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Since the above was abstracted Mr. Little sent to Dr. 
Gorz several Willows including a characteristic S. cinerea 
from a set distributed to the B.E.C. 1921 ; for Dr. Gorz 
had been inclined to deny the occurrence of true S. cinerea 
in this country, and thought all our specimens he had seen 
were S. atrocinerea. A reply came : “ From the sheet you 
have kindly sent me there appears to be no doubt that true 
S. cinerea is native in England.” 
Thalictram majus Crantz. [Y81]. Tees-side, below 
Winch Bridge, Teesdale, N.W. Yorks., July, 1927. — J. E. 
Lousley. The specimens are hardly sufficient to decide 
what it may be ; but it certainly is not majus of Crantz. 
This has far more diffuse flowering stems, and the leafage 
much larger. I hesitate to name it, but it is much like what 
we used to call T. collinum. — A. Bennett. As a large, 
riverside plant with spreading panicle and long peduncles, 
this falls under T. majus Crantz, but as pointed out by Mr. 
Wilmott m 1925, it is not possible at present to classify 
accurately the variable and ill-deflned forms of this poly- 
morphic group which occur in Britain. — H. W. Pugsley. 
Ranunculus trichophyllus Chaix [718]. Water-hole on 
Down, Pegsdon, Beds.,. June 14, 1927. — J. E. Little. A 
slender plant with rather long internodes. The leaves 
when taken out of water are slightly collapsing, or fairly 
rigid, ± hairy, light green in colour, with rather short capillary 
segments. No floating leaves. Peduncles about equalling 
leaves, curved, not tapered. Receptacle ovate, hardly 
globular : not truly conical. Carpels very hairy. Flowers 
small, petals not contiguous. — J. E. Little. Yes, R. tricho- 
phyllus. The carpels are very numerous, moderately hairy 
and quite mature. The submerged leaves are rather weaker 
and therefore more collapsing than usual, but much of the 
latter quality is due to slime. — W. H. Pearsall. Yes, R. 
trichophyllus. — J. Groves. 
Ranunculus [ trichopyllus Chaix]. Austria, Burgenland, 
Weiden, May 1, 1926.— Dr. Rechinger. Very carefully prepared 
examples. These are, however, R. Baudotii Godron. The 
flowers are much too large and the peduncles much too long 
for R. trichophyllus , although the submerged leaves might 
