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NOTES on FLOWERING PLANTS. 



Grimsby Plants. — Among- other plants collected near Grimsby I have 

 found Silene nutans, Phacelia ciliata , and Agropyrum prostralum.—A. Smith, 

 5, Cavendish Street, Grimsby, 29th June 1901. 



Ranunculus reptans in Cumberland. — This rare plant has been 

 found . bv Mr. T. S. Johnstone, growing in considerable quantities in two 

 different places, about a mile apart, on the left bank of the River Eden, 

 close to Carlisle. In view of the frequent occurrence of var. pseudo-reptdns 

 in Cumberland, specimens Were sent to Mr. J. G; Baker, F.R.S., for exam- 

 ination, and Mr. Baker was able to confirm Mr. Johnstone's identification 

 that it was the true Ranunculus reptans. — W. Thomson, it, Lismore Street, 

 Carlisle, loth Aug"ust 1901. 



Epilobium montanum and Caucalis arvensis at Court Leys, 

 Grantham. — Miss S. C. Stow writes from Court Leys, Brandon, Grantham, 

 on the 5th August : 'I saw several plants of 'Epilobium montanum L. here 

 to-day, with three leaves at the nodes. I find that Hooker says the leaves 

 are sometimes in threes. You will be pleased to hear that I have at last 

 found Caucalis arvensis Huds., which you said would be sure to turn up 

 again sometime. I came on it this evening- growing in a barley field here 

 at Caythorpe," — E. Adrian Woodrlffe-Peacock, Cadney, Brigg, 27th 

 August, 1 90 1. 



Hybrid Potamogeton in the River Wharfe, Yorkshire.— In 1899 

 I had a peculiar Potamogeton brought me from the Wharfe at Pool Bridge.. I 

 planted a specimen of it in a slow-moving- shallow stream, and last autumn 

 sent some to Mr. Arthur Bennett. I had previously suspected that it might 

 be a hybrid of P. perfoliatus and P. crlspus, possibly the variety Jacksoni, of 

 which I had no description. Mr. Bennett informs me that it is probably 

 that variety*; later, during a search in the old locality, a form was brought 

 me. apparently intermediate between P. perfoliatus and this variety. The 

 plant has never flowered or fruited under cultivation, so that I consider it 

 sterile. — G. B. Savery, Silverton, Exeter, nth September 1901. 



Galium erectum near Doncaster. — On Sunday last, 30th June, while 

 walking from Rossington to Doncaster by the field path, I noticed a large 

 Galium in a meadow. On examining a branch of it at home I found it to be 

 G. erectum Huds. To-day I again visited the station where it grew, and 

 found two well-established clumps of the plant. The field in which they 

 grow is an old meadow near the River Torne. There is no evidence of 

 'seed grass' having been sown, the herbage consisting chiefly of Holcus 

 la >iat us, Trlsetum flavescens, Arrhenatherum avenaceum, and the common 

 Poas. There is no Lollum nor fodder trefoils. Notwithstanding this I have 

 doubts about G. erectum being- a native here. Under any circumstances it 

 is an interesting addition to our local flora. — H. H. Corbett, Doncaster, 

 3rd July 1901. 



Mespilus germanica on Walney Island. — Mr. Harper Gaythorpe, 

 of Barrow, sends me a note of tfiis species on Walney Island. Miss E. 

 Hodgson mentioned ' two trees in a high old hedge between Walney 

 Church and North Scale.' (North or Lake Lancashire in 'Journal of 

 Botany,' 1874, or the separately paged reprint, p. x.) Mr. Gaythorpe has 

 found another tree in a field behind the church. He continues : ' By the 

 way the builders are destroying the township of North Scale, there will 

 soon be very little to explore in the near neighbourhood of Walney Yicarage, 

 behind which the Adder's Tongue used to grow.' Yes, it is a pity ; but 

 Vickerstown is necessary for the comfort of the men employed by the firm 

 of Vickers. Son <x Maxim ; and the two trees mentioned by Miss Hodgson 

 are gone and their places now built upon. These trees had a north aspect, 

 Mr. Gaythorpe's find has a south. How the species got to Walney no one 

 knows now, but probably planted. The first located record for Britain is in 

 Merrett's Pinax, 1666. Gerard says ' often-times in hedges among briars 

 and brambles.' 1597. Herbal, p. 1266.— S. L. Petty, Ulverston, 18th 



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