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Possibly  the  saltmarsh  form  of  R.  heterophyllus,  but  too 
immature. — J.G. 
R.  peltatus  Schrank,  [var.  penicillatus  Hiern] .  Mill 
stream,  Cheddar,  N.  Somerset,  v.c.  6,  May  14,  1913. _ 
Ida  M.  Roper.  If  a  form  of  R.  peltatus,  certainly  not 
penicillatus  Hiern,  which  has  “submersed  leaves  very 
long  and  sub-parallel.”  I  am  inclined  to  place  it  under 
f.  sphaerospermus  Hiern,  which  has  larger  flowers  and 
long  peduncles,  and  the  leaves  of  which  are  short  and 
tufted  even  in  swiftly  running  water.  It  would  be 
desirable  to  see  fruit. —  J.G. 
- •  (No.  2).  Marshes  between  Leigh  and 
Benfleet,  S.  Essex,  v.c.  18,  April,  1913.—' W.  R.  Sherrin. 
R.  Baudotii  Godron. — E.S.M.  &  J.  G. 
R.  Flammula  L.,  var.  Peaty  ditch  by  N.E.  Railway, 
near  Eller  Beck,  Goathland,  N.E.  Yorks.,  v.c.  62,  Aug.  12, 
1913.  A  narrow-leaved  form,  with  creeping,  often  arcuate’ 
stems,  and  small  flowers.  By  the  side  of  the  Eller  Beck 
it  appeared  to  be  mixed  with,  or  to  grade  into,  more 
normal  R.  Flammula,  but  upon  the  moor  bogs  had  a  more 
distinctive  character,  though  here  more  difficult  to  follow 
out  than  in  the  recently  cleaned-ont  ditch  from  which 
these  specimens  were  taken.  I  submitted  this  plant  to 
Mr.  G.  C.  Druce,  saying  that  it  appeared  to  bear  strong 
resemblance  to  R.  Flammula  L.  collected  by  Col.  H.  H. 
Johnston,  June  30,  1913,  from  Loch  of  Kirbister,  Mainland, 
Orkney,  and  sent  to  the  B.E.C.  1913.  Mr.  Druce  replied, 
21  Feb.,  1914,  “  I  believe  the  R.  Flammula  of  Col.  H.  H.’ 
Johnston  comes  under  var.  tenuifolius  Wallr.”— J.  E. 
Little.  This  is  a  form  or  state  due  to  special  soil 
conditions,  for  which  R.  Flammula,  var.  tenuifolius  Wallr. 
is  the  proper  name.  The  var.  pseudo -reptans  Syme  is  the 
same  thing.  See  B.E.C.  Report,  1910,  p.  538,  for  an 
interesting  note  on  this  plant. — A.B.J.  "Why  var.  ?  Is  it 
not  the  ordinary  form  ?  Perhaps  a  little  narrower-leaved 
than  usual  ? — C.E.S.  Under  var.  radicans  Nolte,  I  think ; 
but  not  extreme. — E.S.M. 
R.  acris  L.,  var.  Borceanus  (Jord.).  Field,  Beaminster, 
Dorset,  v.c.  9,  June  2,  1913. — Ida  M.  Roper.  I  agree. — 
E.S.M.  &  J.W.W. 
