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might be two species among them. I think, however, 
that there is only one species, and that such differences as I 
noticed were due to the age of the plants, depth of water, 
etc. — I. A. Williams. This is a weak example of the f. 
truncatus of R. peltatus. It is not by any means typical, 
the peduncles being rather shorter than usual, and the carpels 
nearly glabrous. — W. H. Pearsall. The many undeveloped 
carpels and the leaves point I think to a hybrid, with R. 
Peltatus as one of the parents.— J. Groves. 
Ranunculus penicillatus Bab. ? Roadside pond, Ramsnest, 
Surrey, May 28, 1927. — I. A. Williams. I collected some 
of this plant rather early in 1926, before any fruit had formed, 
but the specimens then taken were very different in the length 
of the peduncles from those of the 1927 gathering. In 
1926 some of the peduncles were six or eight inches long. — 
I.A.W. This is R. peltatus Schrank, with carpels only very 
slightly hairy, although not glabrous. Apart from this, 
the plant is quite typical. R. pseudo-fluitans Baker and 
Foggitt (R. penicillatus Bab.) is a much more robust plant of 
running water, and is never found in ponds. — W. H. Pearsall. 
Ranunculus Ficaria L., var. bulbifera Albert. Hedge 
bottom, Kingsweston, Bristol, W. Glos., v.c. 34, May 5, 
1927. This varietal name is given by Albert and Jahandiez 
in Cat. des Plantes Vase, dans le Depart, du Var. It produces 
tubers from the axils of the branches above the soil. — Ida M. 
Roper. Yes — but are we justified in giving this varietal 
rank ? I have found the same form in very moist situations, 
where one would naturally expect the plant to concentrate 
on vegetative reproduction in view of the extremely favourable 
and shaded conditions. Much of the R. Ficaria material in 
the Herbarium of the British Museum shows exactly the same 
character, and examples passing through the Exchange 
Clubs have been commented on — See B.E.C. Report, 1909, 
page 436, and W.E.C. Report, 1909, page 218. — J. E. Lousley. 
Aconitum anglicum Stapf. No. 421 . Native in wet woods, 
Edford, N. Somerset, July 10, 1927. This is the wild plant 
found in Somerset and South Wales by riversides and in wet 
woods, which Dr. Stapf (Bot. Mag., pi. 9088 [1926]) has 
separated as a species distinct from A. Napellus L. The 
flowering was nearly over when the specimens were taken.— 
H. W. Pugsley. 
