes. 



Carex Goodenovi, var. melcena. Journal of Botany, 

 1890, p. 44. 



Carex Goodtaini, var. curvata. Druce, Journal of 

 Botany, 1890, p. 44. Inverness. 



Carex acuta, L., var. gracilescens, Almq. Arth. 

 Bennett, Journal of Botany, 1885, p. 50. Salop! 

 Cambs. ! 



Carex elytroides, Fr. Arth. Bennett, Journal of 

 Botany, 1889, p. 117. Anglesea. Slender with dark 

 glumes, fruit with small asperities. 



Carex caspitosa, L. (Fr.) Beeby, Scot. Nat., 18S7- 

 8S, p. 184. Shetland. Compact growth, without 

 creeping shoots, fruits nearly nerveless, etc. 



Carex aquatilis, Wahl., var.. cuspidata, Laest. 

 Caithness. F. J. Hanbury, Journal of Botany, 1S86, 

 p. 95. With long cuspidate glumes. 



Var. cpigejos, Laest. Perth. Slender, dark- 

 coloured. 



Var. virescens, Anderss. Perth. B. White, Scot. 

 Nat., 1885-86. Glumes very short. 



Carex stricta, Gont., var. turfosa, Fr. (sp.). Arth. 

 Bennett, 1885, p. 50. Camb. ! 



Carex salina, var. kattegatenses, Fries (sp.). Arth. 

 Bennett, Journal of Botany, 1885, p. 50. Caithness ! 

 Druce, Journal of Botany. East Inverness. 



Carex spiralis, Ewing in Trans. Nat. Soc. of 

 Glasgow, p. no, 1887. Near the ridge between 

 Forfar and Aberdeen, P. Ewing ! A form of C. 

 rigida, Gud. 



Carex capillaris, var. alpestris, Anderss. Perth. 

 P. Ewing, Trans. N. H. Soc. of Glasgow, p. 113 

 (1887). 



Carex binervis, Sm., f. nigrescens. Druce, Journal 

 of Botany, 1890, p. 44. 



Carex vaginata, Tausch., var. borealis, Anderss., 

 sub-sparsifolia. Ewing, Trans. N. H. Soc. of 

 Glasgow, p. 113, 1887. 



Carex pilulifera, L., var. adusta, F. A. Lees. 

 Rep. Record Club, 1885, p. 52. 



Carex pilulifera, f. reptans, Lange. Shetland. 

 Beeby, Scot. Nat., 1887-8S, p. 217. 



