APPENDIX II 
In this Appendix only the more important advances are 
noticed. Many of the varieties named to-day were deliberately 
excluded by Prof. Babmgton, and it is not possible within 
the present limits to deal adequately with them all. 
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Thalicteum. The forms of T. mimis L. sensu late (including 
T. majus) are not yet satisfactorily understood : modern 
authors agree neither with Babington's arrangement nor with 
his naming. 
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26 h. Ramincuhis Alece Willk. ; like sp. 26 but stock swollen 
not bulbous root-fibrils stout 3 — 4 mm. diam., shoot spreading- 
brauched from base, segm. of rad. 1. longer stalked, pedicels 
terete slightly furrowed towards apex, fl. larger paler, heads 
of achenes larger, receptacle elongate conical (not ellipsoid) 
Cainbr. Brit. Fl. iii., t. 139 bis. — Sand dunes, Jersey. 
P. TV.-V. E. 
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Nymfih(jea occidentalis (Ostenf.) Moss ; smaller, 1. 11 — 13 cm. 
long and 9 — 12 cm. broad, primary veins of 1. lobes converging 
if produced, fl. 7 — 9 cm. diam., receptacle subangularat insertion, 
upper part of fr. without staminal scars, seeds larger 3 — 3^ mm. 
— N. alba var. minor DC.?; Syme. Differs from N. Candida 
Presl in its warty-papillose pollen grains, more numerous 
carpels v/ith yellow uni-cuspidate stigmatic rays, ovary less 
narrowed below the disc, fr. globose or depressed globose 
(5:7). — Moorland and mountain lakes. P. VII.- VIII. E.S.I. 
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FuMAEiA. Well-grown examples must be examined : under 
unfavourable conditions all tend to be small flowered and 
similar. "Few" fl. is about 12; "many" about 20. The 
deep colour of the corolla-tip should be observed before 
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