4 THE BOTANICAL EXCHANGE CLUB OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 
cleared up, and for that purpose sent a similar set last year. How- 
ever, whether the state with floating leaves is Godro?iii or radians 
(judging from specimens I have, named Godronii , it appears to me to 
be Drouettii , with floating leaves) there can be no doubt that it is 
trichophyllus , with the addition of floating leaves. In the early part 
of the season, in the above station, it is all trichophyllus, radians 
gradually taking its place as the season advances, until in July it is 
all the latter. In June, many specimens may be gathered showing 
very clearly the transition between the two, as in the accompanying 
examples.” Prof. Babington considers that this is not Drouettii , with 
floating leaves. If he named it Godronii, last year, he was not far 
wrong, even though it accords well with a specimen named radians , 
by Hiern, in his herbarium. Prof. Babington does not distinguish it 
from radians , nor the two from trichophyllus. Dr. Boswell names it 
trichophyllus , with floating leaves, and adds, “I think Godron is 
doubtless right in considering R. Godronii (of which radia?is appears 
to be a synonym) as nothing more than trichophyllus , with floating 
leaves.” 
Ranunculus heteropliyllus , Bab. Mr. Bailey sends plants thus 
named from Leamington, 4th June, 1879, which he takes to be the 
radia?is of Hiern. Prof. Babington thinks this plant to be the R. 
triphyllos , Wallr., and of Hiern, which will probably have to stand 
distinct, next to confusus. His referring it to trichophyllus is a 
mistake. 
R. intermedins , Hiern. Mr. J. G. Bakee sends this plant from 
Lyndhurst, Hampshire, October, 1879. Prof. Babington does not 
agree with this name, and thinks “it may be tripartitus, DC., of 
which I have a good series from near Brockenhurst, Hants, through 
the kindness of the Messrs. Groves. But I doubt the specimens 
named by Mr. Baker being different from Lenormandi. ” Dr. Boswell 
thinks it is intermedins , with the leaves less deeply tripartite than 
usual. 
R. tripartitus , DC. Mr. Cunnack sends specimens thus 
named from Mullion, Helston, Cornwall, July, 1879. Mr. Baker 
writes, “Specimen too poor to name. Certainly not intermedins. 
True tripartitus unknown in Britain.” Prof. Babington thinks it “is 
probably the real tripartitus , DC., not our former plant, which is 
mtermedius. I had this before from Roche, in Cornwall.” Dr. 
Boswell thinks it is “a starved specimen of R. Baudotii, certainly 
not tripartitus l' 
Ranunculus acris , L. Rev. R. Wood sends a few plants from 
Westward, Cumberland, September, 1879, which Dr. Boswell says is 
the var. vulgatus , from its sub-horizontal rhizome. 
Fumaria muralis, Sond. Mr. James Groves sends a Fumaria 
from Barnes Common, which Dr. Boswell says is “ F. co?ifusa ; the 
fruit is much larger than in muralis of Sonder, but at the same time I 
think F. confusa is but a large-fruited variety of F. muralis .” 
Diplotaxis muralis , DC., var. b. Babingtonii. A few plants were 
distributed last year as D. tenuifolia , by Mr. Bailey, from the beach 
at St. Leonards, 15th June, 1878, which ought to have been named as 
above ; the labels should be corrected by any member who received 
specimens. 
