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and  B.  trichophyllus  to  the  same  aggregate  species  ;  and 
doubtless  he  had  such  intermediate  plants  as  the  present 
in  mind  when  he  did  so.  Such  intermediate  plants  are 
not  very  rare ;  and  if  they  are  not  hybrids  Syme’s  view 
is  a  very  reasonable  one.  — C.E.M. 
B. - -?  Foulness,  S.  Essex,  v.c.  18,  June,  1914. — 
W.  R.  Slierrin.  R.  Baudotii  Godr _ J.W.W.  &  J.G. 
B.  tripartitus  DC.  ( fide  Dr.  Moss).  Near  Brocken- 
hurst,  New  Forest,  S.  Hants.,  v.c.  11,  flowers  April  16, 
fruit  May  19,  1914. — R.  S.  Standen.  I  agree.  It  is  a  pity, 
however,  that  submerged  leaves  are  not  obtainable,  as 
they  form  an  important  character. — J.W.W.  Submerged 
leaves  in  this  species  are  frequently  caducous _ C.E.M. 
B.  Lenormandi  F.  Schultz.  S.W.  side  of  Snaefell 
(about  1100  ft.),  Isle  of  Man,  March  25,  1914.  Some  of 
the  flowers  were  subsequently  developed  in  water  at 
home. — Coll.  R.  H.  Goode.  Comm.  G.  Goode.  Yes,  it  is 
B.  lenormandi  Schultz  (1887);  and  this  is  the  same  as 
B.  caenosus  Gussone  (1884)  and  B.  homiophyllus  Tenore 
(1880).  How  the  two  latter  names  came  to  be  misapplied 
to  any  form  of  B.  liederaceus  L.  is  indeed  curious.  The 
plant  often  flowers  through  the  winter — I  have  seen  it  in 
flower  on  the  Pennines  at  nearly  1000  feet  on  Christmas 
Day. — C.E.M. 
B.  sardons  Crantz,  [var .  pa  rvulus  L.] .  Mill  yard,  Por- 
tisliead,  N.  Somerset,  v.c.  6,  June  1,  1914.  —Ida  M.  Roper. 
Clearly  a  near  ally  of  B.  sardons  ;  but  not  B.  parrulus  L., 
which  is  dwarf,  and  only  hears  one  or  two  flowers.  Doubt¬ 
less  an  alien ;  I  suspect  that  it  is  B.  Xatartii  Lapeyr., 
which  is  described  by  Rouy  as  having  oboval-oblong  petals, 
only  twice  as  long  as  the  calyx.  My  specimens  are  rather 
mouldy;  and  the  character  of  the  carpels  (which  are 
also  immature)  cannot  he  made  out. — E.S.M.  Not  var. 
parrulus  in  the  accepted  sense  of  the  name.  B.  parrulus 
L.  (1767)  is  described  by  Linnaeus  as  having  the  stem 
solitary,  subuniflorous,  filiform,  a  digit  or  half-a-foot  long  ; 
the  leaves  few,  petiolate,  simple,  trifid,  dentate  and  hairy; 
the  flower  almost  larger  than  the  leaves,  yellow  ;  and  the 
calyx  membranaceous  and  hairy.  The  habit  of  the  plant 
— slender  and  erect — is  seen  in  the  figure  cited  by 
Linnaeus,  viz.,  Columna,  ecphr.,  p.  316.  The  plant  is  not 
