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a tangled undergrowth of brambles, etc. I have never yet 
observed fruiting spikes at any time of the year. — E. C. Wallace. 
E. palustre L., var. polystachium Vill. Wet meadow by R. 
Wey, Eashing, Surrey, Aug., 1926. In some quantity and growing 
with the type. — I. A. Williams. 
E. limosum L., var. fluviatile L. Pond near Epsom, Surrey. 
[Ref. x 48]. June 7, 1925. — J. E. Lousley. 
Cliara hispida L. [Ref. X 46]. Ditches, Ham “Ponds,” near 
Deal, Kent, v.c. 15, June 1925. — J. E. Lousley. Yes. — J. 
Groves. 
0. vulgaris L. Pond, Folkestone Warren, Kent, v.c. 15, June, 
1925. [Ref. x 47]. — J. E. Lousley. A form of C. hispida L. — 
J. Groves. 
C. vulgaris L. [Ref. x 89]. Pool on Quenvais, Jersey, June 
20, 1926. — J. E. Lousley. Yes. — J. Groves. 
Chara crinita Wallr., f. microsperma elongata Syden. Hungaria : 
Comitad. Pest. Gubaaspusta, pr. Kossuthfalva. Mai. Leg. Filarsky. 
Ex. hb. Dr. K. llechinger, Wien. A particularly interesting 
contribution ; the specimen sent to me consisting of examples of 
the male as well as the female plant. The male has apparently 
a very restricted distribution in the East of Europe, whereas the 
female occurs in scattered localities over most of Europe, in a 
band across Asia, in North Africa, and in North America. The 
male plant is not likely to have been overlooked by collectors, 
the large brightly coloured antheridia being so much more con- 
spicuous than the oogonia. In England and elsewhere the 
female produces well-developed oospores, which germinate freely 
in the absence of the male plant. The name of C. canescens 
Loisel (1810) antedates that of C. crinita , Wallr. (1815). — 
J. Groves. 
Nitella flexilis Agardh. Pond in Ashbridge Park, Herts., 
Feb. 26, 1926. — I do not know if it is possible to identify this 
plant in this early state. — I. A. Williams. N. opaca or N. flexilis, 
but too immature for determination — J. Groves. 
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