i<)i4- RiDDELSDELL. — The British Fomis of Helosciadijtni. 99 
Suffolk (Bungay, Hb. Kew ; BradweJJ, Hb. H. 
C. Watson). 
Norfolk (Fakcnliam, Hb. Bailey). 
North ANTS, (Foxhail, Hb. Druce). 
Cheshire (Nantwich, Hb. Bailey). 
Haddington (Guillon = Gullane = N. Berwick = 
Luffness). 
Midlothian (Daddmgston Loch). 
H. repens, Koch. 
Differs from all forms of R. nodiflomm, includmg the 
last -mentioned, in its fruit. The fruit of H. repens is broader 
than long, smaller than in the other species, a pretty 
chestnut all over, even on the ridges, and nearly the same 
colour even in internal section. The faces of the fruit 
are puckered into false ridges, situated midway between the 
true ridges ; there seem thus to be ten ridges in all, five rather 
more marked than the rest. But the fruit of the commoner 
species is longer than broad, very dark brown to black, with 
live light -coloured prominent ridges. H. repens is a good 
species, for it not only has this most important fruit -char- 
acter, but it is apparently far more stable in form than 
H, nodifioruni and its variety, if I may judge from a good 
series of continental specimens ; the number and shape of 
leaflets, the constancy and size of the involucre, again 
mark it off, though, in any doubtful case, a good series 
of sufficient specimens is necessary before a definite judg- 
ment can be passed. 
Recently, through the kindness of Mr. Webster, of York, 
I have had the pleasure of finally confirming the occurrence 
of H. repens in Britain. Some specimens of his from 
Skipwith, Yorks, had the characteristic H. repens fruit — 
the first I have seen from a British gathering. The same 
species may occur in Oxon (Port Meadow, &c.), and at 
Kinghorn Loch, Fife (coll. Syme, 1870, in Hb. Hanbury). 
The Fifeshire plant looks more like H. repens than that from 
Oxford, but in both the fruit is wanting ; and I should 
hesitate to make a final decision without this important 
evidence, unless the plants were tested by cultivation. 
