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turned brown, but it had withered, not matured. The spikes too 
were many of them infected with what in wheat I should call 
“ smut ” ( Ustilago carbo ). — E. F. Linton. 
Carex aquatilis, VI ah\., wax. Watsoni , Syme. Banks of the river near 
Wick, Caithness, July, 1885. — Arthur Bennett (gathered by J. 
Grant). See Report for 1883. Also sent by F. J. Hanbury, from 
the same place, July, 1886. 
C. vulgaris , Fries, var. juncella. Pool side, near Woolhope, 
Hereford, 17th June, 1886. — Augustin Ley. ‘‘So I should name 
it.” — A. Bennett. Ditto, marshy ground, Llanbychllyn, Radnor, 13th 
July, 1886. — Augustin Ley. “ Like it ; material insufficient. The 
leaves are not like juncella , the spikes are. I should prefer to call it 
C. vulgaris , f., and not definitely juncella.” — A. Bennett. 
Carex vulgaris , Fries, var. juncella. Pool, near Tregaron, Cardigan, 
6th August, 1886. — Augustin Ley. “Is Carex aquatilis, Wahl ; a 
most interesting addition to the Welsh Flora. I am indebted to the 
Rev. Augustin Ley for the following notes of its habit : — ‘ Its station 
was a small pool about 2\ miles N. of Tregaron, of about one acre 
in extent, and lying between the Teifi marshes and the hills bounding 
the Teifi valley on the east. The level of the pool was nearly that of 
the marshes, and these could not, I suppose, be more than 200ft. (?) 
above sea level. The pool was about half surrounded with a dense 
growth of Carex , a great part of which was certainly the aquatilis , but 
I think C. ampullacea was mixed with it. I am not quite certain of 
this species ; and I do not remember any other species. I should 
think there could be no doubt at all of the plant being native ; the 
only fact on the other side being that the Tregaron and Aberystwith 
railway passes close beside the pool. The Teifi marshes are of large 
extent. I explored a small part of them, but did not find any other 
station for the plant.’ I am very glad to be able to say that Mr. H. 
N. Ridley, of the Natural History Museum, agrees with my determina- 
tion of the species. Mr. Ley, with the above note, kindly sent speci- 
mens of another Carex , gathered on the muddy banks of the river 
Teifi ; these also are to be referred to C aquatilis , though not quite 
the same form as the pool specimens. The occurrence of this Carex 
at Lough Allen ! and in Donegal ! Ireland, was most interesting; but 
this Welsh record will now be the most southern station at present 
known in Europe for the species. Mr. Ridley writes me that some 
doubt must be thrown on some of the reputed stations in the United 
States. I have seen the true plant from three stations in Canada; and 
Mr. Ridley adds ‘Colorado and the Rockies;’ so that its exact southern 
extension in North America must be held at present uncertain.”— 
Arthur Bennett. 
C. glauca , Scop. Sandhills on the Conway side of Llandudno, 
26th June, 1886. — John Fraser. “ C. glauca , f. The reason why 
‘ sandhill forms ’ were asked for was in the hope of some proving 
C. glauca , var. bulbosa , Drejer, a plant very like C. trinervis , Degland.” 
— A. Bennett. 
C. fulva , , Good., var. sterilis. Mountain pasture, Craswall, Here- 
ford, 31st August, 1886. — Augustin Ley. “Rightly named, I 
think.” — A. Bennett. 
