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aguatilis, the stems 2 to 3 feet high. Dr. Hooker, in the ‘ Student’s 
Flora,’ inadvertently quotes my var. TTatsoni as a synonym of Dr. 
Boott’s “var. 2, minor,” instead of under “var. 1, aquatilis proper,” 
under which, I suppose, it ought to be, though the stem can scarcely 
be described as “ scaberulous above.” 
Carex flava t var. lepidocarpa. “ Orroch Hill, Fife. I collected a few 
specimens of this plant, but not nearly enough to satisfy the demands 
for it. This can only be from the plant not being properly known. I 
am confirmed in this opinion by some remarks by a botanist so well 
acquainted with Carices as Mr. Sidebotham at the Literary and 
Philosophical Society of Manchester, where he remarks that in C. lepi- 
docarpa the fruit is “ pale green, or yellowish-green, and the beak 
straight.” There is no perceptible difference in the colour of the 
fruit of C. lepidocarpa and C.Jlava genuina when examined in the 
same stage of ripeness. They both commence with being green and 
end with being brownish-yellow, and the beak of C. lepidocarpa is 
always deflexed, though not so much so as in the genuine form. Mr. 
Sidebotham’s remarks respecting C. lepidocarpa would rather apply to 
C. GEderi. C. CEderi has no special partiality for the coast, either in 
England or Scotland ; this is in answer to a query put in the April 
number of the ‘Journal of Botany.’” — J. Boswell Syme. 
C. punctata , Gaud. “ Co. Cork.” — I. Carroll. Mr. A. G. More 
has sent a specimen of the veritable plant, so that the ? given after 
Ireland, in the third edition of ‘English Botany,’ vol. x. p. 151, must 
be expunged. 
Alopecurus fulvus, Sm. “ The locality from which the specimen 
was gathered was discovered by Rev. W. H. Purchas in 1869; the 
plant is new to Herefordshire.” — A. Ley. 
Agrostis setacea, Curtis. “ Sparingly on Woking Heath, between 
the Woking Station and the Dramatic College ; confirming the grass 
to the county of Surrey, although in a different part of it from the old 
and doubted localities.” — H. C. Watson. 
Aira uliginosa, Weihe. “Swampy hollows, nearly dry in July, on 
Woking Heath, Surrey ; one of them about a quarter of a mile south- 
ward from the Dramatic College, the other about the like distance 
nearer to Woking Station. It may shortly become extinct in both, 
through the progress of enclosure and drainage. Some specimens 
were dried for distribution, as better showing the tufted growth than 
