REPORT FOR 1 886. 
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Nuphar pumilum , Sm. New to Merioneth. In a single spot in the 
lake at Tal-y-llyn, Cader Idris, Qth August, 1886. N. lutea was not 
observed in the lake. I must apologise for the state of the specimens ; 
but neither the obtaining nor the drying of them, upon a walking tour, 
was an easy task. — Augustin Ley. “ This seems true pumilum” — 
J. G. Baker. 
Brassica Napus , L. Railway banks, Leek Wootton, Warwickshire, 
June, 1886. — H. Bromwich. “ I should have called this Rapa .” — 
J. G. Baker. 
B. Rapa , L., var. sylvestns, H. C. Wats. River side, Mordiford, 
17th June, and river side, Sellack, Hereford, 28th October, 1886. — 
Augustin Ley. Hampton Court, Middlesex, 2nd June, 1885 (root- 
leaves hispid). — W. R. Linton. Both these passed, without comment, 
by Prof. C. C. Babington and J. G. Baker. 
B. Rapa , Z. var. Briggsii, H. C. Wats. Roadsides and fields near 
Tedstone Wafer, Herefordshire, 29th June, 1886. In the north-east 
of Herefordshire, where these specimens were procured, this plant 
quite takes the place of Sinapis arvensis , as the weed of fallows and 
corn crops. The latter plant, in the same district, seemed to be rare, 
if not absent. A proof was given to me by a gentleman in this neigh- 
bourhood of the Brassica being a true native. He stated that it came 
up in large quantities on earth thrown up in old previously unbroken 
pastures, when disturbed for drainage or tree planting, and showed 
me plants of it where it had thus appeared a year or two ago. Hence 
it would seem that the seed lies dormant for many years, like that of 
Sinapis arvensis. I may add that this form of Brassica is widely 
distributed in Wales. I noticed it in Radnor, Cardigan, Montgomery, 
Merioneth, and Carnarvon shires this summer. — Augustin Ley. 
Sisymbrium Sophia , L. Burnham and Benow, North Somerset ; 
confirms the old record (1850) in Top. Bot. ed. 2. — J. W. White. 
Viola tricolor , Linn., with large flowers, and V. arvensis , Murr. 
Corn-field, Hurkisgarth, Sandwick, Orkney, 4th Aug., 1886. These 
two species grew side by side in the same field, and this is the first 
occasion on which I have found V. arvensis in Orkney. — H. H. 
Johnston. Passed by Mr. J. G. Baker. 
V sp. A very distinct dwarf tufted form, quite distinct in ap- 
pearance from any form of V. tricolor I have before met with ; sandy 
field, near Rillington, N.E. Yorks., 28th Sept., 1886. — Geo. Webster. 
“ Ordinary tricolor .” — J. G. Baker. “ I see nothing remarkable 
about this.’ — C. C. Babington. 
V. Curtisii , Forst. Inland form, gravelly lake shore, Lough 
Neagh, at Antrim, 25th June, 1886. — S. A. Stewart. Passed by 
Mr. J. G- Baker. 
Poly gala grandiflora , Bab. Ledges of basaltic rocks, Benevenagh, 
Co. Derry, 24th July, 1886. — S. A. Stewart. Passed by Prof. 
C. C. Babington. 
P. vulgaris , L., var. grandiflora. Cliffs of Cwm Idwal, Carnar- 
von, 13th August, 1886. I send a milkwort which abounds on 
some of the Carnarvonshire cliffs, and which looks to me very close 
to the Irish form from Ben Bulben. This Carnarvonshire form was 
thought to be grandiflora by Mr. J. G. Baker some years ago ; but 
