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MR. A. BENNETT ON LIPARIS LCESELII. 
Juncus atricapillus.* It occurs in Texel and Schierm (Dutch), 
and Borkum, Juist, Norderney, and Langeroog (German) Isles. 
In Canada it occurs “on logs in a swamp, Oak Hills, Ontario,” 
and “ on logs in a swamp near Campbellford, Ontario.”! 
There is a good list ol plants occurring in Wicken Fen, 
Camb., where Liparis still occurs, in Babington’s FI. of Camb. 
also copied into ‘ Fenland, Past and Present,’ 303, 1878. 
The extraordinary way in which this plant has occurred of 
late years is markedly different to former times. By the 
kindness of Mr. Southwell, Miss Geldart has sent me an extract 
from a letter of Mr. W. L. Notcutt’s, 5 June, 1854. “As 
for Liparis Iceselii, I wish you may get it, and so do loads of 
botanists ; I would send it if I could but I can’t and in all 
human probability never will it be in my power.” Having 
seen it by hundreds at Ranworth and Chippenham, Cambs., 
the letter reads curious enough now. Its occurrence or 
disappearance could well be watched at Chippenham, but 
the owner dislikes the ground gone over, and especially 
dislikes the incursions of Entomologists, though it is one of 
the richest places in E. Anglia. 
The growth of Liparis is most interesting. Crepin, who 
gives a detailed account of it, does not mention any insect 
or animal that preys on it ; but in E. Anglia the older pseudo- 
bulbs are often eaten at the base. It can hardly be natural 
decay, as the edges, &c., are too regular ; but I have never 
been able to trace anything preying on it — do our Ento- 
mologists know of anything that does ? 
At present there seems no explanation of this extension of 
its distribution, unless as suggested by Miss Geldart, that in 
Neolithic times Naias marina (found in Glamorgan deposits!) 
was the companion of the Liparis. Another surprising 
discovery in Glamorgan is Sesleria ccerulea, and there is 
no doubt that Wales will well repay further exploring for 
plants. 
* Fl. Oslfries, 40, 1849. 
t Macoun. Cat. Canad., pi. iv. p. 3, 1888. 
X C. Reid. ‘Origin of British Flora,’ p. 159, 1899. 
