2  5 
summers  it  was  much  dwarfed  and  quite  flowerless.  There¬ 
fore  the  few  specimens  sent  may  be  acceptable — E.S.M. 
(2)  Rocky  bed  of  R.  Wye,  near  Erwood,  Breconshire,  v.c. 
42,  9  June,  1904. — S.  H.  Bickham. 
Muscari  mcemosum ,  Mill.  Hedge  banks,  Cherry  Hinton, 
Cambs.,  v.c.  29,  16  April,  1904. — E.  J.  Allard. 
Lilhim  Mavtagon,  L.  Copses  (naturalized),  Mickleham, 
Surrey,  v.c.  17,  26  June,  1904. — H.  W.  Pugsley. 
Luzula  Fovsteri  x  vernalis  (Borreri).  Rough  bank  under 
a  wood,  Symonds  Yat,  W.  Glos  ,  v.c.  34,  17  June,  1904. — 
S.  H.  Bickham  and  E.  F.  Linton.  Correct;  I  have 
gathered  it  there. — E.S.M.  A  beautifully  prepared  series. — 
W.B. 
Spcivganinm  minimum,  Fr.  Wicken  Fen,  Cambs.,  v.c.  29, 
Aug.,  1900. — G.  Goode. 
Ruppia  spiralis,  Hartm.  Loch  Stennis,  Orkney,  v.c.  m, 
29  Aug.,  1904. — F.  C.  Crawford. 
Scivpus  cavinatus,  Sm.  Tidal  river-bank,  between  Kew 
and  Mortlake,  Surrey,  v.c.  17,  6  Aug.,  1904. — H.  W.  Pugsley. 
triquetev,  L.  (1)  Thames,  near  Mortlake,  Surrey, 
v.c.  1 7,  June  and  Sept.,  1904.—  H.  S.  Thompson.  (2)  Tidal 
river-bank,  between  Kew  and  Mortlake,  Surrey,  v.c.  17, 
6  Aug.,  1904. — H.  W.  Pugsley.  In  addition  to  the  characters 
given  by  Syme  in  “  English  Botany,”  ed.  3,  this  plant  would 
seem  to  differ  from  S.  Lacustris  and  S.  Taberncemontani  by  its 
lower  bract  wanting  the  scarious  dilation  at  the  base  which 
appears  in  the  other  two,  and  being  nearly  entirely  herbaceous, 
almost  forming  a  continuation  of  the  bluntly  trigonous  upper 
portion  of  the  stem. — H.W.P. 
5.  mavitimus ,  L.,  var.  monostachys,  Sonder.  Perranwarf, 
W.  Cornwall,  v.c.  1,  9  June,  1901. — F.  H.  Davey. 
S.  sylvaticus,  L.  By  Dalmuir  burn,  Dumbartonshire, 
v.c.  99,  9  July,  1903. — Coll.  L.  Watt.  Comm.  A.  Somerville. 
Cavex  pavadoxa,  Willd.  Askham  bog,  near  York,  v.c.  64, 
20  June,  1903. — H.  S.  Thompson  Correct. — E.F  L. 
C.  Leersii,  F.  Schultz.  Hedge-bank,  near  Tintern,  Mon¬ 
mouthshire,  v.c.  35,  14  June,  1904. — S.  H.  Bickham  and 
E.  F.  Linton.  So  I  named  it  in  the  field,  and  the  nut 
being  subsessile  I  was  inclined  to  keep  to  that  naming  ;  but 
I  now  doubt  the  value  of  this  character,  and  should  refer 
the  plant  to  C.  muricata,  L. — E.F.L.  This  is  of  course  a 
