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may be noted that Lange's original specimens of his var. rivularis, 

 1847, were named P. sparganifolius Laest.*? just as the Irish plant has 

 been so named. In the Exch. Gluh Eej). for 1895 (1897), I remark — 

 ' I think we must, anyhow at present, use Syme's name Kirkii, until 

 a careful study of the plant in situ is made.' At the same place 

 Mr Fryer says 'It migl>t be placed under Jitiitans as a variety, but I 

 should prefer to name it P. Kirkii Syme. Possibly it may be 

 2?olygonifoLius x natmis.^ The beautiful cultivated specimens of the 

 H\xnt^ Jluitans show submerged leaves very like the Irish plant, and 

 here at present I think we must leave the Irish plant until it can be 

 studied in situ."— A. Bennett. 



Potamogeton nite^is Weber. [Ref. No. 377.] Fide A. Bennett. 

 Low wood on River Leven, v.-c. 69 b., Aug. 16, 1913. A new record 

 for 69. The plant has been recorded for S. Lanes, and also for 

 Northumberland — the two nearest stations to us. Both parents 

 occur in Lake Windermere, of which the River Leven is the outlet. 

 Diligent search failed to discover fruit this year. — W. H. Pearsall. 

 " Whether produced by over-pressure (but two peduncles on the same 

 specimen are normal), or whether a curious morphological case in 

 point, the stipules have apparently coalesced with the peduncles, and 

 produced a flattened peduncle, whicli I have not seen in the genus 

 before. They are three-sixteenths of an inch wide, instead of the 

 normal ones on the same plant of one-sixteenth inch wide. In 

 specimens sent to me last July by W. Pearsall it does not occur." — 

 A. Bennett. 



Cyjyerus fuscus L. Peaty valle}^, below Weston-in-Gordane, N. 

 Somerset, Sept. 27, 1900.— J. W. White. 



Eleocharis palustris (?) var. Watsoni. Whatever this plant may 

 prove to be, its vegetative period is earlier than that of typical 

 palustris, among which it grows in some places on the links at 

 Askam, v.-c. 69. It seems to grow in small tufts, and flourishes best 

 where the soil is a sodden, putty-like mixture of sand and tidal-mud. 

 The nut is punctate. Readily distinguished from small-growing 

 palustris by the heads being out of line with the scape. This seems 

 to result from the influence of the tightly-clasping base of the basal 

 glume. The name was suggested by Dr F. Arnold Lees, who considers 

 that the plant is too small, and the basal glume too darkly coloured 

 for uniglmnis. — D. Lumb. " For a critical plant, complete specimens 

 are desirable. These also are too young, mine being only in the 

 flowering stage." — G. C. Druce. "Labelled E. palustris, no doubt 

 by a slip, as there is no var. Watsoni of this, but of E. uniglumis. 

 The latter it certainly is, but as my examples are in flower and not 

 fruit, the varietal characters cannot be ascertained. Apparently an 

 addition to v.-c. 69." — C. E. Salmon. " Gathered much too early. It 



