205 
O.  maculata  seems  to  be  an  extremely  variable  species, 
judging  from  the  material  preserved  under  this  name  at 
the  Kew  and  British  Museum  Herbaria _ A.B.  J.  (See  also 
Kept.  B.E.C.  1908,  p.  397). 
Colchichum  autumnale  L.,  white-flowered  variety. 
Growing  with  the  purple-flowered  form  on  heavy  soil 
about  Bredfield,  near  Woodbridge,  E.  Suffolk,  v.c.  25, 
Sept.  7,  1908 — F.  L.  Foord-Kelcey.  This  corresponds 
better  with  C.  candidum  Schott  and  Kotschy  (see  Baker 
in  Jl.  Linn.  Soc.  XVII.,  p.  429)  than  with  typical  C. 
autumnale  L.  Baker  has  reduced  C.  candidum  to  C. 
laetwn  Steven  in  Mem.  Mosc.  VII.  66,  t.  13,  but  this 
seems  doubtfully  correct.  Whether  C.  candidum  may  not 
be  conspecific  with  C.  autumnale  we  do  not  pretend  to 
decide,  but  Mrs.  Kelcey’s  plant  is  no  doubt  the  C.  anglicum 
album  of  Parkinson’s  Paradisus  (1656),  p.  153.  The  white 
flowered  meadow-saffron  would  seem  to  have  been,  if 
anything,  better  known  in  Parkinson’s  time  than  the 
purple.  Both  have,  in  all  probability,  been  originally 
introduced,  but  have  since  become  established  in  Britain 
— J.  R.  Drummond  and  A.  B.  Jackson. 
Juncus  castaneus  Sm.  Ben  Heasgarnich,  Mid  Perth 
v.c.  88,  Aug.  1908 — P.  Ewing. 
Potamogeton  Friesii  Rupr.  Drain  near  Ponds  Bridge 
(near  Whittlesey),  Carnbs.,  v.c.  29,  Aug.  3, 1908.  Coll.  E.  W. 
Hunnybun.  I  hesitate  to  send  this  without  fruit,  but  some 
members  may  care  for  it  with  the  following  note  from 
Mr.  Ar.  Bennett — S.  H.  Bickham.  “Yes,  I  have  seen 
Ruprecht’s  specimens.  Of  course  it  is  better  to  have  all 
specimens  in  fruit,  but  this  cannot  be  misunderstood  by 
one  who  knows  it.” _ A.B. 
P.  pensylvanicus  Cham.  Canal  at  Salterhebble 
Bridge,  near  Halifax,  S.W.  Yorks.,  v.c.  63,  June  21,  and 
July  28,  1908.— Coll.  Miss  Vigurs.  Comm.  S.  H.  Bickham. 
The  synonymy  is  as  follows— 
Potamogeton  epilfiydrum ,  Rafinesque  (1808). 
!  P .  pensylvanicus  Chamisso  (1827). 
!  P.  pumilus  Wolfgang  (1827). 
!  P.  Glaytonii  Tuckerman  (1843). 
P.fluitans  Pursh  (non  Roth)  1814. 
P.  Nuttallii  Chamisso  (1827)  teste  Morong  in  N.  Am, 
Naiadaceae. 
