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Zannichellia  palustris  L.  Ickleford,  Herts.,  v.c.  20, 
Aug.  28,  1913.— J.  E.  Little.  Yes,  correct.— A.B.  The 
ripe  fruits  are  strongly  spinous  on  the  back,  and  somewhat 
so  on  the  lower  edge ;  when  immature,  they  are  smooth, 
or  but  slightly  crenate.  My  sheet  is  certainly  not  ordinary 
Z.  palustris.  I  believe  it  is  Z.  gibberosa  Reichb. — E.S.M. 
Yes,  the  usual  form.  The  ripe  fruits  on  my  specimen  do 
not  agree  with  the  figure  of  Z.  gibberosa  in  Reichb.  “  Icon. 
Crit.”,  nor  with  the  fruits  on  a  specimen  of  this  species  in 
Hb.  Brit.  Mus. — C.E.S. 
Z.  palustris  L.,  var.  brachystemon  (Gay).  Pond,  near 
the  sea,  Keyhaven,  S.  Hants.,  v.c.  11,  June,  1913. — J. 
Comber.  I  think  so. — E.S.M.  This  is  interesting,  but  on 
my  sheet  there  are  very  few  ripe  fruits  in  a  condition  for 
examination.  Some  of  the  characters  point  to  Z.  pedun- 
culata ,  but  it  is  not  that,  I  believe _ C.E.S. 
Schceuus  ferrugineus  L.  (Ref.  No.  3806).  Loch 
Tummel,  Mid  Perthsh.,  v.c.  88,  July  19,  1913.  Growing  in 
damp,  stony  ground ;  associated  with  Myrica  Gale  L. 
Quite  plentiful  in  one  spot  by  the  Loch-side. — E.  S. 
Marshall  &  C.  E.  Salmon. 
Carex  gracilis  Curt.  [var.  prolixa  (Fr.)] .  By  the  Boyd 
stream  between  Pucklechurch  and  Hinton,  W.  Glos.,  v.c. 
34,  June  12,  1913. — J.  W.  White.  Fries  described  the 
fruits  of  G.  prolixa  as  having  raised  nerves,  and  the  leaves 
and  bracts  as  broad.  In  the  present  plant  the  fruits  are 
not  distinctly  nerved,  and  the  foliage  is  hardly  broader 
than  usual,  though  the  glumes  are  very  long.  The  habit 
is  that  of  var.  gracilescens — E.S.M.  C.  Husnot,  in  his 
“  Cyperaceae  ”  (p.  32  and  Plate  VIII.),  describes  var. 
per  sonata  Fr.  as  having  the  spikelets  more  peduncled 
than  var.  prolixa,  and  lax-flowered  below ;  and  the  scales 
are  figured  (PI.  VIII.,  No.  9,  10)  as  longer  and  more 
acuminate.  The  specimens  have  just  these  features,  and 
appear  to  be  var.  personata  Fries  rather  than  var.  prolixa. 
— E.F.L.  (Ktikenthal  named  this  “  C.  gracilis  Curtis, 
var.  strictifolia  (Opiz)  Aschers.,”  see  B.E.C.  Kept.  1913, 
p.  505). 
C.  aquatilis  Wahl.  (Ref.  No.  3809).  Marshes  near 
the  head  of  Loch  Tummel,  Mid  Perthsh.,  v.c.  88,  July 
12,  1913.  A  tall,  slender  form,  or  variety;  too  young, 
