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Alik m vineaic L., var. compactum (Thuil). ). North Road, near 
Baldock, Her^s., v.c. *20, July 15. 11)16. — H. 0. kittle bury. 
Juncus trif/fas L. Argyll Corrie, Ben Laoigh, Algyllsh.. ’ c. 
98, July 25, 1916. — Coll. R. J. Burdon. Comm. J. E. Litl’e. 
J. Gerardi Lois., var. rnantka Traufcv. “Bull. Soe. Nat Moscou,” 
XL, pt. 3, 110 (1867) - J. soranlhus Schrcnk “Lull. Acad. 
Petersb.”, ii, 193 (1343). Wyke Regis, Dorset, v.c. 9, July 1896. 
I Lave exactly the same from. Anglesey (leg. J E. Griffith), but 
very dwarf (f. pygmoea), only LV inches high. Mr. Griffith states 
that it grows by the. acre, and is never large there. I also possess 
it from. Islay, Inner Hebrides, 18S2. (Dr. ( iimour ex A. Somer- 
ville). — A. Bennett. 
Sckeuchzeria palustm L. This plant was discovered by the 
Rev. J. Dalton, in June 1787, in Leckby (or Lakeby) Carr, near 
Boroughbridge, W. Yorks (“Eng. JBot. (1808), t. 1801) There 
are specimens in the Yorks. Phil. Society’s Herb, gathered by 
Dalton at that date, and in 1790 and 1807. The history of this 
decreasing ^species (in Britain) will be found in the “Trans. 
Carudoc and Severn Valley Club,” pp. 117 — 121 (1904) and 
“Notes from the Royal Bot. Garden, Edinburgh,” t. 60, p. 57, 
No. xxti (1911). It still occurs in Perthsh. (Rev. E. S. Marshall, 
sp. 1314) and in Argyllsh. (Scaith, sp. 1910), and probably in 
Cheshire (Rev. W. E. Linton, sp. ^UO). — A. Bennett. 
Potamoyetcn heterophyilus Schreb., var. gmminifolius (Fries). 
Rrmr Suck, Roscommon, Ireland, July 26, 1891. — -Coll. H. 
Levinge. Comm. A. Bennett. 
x P. venvstus Baagoe (P. erv-pus x alpinus). River Earn, 
above Dalreoch Bridge, Mid-Perthsh., v.c. 88, Aug. 11, 1916. 
(Fide A. Bennett). — W. Barclay. This plant was also sent by 
Mr. Bennett, through Mr. Salmon. (For a notice of it by Mr. 
Bennett see “Trans. Bot. Sue. Edinb.” xxvn, pt. 1, p. 104, 
1915—16). 
P. . (Ref. No. 2646). Near St. George’s Wharf, Pill, 
N. Somerset, v.c. 6, July 22, 1916. New to Somerset.— Ii. S. 
Thompson. P. pedinatus L., var. diffusus Hagstrom, /. lamia 
Tif .alius (or very near it). — A.B 
Zanmchellia pedunculate. Reich’), (with 5 fruits). Ditcb r near 
St. George’s Wharf, Pill, N. Somerset, v.c. 6, July 22, 1916. 
H. S. Thompson. 1 should not name this pcdmmdata, for the 
'reason that that species has a common peduncle as well as 
