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access to British specimens of R. acris with complete rootstocks at the 
time (November) when I was called upon to write the description for 
‘ English Botany,’ ed. 3. In the case of common plants, herbarium 
specimens are usually few and imperfect, and, unfortunately, I had 
only a month’s notice before the publication of the third edition com- 
menced on the 1st of January, 1863. The double yellow Ranunculus, 
cultivated in gardens under the name of “ Yellow Bachelor’s-buttons,” 
is a good example of R. Sieveni. It has usually the lower leaves less 
deeply divided, and with broader ultimate lobes than R. Bora anus. 
Fnmaria Boraii, Jord. Auchtertool, Fife ; and Aberladv, Had- 
dington; J. Boswell-Syme. This is the only one of the forms of 
F. capreolata, Linn., which I have seen in Scotland. It is certainly 
distinct from F. pallidiflora, Jord., which is a mere variety of his 
F. speciosa, and is a much more southern plant. I have seen British 
specimens of F. pallidiflora only from Somersetshire, communicated by 
Miss Gifford. 
Oxalis stricta , Linn. Garden at “ Tilehouse, Denham, near Ux- 
bridge, Bucks, where it comes up spontaneously,” Miss Drummond. 
Communicated by Mr. J. Britten. 
Trifolium hybridum, Linn. Roadside between Long Niddry Station 
and the sea, Haddington; J. Boswell-Syme. Very abundant along 
the sides of the road between the footpath and the causeway. Ten 
years ago the plant was not there. 
Epilobium anagallidifolium , Lam. High ground between Storr and 
Quirang, Isle of Skye ; Professor M. A. Lawson and Rev. IT. E. Fox. 
I mention this because the distribution of the true E. alp inuni and 
this plant is not yet known, though there can be little doubt that 
E. anagallidifolium is much the commoner of the two. 
Herniaria ciliata, Bab. Garden examples. “ The root was sent to 
H. C. Watson from the Cambridge Botanical Garden as being certainly 
the II. ciliata , Bab. It was kept in a flower-pot some few years ago, 
producing very short branches and comparatively few flowers, ex- 
amples of it in that state having been dried and distributed heretofore. 
In the spring of 1868 the root was turned into the open ground, 
where it throve vigorously in loose mould, and produced the more 
elongate branches and denser clusters of flowers, as now sent for dis- 
tribution.” — H. C. Watson. The specimens sent show no disposition 
to approach the habit of II. glabra of the eastern counties, as defined 
in the eighth volume of the third edition .of ‘ English Botany.’ 
