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easily be mistaken for those of that species. The broad and 
flaccid stem and the young heads of very numerous and 
glabrous carpels are further diagnostic characters of R. 
Baudotii.—W. H. Pearsall. 
Ranunculus heterophyllus Weber. Dunton Green brick- 
yard, near Sevenoaks, Kent, v.-c. 16, May 14, 1927. D. G. 
Catcheside. Yes, I should so label it — J. Groves. Flowers 
much too small for this, none of the petals on my sheet are 
6 mm. in length. I should refer the plants to f. Godronii 
(Gren.) — W. H. Pearsall. Is this rightly named? It looks 
to me more like a form of peltatus . A. Williams. 
Batrachium radians Revel. Old quarry pools, Wickwar, 
West Gloucestershire, May 10, 1927. — J. W. White. The 
typical plant. See Notes on British Batrachia by W. H. 
Pearsall in Rep. B.E.C. 445, 1921 ; and also the Report for 
1923. — J. W. White. Extremely robust examples of this 
variety, retaining its characteristic regularity of disposition 
and leaf-contour. The peduncles are longer than usual, and 
the carpels very strongly hairy. The very strong, rigid and 
diverging segments of the compact and evenly-disposed 
submerged leaves are a well-marked diagnostic character.— 
W. H. Pearsall. Mr. Williams points out that this is given 
in Lond. Cat. as a variety of R. trichophyllus , and that Mr. 
White’s plant has large flowers and in other ways appears 
very unlike any trichophyllus he has seen. 
Ranunculus peltatus Schrank [Y 139 . Sides of Dew-Pond, 
Warlingham, Surrey, June 9, 1927. I regret that this 
gathering is so scrappy, but flowers were few, and there was 
not sufficient of the plant to justify my taking more. — J. E. 
Lousley. I share the collector’s regret that this gathering 
is so scrappy, as the plants are very interesting. The material 
is too inadequate for a stable determination to be made, but 
the carpels are uncommonly like those of R. lutarius Bouvet 
and the submerged leaves, although far too numerous, suggest 
that species. The peduncles are, however, much too long, 
but that may be due to being stretched in their efforts to 
ripen fruit under adverse conditions. Will Mr. Louslev 
gather this again next year ? — W. H. Pearsall. Yes, I should 
say the subterrestrial state of R. peltatus. — J. Groves. 
Ranunculus peltatus Schrank ? Pond on the Green, Chidding- 
fold, Surrey, May 28, 1927. I sent some immature speci- 
mens from this pond last year, and suggested that there 
